Recipe of Favorite Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, slow cooker southwestern chicken soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup:

1. Make ready bone-in chicken pieces (I like dark meat - more flavor. :) )
2. Make ready water
3. Make ready small onion, cut into 1-inch pieces
4. Take garlic, peeled and lightly crushed
5. Prepare 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. Take 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 large stem celery, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
8. Get 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. Make ready a 15 oz. can of corn (or 1 cup frozen or fresh corn kernels)
10. Make ready a 15 oz. can of tomatoes
11. Get cumin
12. Get dried oregano
13. Make ready bay leaves
14. Get kosher salt to start
15. Take fresh squeezed lime juice
16. Take chopped cilantro (optional for the cilantro haters, of course)
17. Get fish sauce (optional, but recommended)
18. Take optional garnish: fried tortilla chips or strips, chopped fresh chilies, onions, cilantro, avocado, and lime wedges

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!

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