Recipe of Perfect Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup

Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup.

Hello everybody, it's John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we're going to prepare a distinctive dish, slow cooker southwestern chicken soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It's enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup is something that I've loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook slow cooker southwestern chicken soup using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup:

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

Steps 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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