Crockpot Chicken Tortilla Soup
This Crockpot Chicken Tortilla Soup is bursting with flavor! A quick morning prep leads to a colorful, customizable, and delicious dinner for Mexican food lovers.
Crockpot Chicken Tortilla Soup
If you’re on the hunt for a dish so tasty it might just convince your taste buds they’ve won the lottery, look no further than this Crockpot Chicken Tortilla Soup. I mean, seriously, it’s borderline criminal how good this stuff is. As someone who could probably live off tacos alone (don’t judge), I needed a way to shake things up without straying too far from my beloved Mexican flavors—and bam! This soup swooped in like a culinary superhero.
The best part? It requires, like, zero effort. Toss some ingredients in your slow cooker in the morning, and by dinnertime, you’ve got a steaming bowl of deliciousness waiting to blow your mind. It’s colorful, it’s got textures for days, and the flavor? Chef’s kiss. Oh, and don’t even get me started on the toppings—this is your moment to shine. Go nuts with avocado, cheese, cilantro, or whatever else your heart desires. You do you, soup boss.
Now, let’s talk toppings because what’s Chicken Tortilla Soup without them?
- I load my tortilla soup up like a taco with salsa, sour cream, and cheese.
- Lime Crème: Making lime crème is super easy! Just mix together sour cream, lime juice, and a pinch of salt.
- Avocado salsa: Just mix diced avocado, lime juice, diced tomatoes, red onion, cilantro, and salt.
- Tortilla strips or some crushed up chips.
Visual Process for Making Chicken Tortilla Soup
Step 1
Assemble Tortilla Soup
Put the raw chicken on the bottom and then fill the crockpot up with the remaining ingredients. This time, I used home canned black beans, anaheim peppers instead of diced green chili’s nad frozen homemade chicken broth.
Step 2
Slow Cook It
Put this together in the morning and let it slow cook all day.
Step 3
Serve with the Additional Toppings
Tortilla soup has endless topping choices. Mix and match to create your own unique soup!
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Crockpot Chicken Tortilla Soup
Equipment
- Slow Cooker
Ingredients
For the soup:
- 3 pounds chicken breast (or chicken thighs)
- 1 yellow onion (diced)
- 1 red bell pepper (seeds removed and diced)
- 1 jalapeño pepper (seeds removed and minced)
- 4 garlic cloves (minced)
- 32 oz chicken broth
- 14½ oz diced tomatoes
- 10 oz can diced tomatoes & green chiles (or use fresh Anaheaim Peppers)
- 15 oz black beans
- 1 cup frozen corn
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- Kosher salt and black pepper (to taste)
- 2 tbsp lime juice (about 1 lime worth)
Additional Soup Toppings
- fresh cilantro
- tortilla strips
- shredded cheddar cheese
- cotija cheese
- lime wedges
- lime crème
- avocado salsa
Instructions
- Add 3 pounds chicken breast to the bottom of a large crockpot. Then add the rest of the soup ingredients.1 yellow onion, 1 red bell pepper, 1 jalapeño pepper, 4 garlic cloves, 32 oz chicken broth, 14½ oz diced tomatoes, 10 oz can diced tomatoes & green chiles, 15 oz black beans, 1 cup frozen corn, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp smoked paprika, ½ tsp dried oregano, Kosher salt and black pepper, 2 tbsp lime juice
- Stir, cover and turn the crockpot on low, cooking until the chicken shreds easily, about 5-6 hours.
- Serve the soup hot with the optional toppings.
