This easy enchilada soup in slow cooker with rotisserie chicken or fresh boneless skinless breasts (no cream cheese) is a healthy one pot meal we often make as a cheap leftover chicken breast recipe too.

This meal is one we cook often, especially when we are going to be gone all day. We can throw everything in our slow cooker, and it is ready by dinner time with no prep. Here's the easy enchilada soup recipe with chicken that's one of our favorite easy Crockpot recipes!

We will focus on how to make this as a crockpot recipe. BUT if you wanted to use a pot instead on your stove that is as simple. We think slow cooking is so much easier as we don't have to pay attention to it at all during the day. NO worrying about boiling over for this method.

You only need a few things, it is quite healthy. Need a vegetarian version of this?? NO problem, use vegetable broth instead and leave out the meat entirely. It is still so good that even our kids rave about it when it's served with rolls.

Let's talk a little bit about slow cooking shall we?? First off we have a few different varieties and we love them all. Each one has an occasion to be used like….

This is our favorite 6 quart programmable one with a locking lid so it's great for bringing to a potluck too.
We prefer not to use liners, but rather spray olive oil inside before adding our food for easier cleanups.

Let us give you a peek of our pretty thang we bought recently. It goes with our kitchen so we can leave it out on the countertop all the time.

A floral design slow cooker with a white base and lid sits on a kitchen countertop, solid for whipping up a 5 ingredient crockpot chili recipe.

Ingredient notes

You are going to want to start off with a few medium sized boneless skinless chicken breastssliced in half or use pre cooked chicken like rotisserie or leftovers will work with this.

You are going to want to use some good Chicken broth which is better than water to add more flavor of course.

Then you want to bring in the rich flavors with 1 can red enchilada sauce red, 10 oz was used. Choose spicy or mild to your liking.

Add canned black beansdrained and rinsed are great for the ultimate Mexican flavor.

You want kernel Corn that is canned and drained, or 1 bag of frozen kernels works too to add texture and we always like to add veggies into any meal.

Add a can of rotel is best if you like spicy or diced tomatoes work too and we like to add about half of an onion diced, it is a nice touch but optional

This whole pot will make about 6 bowls of soup if you are serving as a main dish. Stays for several hours on the stay warm function so it's great for Super Bowl too. Grab a loaf of bread, or make our 3 ingredient beer bread right before it's done and it is a good hearty. Pretty healthy too that all 5 of us love!

Canned black beans, enchilada sauce, an onion, and a slow cooker blend seamlessly to create an easy enchilada soup. The dish is ready to be served with shredded chicken in a bowl nearby.

Ok so this is the first place we had this, maybe you're the same. It was good, for sure, BUT we looked at it time and time again and thought it would be so easy to make myself. Of course it took us years to stop buying it and threw in what was in the pantry. it was easier than ever.

What got us going was after we had a bunch of shredded chicken on the stove left over in the fridge. You know how we hate wasting food! Felt like we didn't need fresh to make this since everything else is canned and already tender. Totally worked like a charm.

How Long to Cook Enchilada Soup in Slow Cooker

We have used all three types; with leftover rotisserie chicken, frozen breasts, and fresh meat as well. Believe it or not there isn't a huge cook time at all. Seriously. We mean with precooked you could enjoy after 4 hours since you're warming it up but typically we will leave for 6 anyway. Which is how long you need for the others.

Enchilada Soup with Frozen Chicken

If we find poultry on sale and stock up we'll use that because Crockpot frozen chicken even works fabulously well! the timing doesn't even change, choose small breasts and separate from one another before adding.

How do you make enchilada soup creamy?

To make our recipe creamy you can add room temperature 1/2 of a package of cream cheese 30 minutes prior to being done. Cut into smaller chunks so the heat melts it and creates a thicker texture to it. A dollop of sour cream is pretty yummy too.

Tips

Let us speak for a minute though about using frozen meat in any sort of recipe. You can use whole pieces but you want to have them be boneless and skinless.

The #2 thing to remember is you need them to be separated. If you pull them out of the freezer and they're in a huge chunk, defrost chicken in microwave to separate.

Slow Cooker Easy Enchilada Soup Recipe

By Easy enchilada soup in slow cooker recipe that tastes good and cooks by itself all day with rotisserie chicken or fresh breasts or thighs. Prep: 10 minutes minsCook: 6 hours hrsTotal: 6 hours hrs 10 minutes minsServings: 8 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

2 medium boneless chicken breasts, skin removed, boneless, sliced in half or use precooked shredded meat
3-4 cups chicken broth
1 can enchilada sauce, red, 10 oz
1 can black beans, 15 oz, drained and rinsed
1 can corn, 14 oz drained, or 1 bag of frozen kernels
1 can rotelor diced tomatoes
1/2 small onion, diced

Instructions

Add all items to the slow cooker. You can use shredded precooked, fresh breasts sliced in half or even frozen chicken breasts too if that is all you have. Stir together.
Turn your crockpot to low and cook 4-6 hours with precooked meat, or at least for 6 hours for fresh or frozen (until chicken is cooked thru).
Shred chicken about 30 min. before eating so it soaks up juices and serve with tortilla chips and add spicy jack cheese on top, or search beer bread on our blog and make that!

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Entree, Main Course, SoupCuisine: Mexican Tried this recipe?Mention @thetypical_mom or tag #thetypicalmom! How do you make soup spicy?

If you like it spicier, then choose a hotter enchilada sauce, or if you don't like it as spicy add mild sauce and add a bit more chicken broth to the mix. Adding red pepper flakes or diced jalapeno is another option too for heat.

What should you serve this with?

Tortilla chips are of course optional but will transform this into a chicken tortilla soup. Larger versions are a fun thing to scoop up what's inside and on the bottom. That is what we do with this and our spicy chicken noodle soup recipe. Then try our Instant Pot enchiladas and enjoy.

How to save leftovers

Have leftovers?? We have a great way to save leftover soup here. You can use this same method for any variety. Saves in blocks and then you can defrost and enjoy it again another day quite easily. To reheat once thawed you use a microwave safe bowl and heat for 1 minute, stir, and add another minute.

Other easy Crockpot recipes you'll love

Wait, we have more though. Once you fall in love with how easy this one was to make check out a few of our other dishes that are dump and go like this one. If you'd rather make another dinner similar to this one using ground beef try our Mexican ground beef casserole slow cooker or our 5 ingredient crockpot chili recipe for a classic dish.