Slow-Cooker Southwest Chicken Soup with Baked Tortilla Strips
Updated Nov 18, 2022
We're making Southwest chicken soup oh-so-easy with the help of one of our favorite kitchen appliances. Take 15 minutes to assemble the ingredients in your slow cooker, and it'll do the rest! Go about your day and return to a warm, flavorful Southwest chicken tortilla soup that's packed with sweet potatoes, corn, bell pepper and more.
Slow-Cooker Southwest Chicken Soup with Baked Tortilla Strips
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 7 hr 45 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
Soup
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into 1-inch pieces (2 cups)
- 1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)
- 2 cans (14.5 oz each) diced tomatoes with green chilies, undrained
- 1 3/4 cups Progresso™ chicken broth (from 32-oz carton)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 cup frozen corn
- 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Baked Tortilla Strips
- 8 yellow or blue corn tortillas (5 or 6 inch)
Make With
Progresso Broth
Instructions
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Step1Spray 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Mix chicken, sweet potatoes, onion, tomatoes, broth, oregano and cumin in cooker. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.
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Step2Stir in corn and bell pepper. Increase heat setting to High; cover and cook about 30 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center and vegetables are tender.
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Step3Meanwhile, heat oven to 450°F. Spray 2 cookie sheets with cooking spray. Cut each tortilla into strips; place in single layer on cookie sheets. Bake about 6 minutes or until crisp but not brown; cool.
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Step4Spoon soup into individual bowls. Top with tortilla strips. Sprinkle with cilantro.
Nutrition
310
Calories
8g
Total Fat
23g
Protein
37g
Total Carbohydrate
11g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 310
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 12%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 11%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 45mg
- 16%
- Sodium
- 750mg
- 31%
- Potassium
- 930mg
- 26%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 37g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 6g
- 26%
- Sugars
- 11g
- Protein
- 23g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 150%
- 150%
- Vitamin C
- 25%
- 25%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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