Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup
Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, slow cooker southwestern chicken soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have slow cooker southwestern chicken soup using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup:
  1. Get 3 pounds bone-in chicken pieces (I like dark meat - more flavor. :) )
  2. Make ready 6 cups water
  3. Make ready 1 small onion, cut into 1-inch pieces
  4. Take 6 cloves garlic, peeled and lightly crushed
  5. Take 2 medium carrots, cut into 1/2-inch thick pieces (I like to cut them big for slow cooking so they don't disintegrate and still retain some texture)
  6. Make ready 1 medium bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces (I happened to use the Hatch chilies I roasted the other day, but they're seasonal and sometimes hard to come by even when they're in season)
  7. Take 1 large stem celery, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  8. Make ready 1 (15 oz.) can black beans, rinsed and drained (optional - I don't always care for beans in this soup - but add a 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt to the recipe if you add the beans)
  9. Get 1/2 a 15 oz. can of corn (or 1 cup frozen or fresh corn kernels)
  10. Take 1/2 a 15 oz. can of tomatoes
  11. Prepare 1/2-1 teaspoon cumin
  12. Get 1-2 teaspoons dried oregano
  13. Take 2 bay leaves
  14. Take 3-3.5 teaspoons kosher salt to start
  15. Prepare 1-1.5 Tablespoons fresh squeezed lime juice
  16. Prepare 1/4 cup chopped cilantro (optional for the cilantro haters, of course)
  17. Make ready 1 teaspoon fish sauce (optional, but recommended)
  18. Prepare optional garnish: fried tortilla chips or strips, chopped fresh chilies, onions, cilantro, avocado, and lime wedges

You'll love this hearty and easy to make Slow Cooker Southwest Chicken Noodle Soup. After the cold, gloomy week we had for most of last week, I decided it was time to get some new soup recipes up on. Slow Cooker Southwest Chicken Soup Recipe Variations vegetarian - substitute black or pinto beans for the chicken and vegetable broth (affiliate link) for the chicken broth veggie rich - add more veggies, carrots, celery, cauliflower, zucchini, yellow squash, lima beans, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, etc. Add the chicken and cook until it's well browned, stirring often.

Instructions to make Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup:
  1. Dump all but garnish ingredients into your slow cooker and give it a few good stirs.
  2. Cook on low for 7 to 9 hours, or high for 5 to 7, depending on how hot your slow cooker gets.
  3. It's always nice if you can give the soup a few gentle stirs throughout the cooking process, but if you can't manage that because you're out of the house, then you can give it a stir and adjust the seasoning as necessary as soon as you get home. This will give the soup some time to more evenly and thoroughly absorb flavor before you sit down to enjoy it.
  4. I like it with a little steamed rice, some chopped onions and cilantro on top, a good extra squeeze of lime, and a few lashings of Tapatío. :) - - Enjoy!

In a large skillet, saute the chicken in oil until lightly browned. In an electric pressure cooker combine diced chicken, enchilada sauce, diced tomatoes, black beans, corn, chilies, cumin, and chicken stock. Release pressure, season with salt to taste, and serve. Garnish with cilantro, shredded cheese, sour cream, avocado, and lime wedges. Put the chicken in a slow cooker.

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