Steps to Prepare Perfect Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup

Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup.

Hey everyone, it's John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, slow cooker southwestern chicken soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it's quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup is something that I have loved my whole life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup:

1. {Make ready 3 pounds of bone-in chicken pieces (I like dark meat - more flavor. :) ).
2. {Take 6 cups of water.
3. {Take 1 of small onion, cut into 1-inch pieces.
4. {Make ready 6 cloves of garlic, peeled and lightly crushed.
5. {Make ready 2 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. {Make ready 1 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 1 of large stem celery, cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
8. {Get 1 (15 oz.) 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. {Take 1/2 of a 15 oz. can of corn (or 1 cup frozen or fresh corn kernels).
10. {Take 1/2 of a 15 oz. can of tomatoes.
11. {Take 1/2-1 teaspoon of cumin.
12. {Take 1-2 teaspoons of dried oregano.
13. {Make ready 2 of bay leaves.
14. {Prepare 3-3.5 teaspoons of kosher salt to start.
15. {Make ready 1-1.5 Tablespoons of fresh squeezed lime juice.
16. {Get 1/4 cup of chopped cilantro (optional for the cilantro haters, of course).
17. {Take 1 teaspoon of fish sauce (optional, but recommended).
18. {Take of 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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