Feeding a crowd? Keep it easy - and flavorful - with our Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup recipe.
Don’t stress about the food the next time you have guests for dinner. This savory Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup recipe almost makes itself and is loaded with ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry.
Any recipe that is loaded with Mexican flavors - think chili powder, cumin, oregano and crushed red pepper - is always a crowd-pleaser around here. This Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup earns double points because it has killer flavor AND is super simple to make. Literally. Throw the laundry list of ingredients in the slow cooker and let the machine work its magic. Your reward is a hearty soup that feeds an army with hardly any work on your part.
I love to serve this soup buffet-style with an array of toppings to suit every tasty bud. Lots of fresh cilantro, sour cream, creamy avocado and salty tortilla strips are a must, but shredded cheese, chopped tomatoes and jalapeno slices are tasty add-ins, too.
Feel free to dial the heat up or down in this Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup by adding more or less jalapeno peppers and crushed red pepper, but take my advice and don’t skip the fresh lime juice. It instantly brightens the flavor of the soup and adds an irresistibly tasty tang to every bite.
You can feed a crowd with any one of these tasty slow cooker soup recipes:
- Crock Pot Broccoli Cheese Soup - Garnish with Lemon®
- Slow Cooker Beef Noodle Soup - Taste and Tell
- Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup with Ham - Garnish with Lemon®
- Crock Pot Potato Soup with Rosemary and Thyme - Barefeet in the Kitchen
- Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup - Garnish with Lemon®
Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
Ingredients
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 small jalapeno pepper seeded and minced
- 1 14.5-ounce can petite diced tomatoes
- 1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes with green chiles
- 1 15-ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 29-ounce can tomato puree
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 3 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 ½ - 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Salt and Pepper
- Juice of 1 lime
- Optional: Tortilla chips fresh cilantro, chopped, sour cream, shredded Monterey Jack cheese, diced avocado
Instructions
- Place onion and next 11 ingredients (through crushed red pepper) in a large slow cooker. Gently stir to mix. Nestle chicken breasts in soup mixture and cover. Cook on low heat for 8 hours.
- Remove chicken breasts from slow cooker and shred with two forks. Return chicken to slow cooker. Stir in lime juice and add salt and pepper to taste. Serve with tortilla chips, cilantro, sour cream, shredded cheese and avocado, if desired.
Nutrition
Nutrition info not guaranteed to be accurate.
This soup would be a hit in my house!
My family would go crazy for this dinner!
Hope they enjoy it, Lori!
Slow cooker meals are the best, especially when they are hearty and flavorful like this soup!
Nothing beats a good slow cooker meal!
This is my kind of comfort food! Totally loved meeting y'all!!
Loved meeting you and your momma, too! You guys could definitely be sisters!