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Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup (Slow Cooker + Instant Pot)

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Healthy Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup made in your Instant Pot or Slow Cooker!  Cozy up with a bowl of this easy to make soup that will make dinner stress free.

Creamy Enchilada Soup Recipe the kids will love

Favorite Slow Cooker/Instant Pot Chicken Enchilada Soup

Slow Cooker and Instant Pot recipes are a favorite of mine, especially when the prep takes about 5 minutes! Five minutes for a delicious dinner that the kids, your husband and you will love! Double the recipe for leftovers because you’re going to want them!  A cozy bowl of soup on these chilly days is exactly what everyone needs.  

Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup

Making a Slow Cooker Recipe in an Instant Pot

Any Slow Cooker recipe can be made into a recipe for your Instant Pot!  And we can teach you how with this post! So bust out that Instant Pot because you’re going to be using it non stop this winter!

Slow Cooker Creamy Enchilada Soup

How to Make a Soup Creamy and Still Healthy

To make this enchilada soup creamy,  you can use a variety of things.  Sour cream, low-fat milk, whole milk, half and half or even cream.  Depending on what you use (maybe you already have something in your fridge you need to use up) you will use different amounts.  Whole milk has far less fat than cream so where you may want to add more than a cup of whole milk you wouldn’t need more than ½ cup of cream!  Some families like their soups creamier than others, so just add a little at a time and taste until you get what you want.  

Creamy Enchilada Soup

How to Use Leftover Ingredients in Soup

Hint: 

  • 5 cups liquid (water, broth, tomato sauce)
  • 2 cups veggies (carrots, celery, tomatoes, peas, green beans, corn, onions)
  • 1 cup cooked meat or beans (ground beef, shredded chicken, black beans, kidney beans, white beans)
  • 1/2 cup uncooked grain (pasta, rice, quinoa)
  • 1 Tablespoon spices (garlic or onion powder, Italian seasoning, chili powder)

To cook: Toss everything in a pot and boil until pasta is tender. Serve and enjoy, top with cheese if desired.

If you feel confident in the kitchen, then you probably don’t need a recipe at all.  But if you are a recipe follower, these are some of our favorite soups:

 

Creamy Enchilada Soup with chicken

 

Looking for Low Sodium Soups?

Sodium levels can be out of control in store bought soups and at restaurants.  Salt is needed in a diet and if your kiddos are active in sports or running around a ton a certain level of sodium is totally fine because they’re sweating out salt! But for most people, watching those sodium levels is important.  There are some simple things you can do when making homemade soups to reduce those levels.  Use low sodium chicken stock/broth, canned veggies with no salt added, and watch out for spice packets.  Spice packets can be mostly salt and when you dump those in you can quickly lose control.  Making your own spice blends at home can definitely reduce the sodium.  

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Creamy Enchilada Soup

Healthy Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup made in your Instant Pot or Slow Cooker!  Cozy up with a bowl of this easy to make soup that will make dinner stress free.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time4 hours
Total Time4 hours 5 minutes
Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Calories: 210kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Place all the ingredients except sour cream into your slow cooker.  Cook on high for 3-4 hours.
  • Remove chicken breasts and shred.  Return to pot and stir well.  Add sour cream and stir to combine.
  • Serve with cheese and tortilla chips!
  • Press saute on the Instant Pot. Add onion and garlic and sauté until soft, about 3-4 minutes.
  • Add remainder of ingredients to the pot, except chicken and sour cream.  Stir well.
  • Place chicken breasts on top of mixed ingredients.
  • Secure the lid, and make sure the lever on top is switched to ‘sealed’.
  • Cook on high pressure for 20 minutes.   Quick release.
  • Remove chicken and shred with two forks. Add chicken back into the soup, stir and add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Stir in sour cream and serve soup warm.
  • Add additional toppings as desired:  Sliced avocado, tortilla strips, fresh cilantro.

Nutrition

Calories: 210kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 569mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 7g
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8 Comments

I really like your recipes! The directions are explained very well and as an Instant Pot novice, I appreciate the step-by-step instructions. Thank you so much! Linda

This recipe looks amazing and I really want to try it… do you think it would work if I cooked it on low for 8 hours (in the slow cooker)?

Eveyone loves it. I use plaun greek yogurt in place of the sour cream and multi grain chips. So very good

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This is so yummy!!! I need to make more next time!!! Do I need to increase cooking time in the instant pot if I double this? And would I need to increase time if the chicken is frozen?