Crockpot chicken tortilla soup is a quick crockpot meal using leftover rotisserie chicken. This one-pot meal is packed full of nutrition from beans, quinoa, and lots of veggies. Gluten-free.
This quick crock pot dinner takes about 5 minutes to get going in the slow cooker.
Let it cook while you’re gone, and come home to a hot and hearty dinner meal filled with all the healthy good stuff you want your family to eat.
Substitutions:
You can swap rotisserie chicken for:
- raw chicken breasts
- canned chicken
- add extra beans
- add leftover shredded beef or pork
How To Make
- To slow cooker add leftover chicken, quinoa, spinach, onion, great northern beans, corn nuggets, diced tomatoes, spices, and chicken stock.
- Cook on high for 2-4 hours or low 4-6 hours.
Topping ideas:
- tomatoes
- cheese
- corn tortilla strips
- avocado
- onion
- black olives
Stove Top Directions:
- Sauté the onions in a bit of olive oil in a large pot until translucent
- Add the rest of the ingredients (except pitas).
- Simmer for 15-2o minutes, or until quinoa is tender.
More Crockpot Recipes
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Crockpot Chicken Tortilla Soup
Ingredients
- 2 cups rotisserie chicken ✅
- 1 cup dry quinoa rinsed
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1 cup spinach
- 15.5 oz. can great northern beans
- 15.25 oz. can corn nuggets drained
- 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes ✅not drained
- 4.5 oz. can diced green chilies ✅
- 2 Tbsp. chili powder ✅
- 2 Tbsp. cumin ✅
- 1 tsp. granulated garlic ✅
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes ✅
- 32 oz. chicken stock ✅
- tortilla chips, crushed ✅
Instructions
- Add the ingredient to the crockpot. To slow cooker add chicken, quinoa, spinach, onion, great northern beans, corn nuggets, diced tomatoes, spices, and chicken stock.
- ⭐️Cook. Cook on high for 2-4 hours or low 4-6 hours.
- Serve. Top with your favorite taco toppings including tortilla chips, tomatoes, cheese, tortilla strips, avocado, onion, and black olives.
Stove Top Directions:
- ⭐️Cook the onions. Sauté the onions in a bit of olive oil in a large pot until translucent. Add the rest of the ingredients.
- ⭐️Cook. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until quinoa is tender.
Tawnie Kroll says
Great use of the pitas! I threw mine in the freezer because I knew they would go bad. This recipe sounds delish, I am a big fan of quinoa! 🙂
Create Kids Club says
Thanks Tawnie! The rest of my pitas are frozen as well, waiting for a new exciting recipe 🙂
Melissa says
What a delicious way to use leftover chicken! Yum!