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This Slow Cooker Taco Soup is filled with beef, black beans, and corn, in a spicy broth.
It has been HOT here! I’ve been spoiled by this fairly mild summer we’ve been having so, when temperatures got to 100°F last week I was not a happy camper. Poor Melinda’s A/C died on her and her whole family was sweating. Neither of us had any desire to turn on the stove and add even more heat to the mix. We both decided to pull out our slow cookers and save ourselves some time while keeping the kitchen cool (or as cool as Melinda could manage with no A/C).
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I made taco soup with my slow cooker. The recipe was one of my grandma’s favorite easy dinners, and she used to make it all the time. I know what you’re thinking, “I thought she said she wanted to cool down and now she’s making soup?”. Soup isn’t just for the cold months! The broth is flavored with ranch dressing and taco mix, and combined with tomatoes, black beans, and corn, so it has a tex-mex flavor and, since we make it in the slow cooker, it doesn’t heat the kitchen up. It’s just a bonus that it goes perfectly with a few icy cold margaritas.
I had just picked up the new six pack of Swanson Chicken Broth at Sam’s Club so I had plenty to make a big batch of taco soup. The only stovetop cooking I had to do was to brown the ground beef with some diced onions. Then I poured all of the ingredients into the slow cooker and set it to cook for 4 hours on high.
This soup smells so good while it is cooking! I love that spicy tex-mex smell. When it is ready you can ladle it into some bowls and garnish it with anything you like, jalapenos, black olives, sour cream, cheese, fresh tomatoes, a squeeze of lime juice, etc. I kept it simple with cheddar cheese and sour cream. Don’t forget the tortilla chips! I like to scoop my soup up with them, or if I’m feeling lazy, I crumble them into the soup like tasty tortilla croutons.
- 2lb ground beef
- 1 medium Onion, diced
- 2 packet Ranch Dressing Mix
- 2 packet Taco Seasoning
- 1 32 oz. box Swanson Chicken Broth
- 14.5 oz. can Tomato Sauce
- 2 - 14.5 oz cans Diced Tomatoes with Chiles
- 14.5 oz can Black Beans
- 1 can Corn
- Tortilla chips
- Sour Cream
- Cheddar Cheese
- Saute onions for 2 minutes.
- Add ground beef and brown the meat.
- Drain browned ground beef to remove excess fat.
- Add ground beef mixture and all other ingredients (do not drain corn or black beans) to slow cooker.
- Cook on High for 4 hours or Low for 6 hours.
- Garnish with sour cream and cheddar cheese.
I think it is a perfect meal to eat while sitting on the back porch in the summer, add some chips and salsa, and a margarita and I’m in heaven.
You are so right. I need to break out my slow cooker so that I don’t have to use the stove in the summer! There are so many different ways to use Swanson Chicken Broth! #client
A family favorite but I’ve never tried making it in my slow cooker. Brilliant!
You’re gonna love keeping your stove turned off while it cooks!
This looks amazing! Pinning!
Yum! I could dive right into this soup – and it’s so easy! Definitely pinning so I can make it soon. Have a great weekend! (Visiting from #FoodieFriDIY)
We love taco soup and I love to use the crock pot. Sounds like the perfect combination! Thanks for sharing!
Looks yummy. Pinned
Yum….looks delicious – but much too hot here for soup! Enjoy!
Did you drain the black beans and corn.before you added them?
No you don’t . Thank you for asking I will add that to the recipe.
I drained them and it still turned out great! I used Trader Joes 32 oz chicken broth. Was that the correct size?
Yes, that is the size we used too. I’m so glad you made it and liked it!
How spicy is spicy? I can do some spice but not hot
It is not hot, hot. We used diced tomatoes with jalapenos but if you are worried about heat just buy plain diced tomatoes.
Oooh my! You got me here! I have a weakness for mexican anything and this looks absolutely amazing!!! Pinning!
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I absolutely love this! Pinned and tweeted. Thank you so much for bringing such a masterpiece to our party. I hope to see you tomorrow at 7 pm. We can’t wait to party with you! Lou Lou Girls
I love using my slow cooker especially when the temperature is 100= degrees. This recipe sounds amazing. Come share it with our party-goers at Snickerdoodle Sunday. We will be partying each week at 3PM Saturday until 8PM Monday.
Taco soup…now this is awesome.
We seem to be in a bit of a Friday night Mexican right now, so I think I have to add this to the list!
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This looks good! Taco soup is a favorite of mine!
This was so good my family would not stop eating it!!!
I’m so glad they liked it!
I can’t wait to try this! What kind of taco seasoning packets do you use?
We used Mccormick taco seasoning, but any taco seasoning would work.
I made this and it was fantastic!
Janice, so glad you enjoyed it!
Made it but used rotisserie chicken breast. Fantastic also. Thanks for the recipe.
Great idea!! I love rotisserie chicken!
Making this taco soup right now and it smells delicious!
Mine came out soupy? How can I thicken it up?
Smells divine!!
Hi Christy it is a soup not a stew so it isn’t thick. I often crush up some tortilla chips into my bowl of soup which would make it thicker otherwise I don’t think there is much you can do at this point. You could use less liquid next time.
Can you use another kind of beans, such as Ranch Beans or Pinto Beans, as my husband does not like Black Beans. Would love to try this this week-end, but not with black beans. Please let me know soon. Thanks and Blessings to you.
Sure, go for it! Let us know how it turns out.