Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, slow cooker southwestern chicken soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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.
Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook slow cooker southwestern chicken soup using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup:
- Make ready 3 pounds bone-in chicken pieces (I like dark meat - more flavor. :) )
- Prepare 6 cups water
- Get 1 small onion, cut into 1-inch pieces
- Take 6 cloves garlic, peeled and lightly crushed
- Take 2 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)
- Take 1 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)
- Make ready 1 large stem celery, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- Prepare 1 (15 oz.) 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)
- Get 1/2 a 15 oz. can of corn (or 1 cup frozen or fresh corn kernels)
- Get 1/2 a 15 oz. can of tomatoes
- Take 1/2-1 teaspoon cumin
- Get 1-2 teaspoons dried oregano
- Take 2 bay leaves
- Make ready 3-3.5 teaspoons kosher salt to start
- Make ready 1-1.5 Tablespoons fresh squeezed lime juice
- Make ready 1/4 cup chopped cilantro (optional for the cilantro haters, of course)
- Make ready 1 teaspoon fish sauce (optional, but recommended)
- Take optional garnish: fried tortilla chips or strips, chopped fresh chilies, onions, cilantro, avocado, and lime wedges
It's a great warming recipe to prep for the week. I have been dreaming about this type of soup for awhile - one that allows me to just dump all my favorite southwestern flavors into the slow cooker and walk away for a few hours, to come back to a bowl of. Slow cooking just got even more convenient. Slow Cooker Southwest Chicken Soup Recipe Variations vegetarian - substitute black or pinto beans for the chicken and vegetable broth (affiliate link) for the chicken broth veggie rich - add more veggies, carrots, celery, cauliflower, zucchini, yellow squash, lima beans, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, etc.
Steps to make Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup:
- 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!
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. Shred chicken with two forks and return to the slow cooker; heat through. If desired, serve with lime wedges and fresh cilantro.
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