Chicken Tortilla Soup
This Easy Recipe for Chicken Tortilla Soup is hardy, delicious, and perfect for warming you up on a cold day. It's filled with shredded chicken, black beans, corn, red and green chile, and it's topped with cheddar cheese, avocado and homemade tortilla chips. It can be made in a crockpot/slow cooker, or it can be cooked directly over the stove. Read on for the full recipe.
Equipment
- Crockpot
- Stove Top and Skillet
Ingredients
- 3 Chicken breasts
- 1 28 oz. Can petite diced tomatoes
- 2 15 oz. Cans black beans
- 1 16 oz. Can whole corn kernels
- 1 4 oz. Can Hatch green chiles
- 1/2 White onion, chopped
- 3 Garlic cloves, minced
- 3 tbsp. Red New Mexico chile powder
- 2 tsp. Ground cumin
- 1 tbsp. Oregano
- 1 tsp. Salt
- 4 cups Chicken broth (can use more or less depending on desired consistency)
For Toppings: 1-2 large avocados grated cheddar cheesetortilla chips (or corn tortillas & cooking oil if making your own chips)
Instructions
- Place chicken in a crockpot set to Low.
- Add a can of petite diced tomatoes and green chile.
- Sauté onions until translucent. Add minced garlic, red chile powder, cumin, oregano, and salt.
- Mix well, then pour in approx. 2 cups chicken broth and cook for a few minutes until all the spices have dissolved into the liquid.
- Pour contents of skillet into crockpot. Place lid on crockpot and allow to cook on Low for 5 hours, or on High for 3 hours if you want it done sooner.
- When chicken is fully cooked, take it out of the crockpot, shred it, and place it back into the crockpot.
- Rinse black beans with water over sink, drain, and put beans in the crockpot.
- Drain liquid from a can of corn and put corn kernels in the crockpot.
- Stir well and allow to cook 10 minutes more.
- If making your own tortilla chips, simply slice corn tortillas into thin strips.
- Heat oil in skillet.
- When hot, fry strips of tortillas until golden.
- Place on paper towels to drain excess liquid.
- Serve soup into bowls and top with grated cheddar cheese, diced avocado, and tortilla chips. Enjoy!
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