Step-by-Step Guide to Make Perfect Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup

Hello everybody, welcome to my recipe site. Today I will show you how to make a distinctive dish, Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup. It is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i’am gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup Recipe.

You can have Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup

1. Take of bone-in chicken pieces (I like dark meat - more flavor. :) ).
2. Prepare of water.
3. It’s of small onion, cut into 1-inch pieces.
4. Make ready of garlic, peeled and lightly crushed.
5. Make ready 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. You need 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. Take 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. You need of a 15 oz. can of corn (or 1 cup frozen or fresh corn kernels).
10. Make ready of a 15 oz. can of tomatoes.
11. Take of cumin.
12. It’s of dried oregano.
13. Prepare of bay leaves.
14. Make ready of kosher salt to start.
15. It’s of fresh squeezed lime juice.
16. Prepare of chopped cilantro (optional for the cilantro haters, of course).
17. Prepare 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.

Slow Cooker Southwestern Chicken Soup instructions

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!.