Plain old chicken noodle soup is great. And it’s often the perfect comfort food. (Especially as the weather turns cold!) But sometimes it is just plain old chicken soup. The next time you’re looking for a hearty chicken soup, give this Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup a try!
Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup
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This Chicken Taco Soup is chock-full of great veggies – two kinds of beans, corn, and onions. Plus there’s plenty of chicken and a great taco seasoning spice. As it simmers away in your slow cooker all day long, you’ll be drooling for it by the time it’s ready!
When I found this recipe in the Slow-Cooker Christmas Favorites cookbook by Gooseberry Patch, I knew it was going to be a big favorite in our house. We love this soup! It’s so easy to make, and it tastes so good… And as a huge bonus, it makes a lot. I love to have this soup leftover in our refrigerator for busy weeks. Or it’s simple to freeze in single-serving sizes in Ziploc freezer bags!
This soup is hearty enough that you really could serve it on its own, without a whole lot of extras. Or you can top it off with a dollop of sour cream, some shredded Cheddar cheese, and a few sliced green onions, and you’ll be ready to go. If you need a little crunch, serve some tortilla chips on the side. (Or use the chips to dip, that’s delicious, too!)
There is not a lot of liquid in this soup – it’s almost more like a stew than a soup. If you want to add more liquid when the soup is done cooking, add 1-2 cups of chicken broth. Stir the broth into the rest of the soup, and let it heat through. If your broth starts at room temperature, it won’t take very long to get hot. Our slow cooker seems to cook things until they are as hot as the sun, so adding a little room-temperature or refrigerator-temperature liquid right before serving isn’t a bad idea!
Enjoy!
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- 14-1/2 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 15-1/2 ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 15-1/2 ounce can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 14-3/4 ounce can corn, drained
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1-1/4 ounce package taco seasoning mix (or 4 Tablespoons of bulk taco seasoning)
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts OR boneless, skinless chicken thighs (Don't know which to pick? Start here.)
- Optional garnishes: shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, tortilla chips
- In a 6-quart slow cooker, stir together undrained tomatoes and remaining ingredients except for the chicken and garnishes.
- Lay chicken on top of the soup in the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours (or on high for 3-4 hours).
- Shortly before serving, remove chicken and shred with 2 forks (or an electric mixer). Return the chicken to the slow cooker and stir to combine.
- Serve individual portions garnished as desired.
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1appleblossom says
12/09/2014 at 8:15 pmI make homemade chocolate covered cherries
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Dani Vello says
12/10/2014 at 11:58 amWe love cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Christmas morning. 🙂
Jody says
12/12/2014 at 5:28 pmFavorite Christmas cookie is my Mom’s Crescent Cookies and I love a crockpot full of Hot Chocolate to enjoy all day long!
Julie Drabek says
12/12/2014 at 5:30 pmChristmas bark- almond bark, pretzel sticks, and crushed candy canes, and also Church windows candy
Michelle says
12/12/2014 at 11:03 pmWe always make party mix and puppy chow! Family tradition! SO FUN!
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Heather says
12/12/2014 at 11:16 pmWe always make cookies and I always look forward to Grandma’s Lasagna on Christmas Eve!
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Cynthia says
12/13/2014 at 6:50 amI make peanut patties.
Lambie says
12/13/2014 at 1:13 pmI’m going to try this recipe 🙂 I like to make chocolate cherry cookies, smoked trout pate, clam bake dip & rum cake.
Mary Kay Abblett says
12/14/2014 at 2:02 amI make a FRENCH Themed CHRISTMAS Eve dinner EITH roasted goose or this year Duck. My Mom saud her IRISH married to FRENCH mother always made GOOSE on CHRISTMAS Eve..stuffed with sage stuffing she taught me to make basted with butter after seasoning and covered the breat EITH celery prices to keep it moist..it’s simply delicious and always reminds me if my Moms family of 14 kids when she grew up on an ILLINOIS farm.mthey raised all their own food and bought almost nothing..fabric fir dresses! JOYEAUX NOEL POUR LA TOUT!
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Darcy says
12/14/2014 at 11:18 pmMy favorite holiday treat is the fudge my mom makes! It has been a scrumptious tradition in our family for as long as I can remember. She is so sweet that she even sends me some when she makes it since I now live in another state. It wouldn’t feel like Christmas without it! 🙂
danielle says
12/20/2014 at 2:06 pmAlways after the kids open their presents we take left over ham, onions and sliced potato and fry it up, sometimes add eggs
Debbie R. says
12/20/2014 at 2:58 pmHam and scalloped potatoes
tango says
12/20/2014 at 3:22 pmLove french toast Christmas morning
Brenda Peterson says
12/20/2014 at 4:34 pmMy favorite holiday food would be Homemade Spinach Dip. My mother started this tradition when she was alive and it was my husbands most requested item. After she passed I carried it on and now I make it. It is great with veggies, crackers, or as a spread for sandwiches.
Phoebe says
12/20/2014 at 10:04 pmAnything sweet potatoes!!!
Alice says
12/21/2014 at 12:03 amI make chocolate covered peanut butter and coconut balls.
Faye Fitzhugh says
12/21/2014 at 3:09 amMy family-myself, my husband, and our 7 children, have always looked forward to our traditional Christmas Eve dinner of hamburger and sauerkraut rolls, baked all warm and yummy with butter and sourcream on top. The kids are grown now-only our 17 1/2 yr. old daughter is at home-but we still make ALOT of them to share with any of the older ones who happen by the next morning. Someone always asks, “Do you have any leftover?” Of course we always do! We’ve making them on Christmas Eve since the first Christmas we were married 32 yrs. ago <3