Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup

I love secret ingredients!  Something that makes a recipe really different and stand out.  The secret to this soup is… a bottle of beer!  Beer instead of broth, now that’s my kind of recipe! (especially if you throw this together in the morning and take a little taster before dumping it in the pot..who doesn’t like a little beer breath in the morning?).

You can’t really ‘taste’ the beer but it does add a certain depth of flavor.  If you don’t drink alcohol, you can substitute chicken broth…but try the beer, the chances of any alcohol being left after 5 hours in a slow cooker are pretty slim.

You can also substitute kidney beans for chili beans, regular canned diced tomatoes instead of those with green chilies, I  think you could go with just about anything you got in your cupboard on this and not mess it up too bad!

 

 

 

1 onion, chopped

1 (16 oz) can chili beans

1 (15 oz) can black beans

1 (15 oz) can whole kernel corn, drained

1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce

1 (12 oz) can or bottle beer – stouter the better

2 (10 oz) cans diced tomatoes with

green chilies, undrained

1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning

3 whole skinless, boneless chicken

breasts

shredded Cheddar cheese and sour cream for topping

sour cream (optional)

crushed tortilla chips (optional)