Slow Cooker King Ranch Chicken Soup

Crock Pot King Ranch Chicken Soup ~ Your Favorite King Ranch Chicken Casserole Flavor Turned into a Comforting Soup Made in Your Slow Cooker!

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King Ranch Chicken Soup

I’ve been blogging a whopping 6 years already and I can’t believe it! I have had a blast and one of the things I’ve enjoyed most is the community that food blogging is. We are there to support each other, feed off each other and toss ideas back and forth.

It’s really not a competition but a community. It’s pretty awesome. I’ve also “met” a lot of awesome people along this journey. Today I’m introducing you to one of them and her brand new cookbook! Samantha over at Five Heart Home has an amazing new cookbook, Real Food Slow Cooker Suppers, that was just released!

I know all of you love your slow cooker as much as me! Some of my favorite slow cooker meals are Crock Pot Chili Mac, Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup and Turkey Crock Pot Breakfast Casserole Recipe, YUM!!

So I just had to share her book with YOU!!!

Not only is Samantha a total sweetheart but she somehow managed to pull off developing 80 Slow Cooker Dinner Recipes that call for all real, fresh, unprocessed ingredients while raising three young kids! Plus, she kept up her blog while doing this!

In this cookbook, you can expect to find beautiful pictures to accompany each of the 80 recipes, a variety of family-friendly main dish recipes influenced by a variety of cuisines and metric conversions for each recipe!

I choose to try out the Slow Cooker King Ranch Chicken Soup and it was FABULOUS. If all the recipes are this good I’ll be using this cookbook every night!

I was secretly happy it was just me and Ry home when I made it so I could hoard all the leftovers to myself! It was the perfect, comforting soup with just the right amount of spice!

Grocery List for King Ranch Chicken Soup

• butter
• garlic
• flour
• chicken broth
• chili powder
• cumin
• garlic powder
• salt and pepper
• boneless skinless chicken breasts
• can diced tomatoes with green chiles
• jalapeno
• Colby Jack cheese
• tortilla chips
• cilantro

Steps by Step Directions to make King Ranch Chicken Soup

1. Melt butter in a saucepan, add the garlic and sauté for about a minute.
2. Whisk in flour, then slowly whisk in the chicken broth. Increase the heat to a simmer and continue to whisk for several minutes, until the sauce has thickened. 
3. Remove from the heat, and stir in chili powder, cumin, garlic powder and salt. Season to taste with black pepper. Set aside.
4. Place the chicken breasts in the crockpot. Top with diced tomatoes with green chiles and jalapeño. 
5. Pour the sauce over the top. Cover and cook on low for 4- hours, until chicken is tender. 
6. Remove the chicken and place on a cutting board. Dice the chicken, then add it back to the slow cooker.
7. Cook for 15 minutes, until the cheese is melted and the ingredients heated through. 
8. Serve with crushed tortilla chips, extra cheese and cilantro.

You can grab a copy of Samantha’s cookbook at Amazon & Barnes & Noble!

More delicious chicken soups to enjoy!

• Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup
• Cheesy Southwest Chicken Soup Recipe
• Pesto Chicken Tortellini Soup
• {Instant Pot} Pressure Cooker Chicken Taco Soup
• Crock Pot Cheesy Chicken Wild Rice Soup
• Homemade Chicken Pot Pie Soup Recipe

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Slow Cooker King Ranch Chicken Soup

Your Favorite King Ranch Chicken Casserole Flavor Turned into a Comforting Soup Made in Your Slow Cooker!

Prep:25 minutes mins

Cook:4 hours hrs

Total:4 hours hrs 25 minutes mins

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Ingredients

• ▢ 8 Tbsp butter
• ▢ 2 cloves garlic minced
• ▢ 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
• ▢ 3 c. low-sodium chicken broth
• ▢ 4 tsp chili powder
• ▢ 1 Tbsp ground cumin
• ▢ 1 Tbsp garlic powder
• ▢ 1 tsp salt
• ▢ Freshly ground pepper to taste
• ▢ 1 1/2 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
• ▢ 1 10 oz can diced tomatoes with green chiles (mild, original or hot depending on your heat preference)
• ▢ 1 medium jalapeno minced (seeds and membranes left intact for spicy, removed for mild)
• ▢ 2 c. Colby Jack cheese, plus more for topping
• ▢ Tortilla chips for servings,
• ▢ Fresh cilantro chopped, for serving, optional

Instructions

• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the garlic and saute until it is fragrant and light golden brown, about 1 minutes.
• Stir in flour and whisk continuously for 1 minute. Slowly whisk in the chicken broth. Increase the heat to a simmer and whisk continuously for several minutes, until the sauce is smooth and thickened. Remove saucepan from heat, and stir in chili powder, cumin, garlic powder and salt. Add black pepper to taste and set sauce aside.
• Place the chicken breasts in a large slow cooker. Top them with the diced tomatoes with green chiles and jalapeno. Pour the sauce over the top. Cover slow cooker and cook on low for 4- hours, until chicken is tender and cooked through, but not overcooked.
• Transfer chicken to cutting board, Stir cheese into the slow cooker and cover the slow cooker while you prepare chicken. Pull chicken into large chunks and stir in back into the slow cooker.
• Cover the slow cooker and cook for 15 minutes, until the cheese is melted and the ingredients heated through. Stir well.
• To serve, crush tortilla chis into a bowl and ladle the soup over the top. Garnish with extra cheese and cilantro, if desired.

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Nutrition Information

Calories: 690kcal (35%), Carbohydrates: 23g (8%), Protein: 48g (96%), Fat: 45g (69%), Saturated Fat: 26g (163%), Cholesterol: 188mg (63%), Sodium: 1203mg (52%), Potassium: 803mg (23%), Fiber: 1g (4%), Sugar: 2g (2%), Vitamin A: 1920IU (38%), Vitamin C: 8.8mg (11%), Calcium: 590mg (59%), Iron: 3.7mg (21%)

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Here are some of the other fantastic recipes you’ll find in the book!

DINNERTIME CLASSICS
~Swedish Meatballs
~Teriyaki Chicken Breasts
~Marinated Pork Chops & Potatoes

COMFORTING MAIN DISHES
~Mexican Pot Roast with Borracho Beans
~Bacon-Wrapped Peach Jalapeño Pork Loin
~Cheesy Spinach Lasagna

SOUP’S ON
~King Ranch Chicken Soup
~Thai Shrimp Soup with Rice Noodles
~Bacon Cheeseburger Soup

STEWS, CHILIS, & CHOWDERS
~Beefy Three-Bean Chili
~Pork & Hominy Stew
~Chicken & Dumplings

SANDWICHES, TACOS, & WRAPS
~Raspberry Chipotle Chicken Sliders
~Mini Pulled Pork Pizzas
~French Dip Tacos with Caramelized Onions & Bleu Cheese

HOLIDAY HELPERS (holiday main dishes to make in the slow cooker so that your oven is freed up for other recipes)
~Cran-Cherry Glazed Ham
~Herbed Turkey Breast
~Citrus-Glazed Cornish Hens

Bonus Chapter: HOMEMADE SEASONINGS & STOCKS