Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup

Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup is the perfect healthy comfort food. Set it and forget it; this soup is going to become a regular in your dinner rotation!

Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup in the slow cooker is such an easy, healthy, and classic recipe, that you will definitely want to add it to your regular rotation. My family loves it during the winter because it is super comforting and with a little kick, it really warms you up! Today’s post is sponsored by Herbalife Nutrition, however all opinions are my own. 

When I was in college, I worked in a really popular Mexican restaurant, and was so excited to get a serving job there because it was always super busy (big tips!), and the food was amazing! I assumed I would gain at least 10 pounds that summer because of the delicious food, but I ended up losing weight because I spent 12 hours a day on my feet running around!  One of their best dishes was easily one of the most simple, their Chicken and Rice Mexican Soup.  I had never tried this soup prior to working there, but once I did try it there was no turning back.  It had a great broth base with shredded flavorful chicken, tender rice, just enough spice, and it was loaded with mozzarella cheese.  The best part about the soup was how the cheese melted in the soup once it was sprinkled on top; it made for every single bite to be cheesy delicious.

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Flash forward 5 years later, I wanted to recreate this soup at home! When I started my weightloss journey two years ago, I knew I needed to find delicious flavorful recipes that wouldn’t make me feel like I was ‘watching what I was eating.’ When I developed this Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup, I knew I wanted to keep the flavors in line with the restaurant I used to work for, but I wanted to make it healthier so I could feel good about eating it. When I finally nailed the recipe, my husband was SO happy, because he loved it just as much as me. 

Another thing has changed since I first came up with this Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup…I’ve become a vegetarian. I still make it with chicken for my family, but I also make a great version without chicken as well, and just load it up with black beans. YUM! When I make it vegetarian style, I will often incorporate other sources of protein, like Herbalife’s Personalized Protein Powder, which is great because it has no taste or texture when you add it to the soup.

Pairing this Slow Cooker Tortilla Chicken Soup with other Herbalife Nutrition products during the day can really aid in having a great diet regiment. I like to use Herblife Nutrition’s Shakes for breakfast and lunch. They keep me feeling full during the day between meals, and help me achieve my goals.

I spoke with Registered Dietician and expert at Herbalife Nutrition, Susan Bowerman, a few months ago and had a great conversation about my diet and health goals. Susan was concerned I wasn’t getting enough protein throughout the day since I am a vegetarian. By adding the Herbalife Nutrition personalized protein powder, to my meal shakes in the morning and at lunch, it really helps bump up my protein consumption (trying to reach 100g a day). Sometimes I add Herbalife Nutrition Personalized Protein Powder to other recipes too, such as the meatless version of this soup, or a container of Greek yogurt. 

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Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

6 hrs

Total Time

6 hrs 10 mins

 

Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup is the perfect healthy comfort food. Set it and forget it; this soup is going to become a regular in your dinner rotation!

Servings: 6 servings

Calories: 192 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts or 1 (15oz) can black beans if making vegetarian
• 1 14 ounce can fire roasted diced tomatoes
• 10 ounces enchilada sauce I use hot to give it a kick
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 4 ounces chopped green chili peppers I use the canned chilies
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 2 cups of water
• 16 ounces chicken broth or vegetable broth lower sodium
• 1 tsp cumin (may add more if you want a spicier soup)
• 1 tsp chili powder (may add more if you want a spicier soup)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp black pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 1 TBS cilantro chopped
• 1/2 cup part skim shredded mozzarella cheese
• lime for garnish

Instructions

1. In the slow cooker place chicken breasts (or beans), tomatoes, enchilada sauce, onion, green chilies and garlic. Pour in the water and broth, and add the cumin, chili powder, salt, pepper, and bay leaf.
2. Cover, and cook on low setting for 6 to 8 hours or on high setting for 4 hours.
3. Remove chicken from slow cooker and transfer to a cutting board. Using 2 forks, shred the chicken into pieces and then place back into soup; stir. (this step is only needed if making with chicken)
4. Stir in corn and cilantro; cover and cook for 20 minutes.
5. To serve, sprinkle 1 TBS (or more if desired) of cheese over the soup. Garnish with a lime and whatever else you desire.

**Nutritional information includes cheese and lime garnishes, however does not include any other garnishes such as chips, green onions or avocado.

Like other healthy Mexican recipes as much as I do? Checkout these other recipes from Domestic Superhero:

Mexican Street Corn Salad

Mexican Quinoa Bowl

Mexican Baked Eggs

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– Allyson

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Herbalife Nutrition. The opinions and text are all mine.