Recipe: Healthier Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup

You can call this soup or chili, but either way it is wonderful This recipe is also very adaptable to your personal taste. This healthier version includes more fresh veggies/herbs and uses seasoning mix from the Healthier Taco Seasoning I recipe on this website. Serve topped with a variety of reduced-fat options.

Healthier Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup Ingredients

• 1 onion, chopped

• 1 (16 ounce) can chili beans

• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans

• 1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained

• 1 carrot, chopped

• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce

• 2 (10 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with green chilies, undrained

• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer

• 1? tablespoons taco seasoning, reduced sodium

• 3 whole skinless, boneless chicken breasts

• cup chopped fresh cilantro

• cup shredded reduced-fat Cheddar cheese

• cup light sour cream

• 2 ounces crushed baked tortilla chips

How to Make Healthier Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup

1. Place onion, chili beans, black beans, chopped carrot, corn, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and beer in a slow cooker. Add taco seasoning and stir to blend. Lay chicken breasts on top of mixture, pressing down slightly until just covered by other ingredients. Cover and cook on Low for 5 hours.

2. Remove chicken breasts from soup and allow to cool long enough to be handled. Shred chicken and stir back into soup. Continue cooking on Low for 2 hours. Serve with cilantro, Cheddar cheese, light sour cream, and crushed tortilla chips.

Healthier Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup Nutritions

• Calories: 327.9 calories

• Carbohydrate: 42.9 g

• Cholesterol: 50.3 mg

• Fat: 5.8 g

• Fiber: 9.4 g

• Protein: 28.8 g

• SaturatedFat: 1.5 g

• ServingSize:

• Sodium: 1275 mg

• Sugar: 5.5 g

• TransFat:

• UnsaturatedFat:

Healthier Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup Reviews

• I did not have Rotel (diced tomatoes with green chilies), what I did was use one can petite diced tomatoes and one 4 ounce can diced mild green chilies. I also used my own homemade taco seasoning and I threw in a couple cloves of fresh minced garlic. Very good.

• Ive had this before. Made it several times and always love it just the same. Question, though. Im keeping track of the calories I take in. What, technically, is considered a serving? A cup?I also nix the beer for low-sodium chicken broth and find that it tastes amazing

• Made this according to directions. Added avocado as a treat. Excellent dish, slow cooked to perfection.

• I was very obedient; I followed the directions, and it was awesome Its a keeper. THANKS.

• Really good. I made into more of a stew. I just used a large can of rinsed black beans for the beans. For the sauce I used jar of Newmans own marinara sauce and can of chicken stock (No beer or diced tomatoes). I skipped the canned chillis. Used four chicken breasts. When I took the chicken out to shred it I added a 1/4 cup cornstarch and 1/4 cup water (mixed together in a small bowl first)to the sauce. Stirred in the chicken tasted the sauce and added more taco seasonings. I also added a tbsp of brown sugar.

• Yummy I doubled the recipe, used low sodium everything, subbed veggie broth for beer, added sliced black olives, and 3 T minced garlic. Omitted carrots. Also for chicken, I shredded the white meat of 2 ready-made rotisserie chicken. Could easily go vegan w no chicken.

• I make this all the time, and it always turns out well. You can also make a few additions to kick up a notch: I sometimes add 2-3 zucchini and a green pepper for extra vegetables and I sometimes kick it up a notch with some extra cayenne.

• Pretty good

• Wow, I wasnt sure about this, but it turned out delicious Made just a couple changes - I hadnt planned on making it this evening, so I cooked it on the stovetop. I added 1 tbps of minced garlic with the onion and left out the carrot. Otherwise, followed the recipe exactly. Will definitely be making this again

• Excellent and so easy to make husband loved it follow recipe exactly turns out perfect thanks for sharing

• Delicious, easy, & healthy

• Easy And so yummy My kids went for more and my pregnant sister in law has a new craving.

