Brown chicken in hot oil in Dutch oven or large saucepan over medium-high heat. Remove chicken from pan. Reserving about 1 tablespoon fat, drain off excess.
Add carrots, celery and onion; saute 3 minutes.
Stir in 5 1/2 cups water, soy sauce and chicken. Bring to boil; cover and simmer 15 minutes. Remove chicken; cool.
Meanwhile, cook tortellini according to package directions; drain.
Remove skin and bone from chicken and cut meat into bite-size pieces. Stir chicken into soup; bring to boil. Stir in tortellini and heat through.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
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