Crock Pot Taco Soup - 100K Recipes (2024)

We are officially into the fall season. This means sweaters and soup! For me, this is the best weather of all. I love chilly mornings and cool nights. Few things in life feel more comforting than a hot bowl of delicious soup on a cold night.

This recipe for crockpot taco soup is so easy and delicious. I’m sure you’ll be making it more than once this season and during the freezing winter times.

It’s as easy as browning ground beef, opening a few cans, and throwing it all into the crockpot. Few appliances get used in my house as much as my crockpot does.

I love not having to stand in front of my stove for long periods of time to enjoy unique foods like taco soup.

It is tomato-based and full of good things like kidney beans, chili beans, whole-kernel corn, green chilies, and ground beef.

I like to make my spice mix, but if you don’t have all the spices, use a packet of taco seasoning mix. So grab a bowl, toast some bread, and get cozy without having to cook all day!

Ingredients For Taco Soup

• Ground beef: I like to use the leanest beef possible, and if I can, I buy grass-fed beef.
• White onion: you can use yellow onion too.
• Chilli beans: these are already seasoned, so they add a great flavor to the soup.
• Kidney beans: I love their size and color. They give visual interest to the soup, and they taste amazing.
• Whole kernel corn: you could use fresh corn, it would quickly cook during the 8 hours, but it’s easier to open a can! Remember to add the liquid also.
• Tomato sauce: I used canned, but if you have homemade, it’s great. As I said, this recipe is supposed to be easy, so I used cans.
• Diced tomatoes: peeled and diced.
• Green chili peppers: they add a bit of a kick to the soup.
• Water: two cups is all you need since you have all the other liquids from the cans.
• Chili powder: this is the base flavor for the soup.
• Garlic and onion powders: give a great flavor to food. They are concentrated in flavor, so a little goes a long way.
• Red pepper flakes: if you are feeding young children, leave them out. They make the soup just a bit spicy.
• Cumin and oregano: the most important spices in Mexican or Tex-Mex recipes. Please don’t leave them out.
• Paprika: gives a great smoky flavor to the soup without adding heat.
• Salt to taste. The amount is totally up to you. But it needs it!

How To Make Crockpot Taco Soup

1. Using a large skillet, brown the ground beef.
2. Add the ground beef to the crockpot, chopped onion, diced tomatoes, and whole-kernel corn.
3. Throw in the tomato sauce, kidney beans, chili beans, and green chili peppers.
4. Mix in the spices or taco seasoning package, and water, and cook on low for 8 hours.

What To Serve With Taco Soup?

This soup has protein, carbs, and some veggies, so all I would add, if you want your family to eat more veggies, is a side salad or a delicious loaf of homemade bread.

I think the flavor profile of this soup goes very well with our Homemade Creamy Caesar Salad Dressing.

You already have tomatoes and corn in the soup, so why add them to a salad, right? Also, our Dutch Oven No-Knead Bread or our Homemade Focaccia Bread is great for dipping into this amazing soup.

Make-ahead

This soup takes no more than 10 minutes of prep time, but if you don’t even have those 10 minutes the day, you plan to cook it, brown the beef the day before and store it in the fridge.

The same applies if you plan to use homemade tomato sauce and freshly diced tomatoes.

You can prepare them the day before and dump everything into the crockpot the day you plan to cook it.

Another great tip is cooking the soup at night while you are sleeping. 8 hours later, when you wake up, soup is ready for you to pack lunches!

Recipe tips

1. Don’t forget to add all the liquids in the cans to the soup. They add more flavor and body to it.
2. Homemade is always better, but canned tomatoes and tomato sauce make this recipe even easier.
3. Go for a packet of taco seasoning if you don’t want to measure all the spices, or you don’t own them all. I happen to have a lot of spices, so I like to use them.
4. If you like a thicker soup, add one more can of diced tomatoes to the crockpot, or add one cup of water.

Storing and Freezing Taco Soup

You can store it in the fridge for up to 4 days or in the freezer for up to 4 months.

Before you freeze anything, remember to label the freezer bag or container with the date you cooked the soup so you don’t overextend the freezing period.

I like to store them in freezer bags because I can lay them flat in the freezer. Let the soup cool completely before storing it.

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