Description
This Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Soup delivers big comfort food flavor with minimal effort. You get all the rich taste of enchiladas in a warm, easy soup perfect for busy days. It is a set-it-and-forget-it meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs
- 1 (10 ounce) can red enchilada sauce
- 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 (15 ounce) can corn, drained
- 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chilies (Rotel), undrained
- 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 packet (1 ounce) taco seasoning
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- Optional: 4 ounces cream cheese, cubed (for creamier soup)
Instructions
- Place the chicken breasts into the slow cooker.
- Pour the enchilada sauce, black beans, corn, diced tomatoes with green chilies, green chilies, chicken broth, taco seasoning, cumin, and chili powder over the chicken.
- Stir everything gently to combine.
- Cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours, until the chicken is fully cooked.
- Remove the chicken from the slow cooker and shred it using two forks.
- Return the shredded chicken to the soup.
- If using, stir in the cubed cream cheese until it melts completely, making the soup creamy.
- If the soup is too thin for your liking, you can shred the chicken, mix it with 1/4 cup of cornstarch and 1/2 cup of cold water, then stir it back into the soup and cook on HIGH for 15 minutes until thickened.
- Serve hot with your favorite toppings.
Notes
- For thicker soup, remove some liquid and mix it with cornstarch, then return it to the slow cooker.
- Shredding the chicken directly in the slow cooker saves on dishes.
- Feel free to add a splash of lime juice at the end for brightness.
- Toppings make this soup special: try shredded cheese, sour cream, avocado, cilantro, or crushed tortilla chips.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Category: Soup
- Method: Slow Cooker (Crockpot)
- Cuisine: Mexican-inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1.5 cups
- Calories: 350 (estimated)
- Sugar: 8g (estimated)
- Sodium: 800mg (estimated)
- Fat: 10g (estimated)
- Saturated Fat: 4g (estimated)
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g (estimated)
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g (estimated)
- Fiber: 6g (estimated)
- Protein: 38g (estimated)
- Cholesterol: 100mg (estimated)