Life in a Click: Snow Day Fun + Chicken Taco Soup Recipe

Such a fun "snow" day for us. We played outside, laid around in our jammies and watched Mickey, and made our favorite chicken taco soup in the crockpot. Delicious and easy...right up my alley. Scroll down for recipe :)

Karson says "YOLO"

And then Karson takes a tumble, shocker (insert big eyed emoji here)

Cutest little mud stain tush around :)

"Karson we can't stay outside that long, it's too cold"

What I LOVE about this recipe is that you can mix up the ingredients with whatever you already have in your pantry. Since we were "snowed in" I used what we had in the pantry and didn't go out to the store.

1. Add 4-5 uncooked chicken breasts (or frozen works if that's all you have) in the crockpot. I add a teeny bit of garlic to the chicken, squeeze a lime over them, and add 2 tablespoons of butter. It will make the chicken juicy. Sometimes I'll chop up half an onion and throw it in there.

2. Cook for about 3-4 hours on high. After the first hour of cooking, add a can of salsa to the chicken.

3. After the chicken is cooked, it should shred pretty easily with some forks. If it doesnt, you can shred it up in a blender. Don't drain the juices....that's what keeps the flavor! Put back in crockpot if you use the blender.

4. What to add to the shredded chicken in crockpot: add a large can of crushed tomatoes ( or diced if you like it chunkier), a can of corn, a can of black beans, a can of enchilada sauce, a can of rotel with green chiles, and three or four taco seasoning packets. I have a big container of taco seasoning from Costco and I add a about 1/3 cup of seasoning. Okay, It sounds like a lot but this recipe makes a lot of soup!

Keep crockpot on high and let the soup cook for about an hour or so. If you want your soup more "soupy" you can add a can of chicken broth.

These are items I found in the pantry that we could have used...light red or dark red kidney beans, mexican stewed tomatoes, etc.