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Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Soup
Course: DinnerDifficulty: Easy
Servings
5
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
15
minutes
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Ingredients
2 cups cooked shredded chicken
1 white onion diced
2 tbs olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cumin
1.5 tsp chili powder
1 tbs minced garlic
5 cups chicken broth
1 cup masa (harina de maiz)
2 cups water
1 can red enchilada sauce
3/4 pound of Velveeta cheese
1 can white beans, drained and rinsed
Optional: Cheese avocado tortilla strips, tomatoes, jalapeños
Directions
- In a large pot over medium heat, add the olive oil followed by the diced onion.
- Add in the salt, cumin, chili powder, garlic and chicken broth.
- Prepare the masa by slowly pouring it into the two cups of water, whisking until smooth.
- Pour in the masa, enchilada sauce and velveeta cheese.
- Once at a boil, add in the cooked shredded chicken and white beans.
- Simmer for 30 minutes stirring frequently.
- Top with your favorite toppings!
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Can this soup be frozen since it uses processed cheese?
I so wanted to like this. This is the second recipe I’ve tried from Julia, and I was disappointed once again. It was really bland and had too much liquid.
This was so good! I did add a can of diced tomatoes too. I didn’t think it was too spicy at all. Would love to see some recipes using masa, I have a lot left over!
I made this last night for my husband and parents and we all loved it! I didn’t have any chicken on hand so I just added extra white beans which worked well. Even my husband who doesn’t normally like “spicy” things really enjoyed it!
I thought it would be spicy. It looks good, but I cannot have spicy either. I wonder if I removed the enchilada sauce if that would take care of the spicy? What could I substitute for the enchilada sauce? Any ideas?
Try a mild enchilada sauce. Some enchilada sauces are spicy.
Tonight my husband and I tried the Chessy chicken Enchilada soup it was kinda spicy my husband loved it but I can’t have spicy I can’t handle it
Try a mild enchilada sauce. There are levels of heat in enchilada sauces.
We don’t do spicy either. We buy mild enchilada sauce and it is still too spicy. Using a mild sauce in this it is not spicy because there is so much broth but you might try using a can of mild rotel instead.