Tomato Taco Soup for the Crock Pot

Submitted by januarybride

"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."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 14

ingredients

• 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
• 1⁄2 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

[Mjr 2]

This was very good! I did the can of green chile's and some diced chicken breast and it turned out great! We do a hot soup every Christmas Eve and this was last night's hit. Everyone particularly enjoyed the fresh cilantro and diced avocado!

 

[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!

 

[Prose]

This is my favorite type of recipe! I love something that I can throw together the night before, pull out of the fridge and plug it in before I leave for work, and come home to a lovely smell. I used extra garlic and lime juice, and added a small chopped onion. I also added some TVP during the last 10 minutes or so, which gave it a thicker, more chili-like consistency. Next time I will probably add an extra can of black beans instead. Also, next time I will probably sub veggie broth for half of the tomato juice since this was a tad too tomatoey for my taste. Nonetheless, it was delightful. My meat-eating husband enjoyed it as well, and I will definitely make it again! Thanks for posting!