Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup. In a large skillet, saute chicken in oil until lightly browned. This Slow Cooker Creamy Southwest Chicken Soup is a delicious one-pot cozy and comforting meal that cooks itself! With boneless skinless chicken breasts, black beans, white beans, diced tomatoes, onion, garlic, sweet peppers, jalapeño peppers, chicken stock, and some lite beer.
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This Southwest-inspired chicken soup is loaded with black beans, tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, and corn and cooked in a slow cooker for an easy weeknight dinner.
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You can cook Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup
- You need 3 pounds of bone-in chicken pieces (I like dark meat - more flavor. :) ).
- It's 6 cups of water.
- Prepare 1 of small onion, cut into 1-inch pieces.
- It's 6 cloves of garlic, peeled and lightly crushed.
- It's 2 of medium carrots, cut into 1/2-inch thick pieces (I like to cut them big for slow cooking so they don't disintegrate and still retain some texture).
- You need 1 of medium bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces (I happened to use the Hatch chilies I roasted the other day, but they're seasonal and sometimes hard to come by even when they're in season).
- You need 1 of large stem celery, cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
- You need 1 (15 oz.) of can black beans, rinsed and drained (optional - I don't always care for beans in this soup - but add a 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt to the recipe if you add the beans).
- Prepare 1/2 of a 15 oz. can of corn (or 1 cup frozen or fresh corn kernels).
- It's 1/2 of a 15 oz. can of tomatoes.
- You need 1/2-1 teaspoon of cumin.
- It's 1-2 teaspoons of dried oregano.
- Prepare 2 of bay leaves.
- Prepare 3-3.5 teaspoons of kosher salt to start.
- It's 1-1.5 Tablespoons of fresh squeezed lime juice.
- You need 1/4 cup of chopped cilantro (optional for the cilantro haters, of course).
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of fish sauce (optional, but recommended).
- You need of optional garnish: fried tortilla chips or strips, chopped fresh chilies, onions, cilantro, avocado, and lime wedges.
To put a Southwestern spin on a healthy slow-cooker chicken soup, we built a flavorful base by skillet-browning our aromatics in a small amount of oil. This gave us the full robust flavor and complexity we were. Get dinner on the table on a busy day with ease with this load-&-go crock pot recipe. This zesty soup can simmer in the crock pot for an entire workday, making it perfect for a busy weekday meal.
Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup step by step
- Dump all but garnish ingredients into your slow cooker and give it a few good stirs..
- Cook on low for 7 to 9 hours, or high for 5 to 7, depending on how hot your slow cooker gets..
- It's always nice if you can give the soup a few gentle stirs throughout the cooking process, but if you can't manage that because you're out of the house, then you can give it a stir and adjust the seasoning as necessary as soon as you get home. This will give the soup some time to more evenly and thoroughly absorb flavor before you sit down to enjoy it..
- I like it with a little steamed rice, some chopped onions and cilantro on top, a good extra squeeze of lime, and a few lashings of Tapatío. :) Enjoy!.
Bump up the Southwest flavors with a garnished of chopped fresh cilantro and a squeeze of lime, if desired. In an electric pressure cooker combine diced chicken, enchilada sauce, diced tomatoes, black beans, corn, chilies, cumin, and chicken stock. Release pressure, season with salt to taste, and serve. Garnish with cilantro, shredded cheese, sour cream, avocado, and lime wedges. In a large skillet, saute the chicken in oil until lightly browned.