• I would give it more if I could

• Tried this for the 1st time & everyone loved it Although i did tweek it around a little. I left out the carrot. Added a can of pinto beans, 1 tbsp of minced garlic, and a package of taco seasoning since i didnt have the seasonings to make homemade. I also used crushed doritos chips instead of reg. Tortilla chips. DELICIOUS

• Great flavor and I didnt change a thing

• Didnt change a thing. Loved it. Can not wait to make this for family when they come in town this winter

• Very tasty. I didnt have fresh cilantro so used dry. Also instead of the chili beans (dont care for them), I cut up zucchini, green peppers and carrots to make up the bulk. Everything else stayed the same. My family loved.

• Very simple and very tasty

• I would add more spice next time. My husband loves it

• Loved it

• I would add something for flavor next time. It was good, but not a lot of flavor.

• Awesome and very easy. Used frozen corn at the nd

• I made this the other day. It was good. I think I would add a little more taco seasoning on the chicken to give it more flavor. I did forget the black beans but it was enough with the chili beans. I used Fritos chili cheese corn chips, shredded cheddar cheese, and sour cream as the toppings. I will make this again.

• Very good I did not have beer, so I used chicken broth and it worked great. I also had precooked shredded chicken, so I just dumped it all together and simmered it for about 40 minutes. Delicious

• Would make this again as it was quick and enormously tastee. Have to warn others to use no more than prescribed amount of taco seasoning. I used a stout beer. Put tobasco sauce on the table with the cheese and sour cream for participants seasoing to taste.

• Its a keeper; super easy and everyone loved the flavor. Reviewed others edits and went with replacing water with more broth and added a can of black beans. Yummy

• Love this recipe I use my own seasonings and after shredding the chicken I added kale to the soup.

• I made it just as the recipe instructed and it was easy and delicious.

• A tasty and healthy dish I will definitely make it again.

• Its really yummy If I would change anything its the carrots...its just odd in a recipe like this...but its not too bad. Excited to eat my lunch at work this week. And I love how easy the prep was.

• My family loves. One of or favorite meals. The taste is so good. Not overpowering. I recommend trying this recipe.

• Ive made this at least twice a year for years. It tastes better the next day. I double up the recipe and we have leftovers for a week I home make the taco seasoning as others suggested, and use Modelo Negra beer. You can switch up what beans you want to include, but always make sure to keep the juices in. Highly recommend

• It was great and everyone loved it. I will be making it again.

• Great flavor, my only critical comment is that I used large amish chicken breasts and 3 whole breasts was way to much. It turned out more like a stew than a soup. I will use smaller breasts next time and note the weight

• Amazing I used hot rotel and threw in some jalapeos. Only had to cook for about 4 hours and then shredded the chicken. Its spicy just the way I like it

• This has become a house favorite for my family To make it more soupy, I add a can of low sodium chicken broth and my boyfriend loves when I put halved pearl onions in it. I also will chop up extra toppings for this like radishes, black olives and green onions. Whenever I go out of town I make sure to pre-prepare a dump bag of this for my boyfriend so he doesnt feed himself hamburgers the entire time Im gone. Its a great recipe that is easy to build on and play with

• Excellent, and easy to make. I added four breast instead of three, just the right amount of spices. So good, Im making it again this weekend for lunches the coming week.

• Even better the second day

• I added a chopped red pepper, jalapeo pepper and stalk of celery. It turned our great

• It was a hit

• Easy to make with ingredients I usually have in my pantry and freezer. I love recipes that dont require a special trip to the store Not sure the beer added any flavor; chicken broth is probably just as good. I added Tabasco for more kick.

• Oh my goodness So delicious and easy I will be making this one ALOT

• I used roasted chicken and put it in about half way of the cooking time.

• This soup has fabulous flavor and its so easy. Set it and forget it, until its time to shred the chicken. We dont care for cilantro, so I served the soup with sour cream, shredded Oaxaca cheese, and diced avocado. Very hearty, filling and healthy. Have some Doritos on the side if you like.

• Delicious.

• Great

• Excellent. Did add more garlic.and had to use chicken legs. They were a pain to debone, but everyone loved it.

• This is the easiest and most delicious recipe I have made -I make it every other week I do not put in the second can of diced tomatoes but substitute it for about a half a cup to a cup of chicken broth so it doesnt get too thick Everyone loves it -especially my husband who is on a low sodium diet and very very picky

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