Easy Chicken Enchilada Soup

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Easy Chicken Enchilada Soup. If it is cooling down where you are at like it is in Colorado, you want to add this to your weekly dinner plan. I’m in Northern Colorado and this next week we’re probably going to see snow on Thursday as well as lows in the single digits! BRRRRR! This Easy Chicken Enchilada Soup is just that… easy. However, just because it’s easy does not mean it lacks taste. Also, it is completely KID APPROVED. My kid’s favorite way to eat this soup is by adding sour cream and cheese and eating it with chips.

I personally prefer to cook my soup low and slow all day long if time permits. Whether that means cooking it all day in your crock pot or dutch oven is completely up to you. I find that cooking your soup longer helps bring out the flavor and it makes your chicken even more tender! In this recipe you add your chicken raw, which requires more cooking, but you could also add already cooked and shredded rotisserie chicken if you have less time. Our favorite quick chicken option is a Rotisserie Chicken from Costco!

 

This one-pot dinner is going to warm you right up and while it definitely tastes like comfort food, it’s actually healthy and full of chicken. There’s nothing worse than a bowl of soup that is mostly broth in my opinion, so this is packed with beans, corn, and chicken. 

And incase you missed that… ONE POT. Because let’s be honest, most of us can agree that we either don’t have time to do dishes, or we don’t like to wash dishes. No matter which camp you fall into, fear not, this recipe is going to float your boat. An InstaPot in my opinion is one of the greatest kitchen gadgets to come out of the past few years. One pot that you can sauté in, slow cook in, pressure cook in, and apparently even air fry in (though I don’t have the air fryer lid, so I can’t speak to this). My only complaint is that I do like to watch my food cook and obviously you can’t do that with the InstaPot lid.

Did you know that the best way to ensure the flavor of your seasonings comes out is to cook them for a minute before you add your liquids? I learned this when I was on a trip to India! As everybody knows, seasonings and spices are India’s bread and butter. We spent some time there learning how to cook authentic Indian food, and my biggest take-away was to cook my spices. Don’t believe me? Try it for yourself! I spent years making food and feeling like I needed to add tablespoons of spices to really get the flavor I was looking for. Insert cooking your spices and a teaspoon will give you exactly what you need. There is my nugget of advice for this post! 

Serving Suggestions:

For serving this soup, I recommend topping it with Avocado, Cilantro, Shredded Cheese and Lime Juice. If you asked my kids, they would say that Sour Cream and Chips are a must. For years I struggled to get my kids to eat soup, so one of my favorite hacks is to thicken it up with sour cream and/or cheese, and then let them eat it like a “dip” with chips. 

Also, if we’re being honest, I seldomly actually buy Sour Cream, so my kids think that Plain Greek Yogurt is actually sour cream. And you get the added benefit of high protein in the Greek Yogurt! Did you know you’d get TWO gold nuggets out of reading this post? HA!

Easy Chicken Enchilada Soup
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Easy Chicken Enchilada Soup

Recipe by Cari FrinkCourse: DinnerCuisine: MexicanDifficulty: Easy
Servings

6

servings
Total time

50

minutes

Easy Chicken Enchilada Soup is just that.. Easy! Add this to your weekly meal lineup this week.

Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil

  • 1 White Onion (diced)

  • 2 Garlic Cloves

  • 1 teaspoon each Cumin, Cayenne, Salt, Pepper

  • 1 can Great Northern White Beans (15oz)

  • 1 can Whole Kernel Corn (15oz)

  • 1 can Diced Green Chilies (4oz)

  • 1 can Green Enchilada Sauce (15oz)

  • 16 oz Chicken Stock

  • 1 lb Raw Chicken Breast

  • Optional Toppings: Cheese, Sour Cream, Cilantro, Avocado, Chips, Lime

Directions

  • Begin by turning your InstaPot onto Saute, or by heating your dutch oven. Once warm, add Olive Oil, Onion, and Garlic.
  • Sauté till the onion starts to become translucent and the garlic begins to brown. Add the seasonings and allow to sauté for a minute to bring out the flavor.
  • Add Beans, Corn, Green Chilies, Green Enchilada Sauce, Chicken stock, and Chicken to the pot.
  • Simmer on low or slow cook in your crockpot on low for 6-8 hours.**
  • Once chicken is cooked, remove it from the pot and shred. Add shredded chicken back into the soup and serve!
  • *FAVORITE TOPPINGS: Cilantro, Avocado, Sour Cream, Lime Juice, Shredded Cheese, Chips
  • **If time is limited, add cooked chicken and/or pressure cook in your InstaPot for 35 minutes.

2 Comments

  1. Jeanene Comerford
    November 22, 2022 at 3:52 am

    Perfect comfort food 😁. I love to smell it cooking in my crockpot when I come in at the end of the day.