Name: Crock Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 615 min
Total time: 625 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 lb chicken breasts; 1 medium onion (diced); 2 cloves garlic (minced); 1 15 oz. can beef or chicken broth; 1 cup water; 1 15 oz can corn (undrained); 1 15 oz can diced tomatoes and green chiles (undrained); 1 11 oz can enchilada sauce; 1 packet taco seasoning; ½ tsp chili powder; salt and pepper (to taste); shredded cheese (for topping); crunchy tortilla strips (for topping)

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Crock Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup

I told y’all I was in a soup mood. If you are too, then you are going to love this recipe for Crock Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup! Now, I don’t want y’all to look at the list of ingredients and get overwhelmed here. I promise this won’t take you more than 5-10 minutes to throw in the crock pot. It can easily be put on before you go to work in the morning and be ready by the time you get home.

Just like Chick-fil-A

I’ve had a few folks tell me this tastes just like the one they can get at Chik-fil-A. So if you love their soup then you are sure to love this one! I just love meals like this. Serve it with some cornbread and you have a whole meal and possibly leftovers for your work lunch tomorrow. And also, like any recipe I share on here, feel free to add to this what you love. Diced avocados, black beans and fresh cilantro would all be really tasty in this.

Chicken Tortilla Soup recipe from The Country Cook

Ingredients:

1 lb. chicken breasts

1 medium onion, diced

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 (15 oz.) can beef (or chicken) broth

1 cup water

1 can (15 oz.) corn, undrained

1 can (15 oz.) diced tomatoes and green chiles, undrained

1 (11 oz.) can enchilada sauce

1 packet taco seasoning

½ tsp. chili powder (optional)

salt & pepper, to taste

shredded cheese, for topping

crunchy tortilla strips, for topping

frozen chicken breasts, taco seasoning, beef broth, enchilada sauce, onion, garlic

Directions:

Place chicken breasts in the bottom of your crock pot. Season with a bit of salt & pepper. Add in diced onions and minced garlic. Then pour in beef stock and water.

Then add in corn, diced tomatoes and enchilada sauce.

Sprinkle in taco seasoning and chili powder.

Then give it all a good stir.

stirring ingredients for chicken tortilla soup

Put the cover on and cook on low for about 8-10 hours.

About 10-15 minutes before serving, take the chicken breasts out and shred them using two forks. The chicken will shred very easily.

Or you can use this. Put the chicken breasts in your stand mixer and turn on low.

It will shred up your chicken pretty good. I think it is possible to over-shred so keep an eye on it unless you want chicken bits. Or, if you have a porcelain insert (not metal) crock pot, you can just use a handheld electric mixer and you’ll get the same results!

Then put shredded chicken back in pot. Stir again. Let cook for additional 15 minutes. Then serve and top with shredded cheese and crispy tortilla strips. I’m using these crunchy tortilla strips. They can usually be found in the aisle where the salad fixings are located (near the croutons.) If you can’t find these – no worries – just used crushed tortilla chips. Or you could cut up some fresh tortillas into strips and throw them into the soup about 20 minutes before soup is finished if you want a softer tortilla in your soup.

As for cheese, it’s really a matter of taste but I like this Mexican four cheese blend. This kind with a touch of cream cheese in it melts really well and adds such great flavor to this soup.

Cook’s Notes: Feel free to add any beans you like in here. Black beans go well with this soup. Also, some folks like to top this with diced avocado as well as fresh cilantro.

Enjoy!

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