20-Minute Chicken Enchilada Soup Recipe– quick, easy and filling soup packed with beans, chicken, tomatoes and corn! Top it with tortilla chips, cheese, sour cream and avocado!Â
20-MINUTE ENCHILADA SOUP
This recipe is another attempt of mine to bring more colors to your life. It is a known fact that colorful food makes the soul happy! And as we discussed before, if you are sick of winter and the dull, cloudy days (unless you live in a all-year-long-sunshine place, lucky you! ) – surround yourself with colors. Anything works, from clothes, home decor, makeup, even stationery to food. I can’t have a day without my vibrant green smoothie and now this enchilada soup. It’s rich in color and flavor. So crazy good – you will end up making it over and over.
Also, this is a 20-minute (start to finish) weeknight dinner idea that everyone will love. Make a double batch to freeze for busy days! Also, check out my 20-Minute Chicken Noodle Soup and the creamy and rich Roasted Tomato Soup.
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN ENCHILADA SOUP?
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Heat up 2 teaspoons of olive oil in a stock pot. Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring often, until soft.
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Add cooked chicken, black beans, corn, diced tomatoes, diced chiles and stir together.
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Add chicken stock, enchilada sauce, cumin, salt, pepper and chili powder. Stir together.
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Bring to boil and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes.
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Serve topped with shredded cheddar cheese, dollop of sour cream, chopped avocados and tortilla strips.
CAN I MAKE THIS SOUP AHEAD OF TIME?
This recipe uses already cooked chicken. I tend to cook a lot of chicken (roast it in the oven or cook in slow cooker) and divide into ziploc bags to use throughout the week. If you don’t have a cooked chicken on hand, you can cut raw chicken breast (skinless boneless) into bite-size pieces and cook them in a little bit of olive oil in the stock pot first, remove from the pot, and then cook the veggies (onion and garlic).
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20-MINUTE CHICKEN ENCHILADA SOUP RECIPE:
20-Minute Chicken Enchilada Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked chicken breast shredded or cut into bite size pieces
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 1.25 cup enchilada sauce 1 10oz. can
- 1 can black beans rinsed and drained, 14oz.
- 14 oz can diced tomatoes with juice
- 15 oz can whole kernel corn drained
- 4 oz can diced green chiles
- 1 clove of garlic minced
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1.5 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon chili powder
- shredded cheddar cheese sour cream, chopped avocados, tortilla strips - for topping
Instructions
- Heat up 2 teaspoons of olive oil in a stock pot. Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring often, until soft.
- Add cooked chicken, black beans, corn, diced tomatoes, diced chiles and stir together.
- Add chicken stock, enchilada sauce, cumin, salt, pepper and chili powder. Stir together.
- Bring to boil and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Serve topped with shredded cheddar cheese, dollop of sour cream, chopped avocados and tortilla strips.
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Tamara Noell says
This soup is amazing! I serve it with cinnamon butter cornbread ….delicious!
Jenna says
This soup is so good and easy! Will be making it again!
Aerika Lewis says
This was so amazingly good!! I had boiled a whole chicken so I used the broth from that. Had gotten creamed corn by accident so I used fresh corn off the ear. I enjoyed every single spoonful of this! YUMMMY!!!!!!!!!!!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you so much, Aerika! I am so glad you loved it!
Lila says
i made this and it is very good for a quick soup recipe. I served it with corn bread, sour cream and avocado. Yummy
charlotte says
this sounded so good…had all ingredients-on the stove now-waiting for the aroma!
Alma says
Can you use green chile enchilada sauce instead of the red?
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Hi Alma! I have not tried this soup with green sauce but it should work fine. Let me know if you make it! -Anna
Alma says
I did make it with the green sauce. It was amazing!!
Kristyn says
I love fast dinner recipes, and this one looks so delicious I’ll have to try it soon! 🙂
Cookin Canuck says
I’m all about colorful foods, and this gorgeous soup is just begging me to make it!
Justine says
You had me at “20-minutes” … and then “chicken enchilada” and then “soup!” Looks amazing!
Michelle says
This is brilliant! Great for a weeknight!
Chandra says
You totally brought the colors with this soup! Loving it
Erin says
Love a good comforting soup!! And a quick one is even better!
Sues says
This soup is chock full of deliciousness! It looks awesome!!
Katalina says
Such a flavor soup is such a short time? Yes, I want it, preferably with lots of avocados!
Erin says
This soup sounds SO PERFECT for a cold winter’s day! It’s sunny in Dallas today, but it is chilly, and I’m tempted to go get all the ingredients for this because I know we’d both love it. And I love how you’re easily able to customize this soup, too. Our child is too small for soup, but I can imagine she won’t be the biggest spice fan, and it’s nice to know you can leave out some things to make this more palatable for kids!