Slow-Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup

This chicken tortilla soup tastes better than anything you can get at a restaurant. It's healthy, too! Don't let the long list of ingredients fool you. All you do is dump everything into the slow cooker and walk away.

Basic Details:

Prep time:

30 mins

Cook Time:

3 hrs

Total Time:

3 hrs 30 mins

Servings:

8

Yield:

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Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 8 servings

  • 1 pound shredded, cooked chicken
  • 1 (15 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, mashed
  • 1 (10 ounce) can enchilada sauce
  • 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chile peppers
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen corn
  • 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
  • 7 corn tortillas
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, or as needed

Directions

  1. Gather all ingredients.

    Ingredients to make slow cooker chicken tortilla soup

  2. Place chicken, tomatoes, enchilada sauce, green chiles, onion, and garlic into a slow cooker.

    A slow cooker with shredded chicken, tomatoes, enchilada sauce, green chiles, onion, and garlic

  3. Pour in water and chicken broth; season with cumin, chili powder, salt, pepper, and bay leaf. Stir in corn and cilantro. Cover and cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours or on High for 3 to 4 hours.

    A spoon stirring a slow cooker with chicken soup

  4. When the soup is almost finished, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly brush both sides of tortillas with oil.

    A pastry brush brushing oil onto a tortilla

  5. Cut tortillas into strips, then spread on a baking sheet.

    A parchment lined-baking sheet with striped of oiled tortillas

  6. Bake in the preheated oven until crisp, 10 to 15 minutes.

    A parchment paper-lined baking sheet of crunchy tortilla strips

  7. Sprinkle tortilla strips over soup before serving.

    Slow cooker chicken tortilla soup, garnished with crunchy tortilla strips and cilantro

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Calories

262

Fat

11g

Carbs

25g

Protein

18g