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Our Favorite Chicken Taco Soup Recipe

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  • Author: Emily Dingmann for myeverydaytable.com
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x
  • Category: Soup
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: Mexican
  • Diet: Gluten Free

Description

This easy chicken taco soup recipe is everything I look for in a weeknight dinner. It’s flavorful, filling, easy, nutritious, and delicious.


Ingredients

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Soup:

  • 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 lb. chicken breast tenders
  • 1/4 tsp. sea salt
  • 1/8 tsp. black pepper
  • 2 Tbsp. taco seasoning
  • 24 oz. marinara sauce (not Italian or basil)
  • 4 cups chicken broth (or bone broth or vegetable broth)
  • 1 15oz. can black beans (rinsed)
  • 2 cups frozen corn

Toppings:

  • sliced green onions
  • shredded cheddar cheese
  • lime wedges
  • fresh cilantro
  • diced avocado
  • tortilla chips

Instructions

  1. Prep ingredients:
    Dice onion.
    Cut chicken into 1″ pieces.
  2. Heat oil in soup pot or dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion to pan, saute for 2-3 minutes.
  3. Add chicken to pot, season with salt and pepper and cook for about 3-4 minutes. Stir in taco seasoning and stir to coat the chicken.
    Chicken cooking in taco seasoning
  4. Pour marinara sauce and chicken broth into the pot and bring to a boil.
    Pot of soup with marinara sauce and soup
  5. Stir in black beans and frozen corn and lower heat to low and gentle simmer for 20 minutes.
    Pot of chicken taco soup with corn and beans
  6. While the soup is simmering, prep toppings: slice green onions, cut lime into wedges, chop cilantro, dice avocado, shred cheese.
  7. Serve soup with toppings as desired.
    Bowl of taco chicken soup with fresh toppings
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Notes

  • Estimated nutrition facts do not include toppings.
  • Get your kids involved! They can: measure corn, arrange toppings on a platter.