World’s Easiest Chicken Taco Soup

A healthy and delicious chicken soup for quick weeknight dinners. So good, you’d never guess it takes fewer than 10 minutes to make.

Would you look at that? Baking Mischief is officially two months old! How time flies.

Last month we did a January salad series, and that worked out so well I figure we will keep up the themed months, at least until it stops being fun. Coming into cold and chilly February, I thought, what better than a month of soups? So every week until March we’ll have a new soup or stew or chowder, starting with, drum roll please… the World’s Easiest Chicken Taco Soup.

If you drew a graph where x was hard to easy and y was ick to delicious, this soup would hanging pretty in that top right hand corner (something gross and hard to make would be down in the bottom left). Does that make sense?

I always trot out that graph metaphor when I describe this soup to people and am usually met with blank stares, but I can’t help it. I feel like I need graphics to explain just how easy and amazing this soup is! To make it, you literally open a few cans, toss in some chicken, heat and eat. It might just be magic.

And lest you hear canned food and think this soup must be packed full of salt and high in calories, think again! Make sure your chicken broth and beans are low-sodium, and you are good. Even with a healthy dollop of sour cream and handful of cheese, this soup still comes in at under 400 calories. You can’t complain about that!

This is my go-to soup for crazy week nights and potlucks when I know time is going to be tight. It’s a total crowd-pleaser and you cannot imagine how many people ask for this recipe and are shocked when they hear how simple it is. Seriously, give it a try. You won’t regret it.

This recipe calls for shredded white meat from a rotisserie chicken, but if you don’t feel like running to the store to pick one up, check out my post on How to Cook Shredded Chicken .

Ingredients

▢ Breast meat from a rotisserie chicken shredded*, about 12 oz
▢ 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth 2 14oz cans
▢ 1 15-ounce can black beans drained and rinsed
▢ 1 8.75-ounce can corn drained
▢ 1 10-ounce can green enchilada sauce
▢ 1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes with green chilies

Toppings

▢ 5 tablespoons sour cream
▢ 1 1/4 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
▢ Green onions thinly sliced, optional
▢ Fritos or tortilla chips crushed (optional)

Instructions

Dump everything together in a large pot.
Heat.
Dish.
Mix in cheese and sour cream.
Eat.

Notes

Recipe adapted from: AllRecipes

Cookiefied versions of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens’” best character: Poe’s Jacket.

Okay guys, I was not going to do another Star Wars recipe after my BB-8 Cupcakes . When I started this blog, I said I’d limit myself to one nerdy recipe per franchise, lest the blog just become all Hannibal recipes all the time (people-free obviously, and I’m saving that one for a special occasion). BUT, I wanted to do a nerdy/pop-culture Valentine’s Day treat and once this idea popped into my head, it refused to leave. So here you go: Poe’s Jacket Cookies.

Why are these my Valentine’s Day treats? Because, was there a purer expression of love and friendship in all of pop-culture this year than the sharing of Poe’s jacket? I think not. The movie might as well be called Star Wars: Siblinghood of the Travelling Jacket for all that thing gets passed around by our three heroes. AND IT’S BEAUTIFUL!!

Disney via Dork Side of the Force

The jacket starts off the film with the best pilot in the Resistance, who passes it off to the universe’s most adorable stormtrooper, who then loans it out to our favorite young Jedi, who then gives it back to our newly minted Resistance member, where it, SPOILER probably helps save his life. And each time it’s handed off, it’s given in the spirit of friendship and affection. I love it so much, I might just cry. And if that jacket doesn’t get repaired and make it into the sequel, I really will.

I made these cookies with the recipe from my Copycat Heart Cookies with Cinnamon Icing , minus the food coloring. If you want to see me rave over how delicious they are, click over to that post. Just trust me when I say they’re really, really good, but you can use whatever cutout cookie dough you like best (or store-bought to make things simple). I do recommend using the cinnamon icing I link to though, because the cinnamon is what gives the coat the great, slightly distressed leather look, no coloring needed!

In case you want to use these as valentines or party favors, I created some printables to go with the cookies. You can print them out on sticker paper or just use double-stick tape like I did. (Click on each one for a large version.)

And before we move on to the instructions, I’ll tell you now, these cookies are a bit of a labor of love. They are easy to make, BUT they require a few resting periods, so they are not quick cookies. Don’t start these at 8pm on Valentine’s Day eve or the morning of a party. There will be tears. With that dire warning out of the way, on to the instructions!