Got 15 minutes? Get this chicken and rice soup recipe going in the slow cooker and you've got dinner DONE. Just set-it-and-forget-it💃
This is one of those "set-it-and-forget-it" recipes.
It's suuuuuper easy to make.
You'll get a sear on your chicken breasts and then get them and all the other ingredients into the slow cooker.
4 hours later, you'll have a delicious soup!
🔪Instructions
In a skillet, heat olive oil to medium-high heat and the brown chicken breast chunks. Season with salt and pepper.
Add chicken, onion, green pepper, jalapeno, garlic, chili powder and cumin to the crock pot.
Then add canned diced tomatoes, corn, rice, and lime juice into the slow cooker.
Add broth and stir. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours. Spoon into bowls and garnish with avocado, cilantro, sour cream, or tortilla chips.
💃What to serve with chicken and rice soup
This soup recipe is a meal all-in-one but if you're looking for something else to serve with it, here's a few ways to squeeze in even MORE healthy wonderfulness💃
🥡Make it a Meal Prep
You can freeze leftovers in an air-tight container for up to 3 months. Take out the night before and lunch is served💃
Hope you love this Chicken and Rice Soup Recipe like we do❣️
~April
📖 Recipe
Crockpot Southwest Chicken and Rice Soup
Equipment
- Slow cooker or crock pot
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast cubed, 2 medium chicken breasts
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1 shallot or small onion, diced
- 1 green pepper, diced
- 1 jalapeno seeded and diced
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1 can diced tomatoes, 3.5 cups or 796ml (large can)
- 1 cup frozen corn
- ½ cup brown rice (uncooked)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Avocado chunks, cilantro, sour cream, or tortilla chips for serving
Instructions
- In a skillet, heat olive oil to medium-high heat and brown chicken breast. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for about 5 minutes or until browned on all sides.
- Add chicken, onion, green pepper, jalapeno, garlic, chili powder, cumin, chicken broth, tomatoes, corn, rice, and lime juice into a 6qt slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on high for 4 hours. Stir a couple times while cooking.
- Spoon into bowls and garnish with avocado, cilantro, sour cream, or tortilla chips.
Notes
- Add extra chicken broth (or water) when re-heating leftovers if needed.
- Rice absorbs water (or broth) as it cooks so if you put raw or uncooked rice in your soup, it'll take up some of the broth as it cooks. That's what makes the rice nice and soft😄
- DO NOT SKIP the searing ok? It gives so much flavor and it's worth it.
- Leftover rotisserie chicken to use up? Instead of chicken breasts, add in shredded rotisserie chicken in the final 30 minutes of cooking.
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