{"id":107,"date":"2008-04-11T22:28:14","date_gmt":"2008-04-12T04:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=107"},"modified":"2008-04-11T22:28:14","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T04:28:14","slug":"chicken-taco-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/11\/chicken-taco-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Taco Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Picky Apple doesn&#8217;t really care for soup.\u00c2\u00a0 Me?\u00c2\u00a0 When I was younger, I used to take soup to school for lunch almost every single day.\u00c2\u00a0 In my quest to find a soup that The Picky Apple will eat, we focused on &#8220;taco&#8221; soups, similar to one he gets in the cafeteria at work.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been through at least five different taco soup recipes in search of one that he likes, and this recipe was one of the more successful recipes of the bunch.\u00c2\u00a0 This recipe makes lots of soup and freezes well.<\/p>\n<h4>Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup<\/h4>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 (16 ounce) can chili beans<\/li>\n<li>1 (15 ounce) can black beans<\/li>\n<li>1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained<\/li>\n<li>1 (8 ounce) can tomato paste<\/li>\n<li>1 (12 ounce) beer\u00c2\u00a0 (I used Shiner Bock)<\/li>\n<li>2 (10 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with green chiles, undrained<\/li>\n<li>1 package taco seasoning<\/li>\n<li>3 whole boneless chicken breasts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Directions:\u00c2\u00a0 Place the chili beans, black beans, corn, tomato sauce, beer, and diced tomatoes in a slow cooker.\u00c2\u00a0 Add taco seasoning and stir to blend.\u00c2\u00a0 Lay chicken breasts on top of the mixture, pressing down slightly until just covered by the other ingredients.\u00c2\u00a0 Set slow cooker for low heat, cover, and cook for 5 hours.\u00c2\u00a0 Remove chicken breasts from the soup, and allow to cool long enough to be handled.\u00c2\u00a0 Shred chicken.\u00c2\u00a0 Stir the shredded chicken back into the soup, and continue cooking for 2 hours.\u00c2\u00a0 Serve topped with cheese, a dollop of sour cream, and tortilla chips, if desired.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/11\/chicken-taco-soup\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Picky Apple doesn&#8217;t really care for soup.\u00c2\u00a0 Me?\u00c2\u00a0 When I was younger, I used to take soup to school for lunch almost every single day.\u00c2\u00a0 In my quest to find a soup that The Picky Apple will eat, we focused on &#8220;taco&#8221; soups, similar to one he gets in the cafeteria at work.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11,5,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chicken","category-freezer-friendly","category-main-dish","category-soup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}