Want tacos without all the chopping and cleanup? This Slow Cooker Taco Soup recipe is the way to go. It’s a great weeknight dinner idea.

This recipe uses ground chicken. For more ways to use chicken, check out all our chicken recipes.

I can tell you two things about me: I could eat soup for dinner every night, and my slow cooker is my best friend.

Pete and I are such busy people. Between work, family obligations, and the farmers’ market, I don’t always have time to cook unless I’m doing it in the slow cooker. That’s how this Slow Cooker Taco Soup was born.

I wanted tacos, but I didn’t want the time commitment behind them. Tacos are so much chopping — and cleaning. Everything goes in its own little bowl and each one needs to be washed. Who has time for that right now?

Taco Soup is so much easier. It’s just opening a bunch of cans, dumping them in the slow cooker, and coming back later when it’s done.

Right now, that’s my speed.

Slow Cooker Taco Soup Recipe

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Slow Cooker Taco Soup Ingredients:

• 1 pound ground chicken
• 15.5 oz. can kidney beans
• 15.5 oz. can pinto beans
• 1 medium onion
• 48 oz. chicken broth
• 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes
• 1 package taco seasoning
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• Tortilla chips
• Sour cream

How To Make Slow Cooker Taco Soup:

Cook the chicken in a skillet, making sure to break it apart as it cooks.

Drain and rinse the beans.

Chop the onion.

Put the chicken, beans, onion, broth, tomatoes (including the water from the tomatoes), and seasoning into the slow cooker.

Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.

Stir in the cheese.

Serve in bowls and top with crushed tortilla chips and sour cream.

The only thing this soup is missing is the green. I usually put spinach on my tacos instead of lettuce, so it would be easy enough to throw in a handful of spinach with about 20 minutes left to wilt it. I didn’t think it would really add to the flavor at all, but you can add it if you’re missing it.

Have you tried this Slow Cooker Taco Soup recipe? Comment below and let us know.