Tomato Taco Soup for the Crock Pot

JanuaryBride's Note:

This is truly a "dump it in" recipe using canned veggies, but it tastes fresh due to the lime juice, cilantro and avocado; semi homemade I think they call it these days! Use this as a springboard, so to speak, and feel free to add a can of green chilis, onion, jalapenos, chicken, ground beef. . .you name it! It also freezes well.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 (48 ounce) can tomato juice
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 lime, juice of
• 1 tablespoon garlic , minced
• 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
• 1 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes , undrained
• 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans , drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans , drained
• 1 (16 ounce) can corn
• ½ cup instant rice , uncooked
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro , chopped
• 2 avocados , diced small
• sour cream (optional)
• 16 tortilla chips

Directions:

1. Dump all ingredients from the tomato juice down to the rice into the crockpot and stir. Cook on high for 2 hours.
2. Prior to serving, stir in fresh cilantro.
3. On top of each bowl of soup, crunch up chips, place a dollop of sour cream and sprinkle some avocado.

Reviews

[ellie_]

This was pretty good and a definite change from ordinary tomato soup. I put it on low in the crockpot for 4 hours then my crockpot switches to "warm". The changes I made was using only 32 oz of tomato juice and 16 oz of tomato sauce. I also used chili seasoning ( which I honestly think is the same thing as taco seasoning). Thanks for sharing!

[Katzen]

Really easy, and really yummy. My kind of recipe! I added a can of green chilis for some extra zip, but everything else was made exactly to the recipe. I had it in the crockpot in mintues, and came home to a wonderful smelling and tasting soup! Thanks, JB, super fantastico el capitan of Las Magico Mistico Sirenas! Made for ZWT5.

[HotJomama]

I loved this but it was missing something, my husband says meat, but I tried it again again Lean Ground Chuck, and still no success!