Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, loaded nacho soup - slow cooker. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Loaded Nacho Soup - Slow Cooker is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Loaded Nacho Soup - Slow Cooker is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook loaded nacho soup - slow cooker using 19 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Loaded Nacho Soup - Slow Cooker:
- Make ready 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast
- Take 1/2 yellow onion, diced
- Take 1 bell pepper, diced
- Take 1 jalapeno, diced (seeds removed for non-spicy)
- Get 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready 1 can (15 oz.) unsalted black or pinto beans, drained and rinsed
- Make ready 1 can (15 oz.) fire-roasted diced tomatoes
- Get 1 can (8 oz.) corn kernels, drained and rinsed
- Take 4 cups unsalted chicken broth
- Prepare 1 tbsp. chili powder
- Get 2 tsp. ground cumin
- Prepare 1 tsp. salt
- Take 1/2 tsp. each pepper, smoked paprika
- Make ready 3/4 cup heavy cream
- Get 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- Take 1 cup freshly shredded pepper jack cheese
- Take 1/2 cup freshly shredded cheddar cheese
- Prepare Sour Cream, for serving
- Get Crushed Tortilla Chips, for serving
Instructions to make Loaded Nacho Soup - Slow Cooker:
- Grease the slow cooker (6 quart size). Place in the chicken, onion, peppers, jalapeno, garlic, beans, corn, tomatoes, broth and seasonings. Give it a stir, then set the lid on and cook on low heat for 6 hours.
- Once the 6 hours is up, remove the chicken to a cutting board. Stir in the shredded cheeses until they are melted and incorporated in. Whisk the flour into the heavy cream until smooth, then stir that into the soup. Shred the chicken and stir it back into the soup. Place the lid back on and switch to high heat. Cook an additional 30ish minutes, until thickened and heated through. Taste to see if any additional seasoning is needed, then serve.
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You can see, you don’t have to turn to junk food or foods that are bad for you so you can feel better! Try some of these tips instead.
