Description
This Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup is a hearty, flavorful dish perfect for cozy nights. Loaded with black beans, pinto beans, corn, diced tomatoes, and tender shredded chicken, all simmered in a zesty tomato and salsa base with homemade taco seasoning. Simply throw everything in a slow cooker, let it cook for 6 hours, and enjoy a comforting meal topped with your favorite garnishes like avocado, cheese, or sour cream.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 1 cup mild salsa
- 15 ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 15 ounce can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
- 15 ounce can corn, drained
- 14.5 ounce can petite diced tomatoes
- 3 tablespoons homemade taco seasoning, or store-bought
- 2 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
Optional Toppings
- Cilantro
- Plain Greek yogurt or sour cream
- Grated cheese
- Avocado
- Green onion
- Tortilla chips
Instructions
- Combine Ingredients: Place salsa, black beans, pinto beans, corn, diced tomatoes, taco seasoning, and chicken broth in the slow cooker. Stir everything together to combine the flavors uniformly. Nestle the chicken breasts into the mixture ensuring they are fully covered by the liquid to allow even cooking.
- Slow Cook: Cover the slow cooker and cook the soup on low heat for 6 hours. This slow cooking process will tenderize the chicken and allow all the ingredients to meld into a rich, savory soup.
- Shred Chicken: After cooking, remove the chicken breasts from the slow cooker and shred them into bite-size pieces using forks or cut them. Return the shredded chicken back into the soup and stir to distribute evenly.
- Serve: Ladle the soup into bowls and serve immediately with your choice of optional toppings such as cilantro, Greek yogurt or sour cream, grated cheese, avocado slices, green onions, and crunchy tortilla chips for added texture and flavor.
Notes
- For a spicier soup, use medium or hot salsa and add a pinch of cayenne pepper to the seasoning mix.
- Leftover soup tastes great and can be refrigerated for up to 3 days or frozen for up to 3 months.
- Use rotisserie chicken as a shortcut to reduce cooking time—add it at the end just to warm through.
- Adjust the thickness by adding more chicken broth if you prefer a thinner consistency.
- Homemade taco seasoning can be made using chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, oregano, salt, and pepper.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 450mg
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 8g
- Protein: 22g
- Cholesterol: 55mg
