Chicken Enchilada Soup (Slow Cooker)

Name: Chicken Enchilada Soup (Slow Cooker)
Yield: 4-5 servings
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 medium onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoon cumin powder; 1/2 teaspoon Mexican oregano (regular will work too); 1 pound chicken breasts (about 2); 1 1/2 cups enchilada sauce (homemade; 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth; 2 cans (15 oz each) black beans, drained and rinsed; 1 cup frozen corn (can add more if you'd like); 1 (15 oz can) fire roasted tomatoes, with juices; 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped; 2 tablespoons lime juice; 3/4 teaspoon salt

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This slow cooker chicken enchilada soup recipe only takes a quick 10 minutes of prep time and tastes so delicious and comforting. The perfect soup for when you want something bursting with flavor but don’t want to slave over the stove all day!

You guys, I just found my new favorite soup. ♥

It’s this yummy, chicken enchilada soup. Loaded with so much enchilada flavor and topped with crispy tortilla strips! Ah, Monday’s are meant for exciting food, aren’t they?

As evidenced by the numerous soup recipes on the blog, such as my Homemade Minestrone Soup (which, everyone that’s tried it said it was delicious), or my Slow Cooker Jalapeno Lime Chicken Soup, and even my Creamy Roasted Garlic Potato Soup, I am a self proclaimed soup-a-holic. I think it’s a real condition.

And if you’re a regular on LSJ, you know I love whipping up a storm in the slow cooker. Slow cooker recipes are perfect for when i’ve got a day full of recipe testing going on. If I was living the bachelorette lifestyle, I can guarantee that i’d have a little Yorkie and be eating hummus and scrambled egg tortilla wraps for every meal I wasn’t making for the blog. Fortunately, there’s a hubby in the picture that prevents me from living like an overgrown college student.

Moving along…

The only step that’s required before making this chicken enchilada soup it’s to sauté the onions and garlic in a skillet before popping all the ingredients in a slow cooker. A couple tablespoons of olive oil, 1 medium onions, a few cloves of garlic, once they’ve been sautéed, add the cumin and the Mexican oregano to the pan so it has a few seconds to infuse the oil/garlic/onions.

For this slow cooker chicken enchilada soup recipe, we’re using simple, flavorful ingredients that after cooking all day in the crockpot give us PHENOMENAL results. I really like making my soups in a crockpot rather than on the stove for several reasons: 1.) less prep, stirring 2.) longer cooking = more flavor development 3.) set it and forget it! 4.) cooks itself for you, for the most part. You just cannot get the same flavor in this soup from making it on the stove in a quick 30 minutes. The ingredients really need to sit and mellow out and really marry each other to produce a soup that’s flavorful from the second it hits your lips.

I like to make homemade enchilada sauce for this recipe. Though store bought sauce works as well, the homemade enchilada sauce really gives it a lot deeper flavor. I find that store bought sauce it usually a little runnier and doesn’t really consist of all that much flavor. The best thing about homemade sauce is that 1 batch makes about 3 cups, the sauce can be frozen, and 3 cups still costs you less than the 10oz can at the grocery store. Are you convinced yet?

I’d say make a big batch of sauce, freeze half for when you NEED enchiladas and use the rest to make this soup. OR make a double batch of chicken enchilada soup. Trust me, this soup tastes better as it sits. Yes, it’s one of those!

The topping possibilities – I think every Mexican-inspired soup deserves some crunchy tortilla strips. I like to make them at home but you can also find them in stores pre-made. Crushed up tortilla chips do the trick too ;). I top my chicken enchilada soup with lots and lots of cilantro, sliced avocados, and just an additional squeeze of lime juice. The hubby likes chipotle smoked cheese and a hint of sour cream. But whatever you decide to top your soup with, you simply can’t go wrong.

So here’s your assignment for today. Make chicken enchilada soup, enjoy it for dinner, and then the leftovers for lunch throughout the week. Top the soup with your favorite toppings. Oh, and I wanna see, so make sure your taking pics and tagging #littlespicejar on Insta[gram]. Because nothing makes me happier than looking at food 😀 .

Have a flavorful Monday!

Yield: 4-5 servings