Chicken Enchilada Soup

Ingredients

• 2 Cups Beef Broth, fat free
• 2-3 Chicken Breast
• 1 Can Sweet Cream Corn (or half bag of frozen corn)
• 2 Cans Enchilada sauce
• 1 Can Rotel
• 1 Can Green chiles
• 1 Can Black beans, rinsed
• 1 Onion, chopped
• 1 Teaspoon Cumin
• 3 Teaspoons garlic, minced
• 1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese (or use reduced fat 2% milk)
• 1/2 Package Cream cheese (can use reduced fat)

Directions

1. Step One

   Put the first 11 ingredients in the slow cooker. (To make it a freezer meal, put these ingredients in a gallon freezer bag)

2. Step Two

   Cook on LOW for 6-8 hours.

3. Step Three

   Pull the chicken out and shred it. Use a hand mixer to blend everything else in the slow cooker. When you blend the beans up, it thickens the soup so you don't have to use masa or corn starch.

4. Step Four

   Add the cream cheese and 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese 30 minutes before cooking time is done.

5. Step Five

   In your bowl, top with black pepper and sprinkle with cheddar cheese, a dollop of sour cream (or Greek yogurt) and some broken up tortilla chips. If you want to make this soup healthier, use the low fat options indicated with the (parenthesis ).
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7. From Crockin'Girls.com

Tortilla Soup

1 1/2 lbs. cooked chicken (3-4 breasts)
1/2 chopped onion
1 clove of garlic, chopped
oil (enough to saute onion and garlic)
32 oz. chicken broth
14.5 oz. can diced tomato with juice
8 oz. can tomato sauce
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp cilantro
1 tsp parsley
1 can rotel
1 tsp oregano
4-5 corn tortillas cut into strips

After cooking and tearing up chicken, saute onion and garlic until soft. Mix all ingredients together in a large pot and let simmer for a while! (the longer the better so the tortilla strips can get soft)

(From: Joy Haynes - I puree all of the veggies or "giblets" and then Chris loves it!)

Chicken 'n Dumplings

2-3 chicken breasts
2 tsp. salt
1/2 stick margarine
1 1/2 C milk

Dumplings: 2 C Bisquick, 2/3 C milk. Stir until soft dough forms.

Boil chicken breasts until tender. Cover with water and add salt, stick of margarine and milk. Bring to a boil. Drop dumplins by spoonfuls into boiling stew. Cook on low for 10 minutes uncovered. Take spoon and cut through dumplings. Cover and cook 10 more minutes. Do not take lid off until finished.

(From: Nonnie (Chris' grandmother) This is one of his favorite foods)