Homemade Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup is a simple and comforting soup that captures the best chicken enchilada flavors. This Chicken Enchilada Soup is made creamy and topped with sour cream and cheese.
Chicken Enchilada Soup
It’s the new year and the best way to start it is with some delicious food. Yes, I am talking about this homemade chicken enchilada soup.
It’s calm and quiet now after the crazy, busy holiday time. That means it’s time for comfort and enjoying the cold weather from the warmth of the couch and a plush blanket. Don’t forget to grab a bowl of soup. This creamy chicken enchilada soup turned out amazing!
I love making new soups and I could probably write a book on all the soup recipes that I’ve made through the years. You can find many of them here, just please excuse the old photos. One of my blog goals is to re-shoot my old photos but life had been a little busy. Hoping that after I graduate in April, I will have extra time to beautify the old recipes.
How to make enchilada soup:
This Chicken Enchilada Soup is completely homemade. When I have a little bit extra time on my hands (or on weekends), I like to make homemade stock and I always prefer to use fresh ingredients. This soup is actually very easy, most of the time that goes into it is while the stock is cooking. Few ingredients, minimal effort and unbelievably delicious results!
The best way to make your own stock is to use meat on bone (or even just marrow bones). Bones add so much flavor and body to the stock, that’s why it’s preferred that you make stock with it.
Sometimes, I use chicken breast if I will be making a soup where I will be using only breast meat. Otherwise, I prefer to use meat on bone. (Making stock with bones will take longer than making it with just breast meat.)
Another thing to remember when making your stock is to add the bay leaf and some vegetables while you are making it, in order to cook in those flavors. Just think ahead of the type of soup you are making and add appropriate veggies and herbs.
In this chicken enchilada soup, I only used onion and bay leaf.
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Homemade Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup
Ingredients
- 1/2 large yellow onion
- 1 tbs veggie oil
- 2 chicken breasts
- 5-6 cups of water
- 1 whole bay leaf
- little bit of salt
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- 3 large tomatoes skin peeled off
- 1 tbs vegetable oil
- 1/2 large yellow onion from above, in stock
- 2 shredded chicken breasts from above
- 2 1/2 cups of stock from above
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes you can adjust to taste
- 1/4 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp minced fresh cilantro
- Topping: Grated Monterrey Jack cheese
- Topping: Sour Cream optional
- Topping: toasted tortilla strips optional
Instructions
- In a large pot, preheat the vegetable oil and add sliced onions. Saute for a couple of minutes, until fragrant. Add water and chicken breasts. Bring to boil and add the bay leaf and salt. Lower the heat to medium-low and cook the stock for about 1 1/2 hours. (White foam-like substance will appear at the top, in the beginning, just take it off with a spoon and discard.)
- Take out the chicken breast, shred it using two forks and set aside. Pour the stock into a separate container and set aside for a minute. Discard the bay leaf.
- (Couple of easy ways to peel the tomatoes: 1-you can make a criss-cross cut on top of tomatoes and drop them into boiling water for just a couple of minutes and the skin will be easy to peel off. 2 - you can just use a potato peeler of the tomatoes are firm enough.)
- Return the pot to the medium heat and add 1 tbs of vegetable oil.
- Dice the peeled tomatoes and add them to the pot. Salt the tomatoes a little, so they give out juice faster. Saute for a couple of minutes and add the shredded chicken.
- Add the 2 1/2 cups of stock and the onions to the pot and stir well. (You can refrigerate the remaining stock in an air-tight container and use it in cooking or a quick soup. The shelf life is not too long, only a little over a week, so use it pretty quick.)
- Add red pepper flakes and cumin. Taste to see if you need to add more salt. Cook on medium heat for about 15 minutes.
- Add the heavy cream and freshly minced cilantro. Cook for a couple more minutes and serve.
- Top off with some cheese and sour cream before serving.
Notes
Like I said, I have extensive soup archives and I’m not planning on stopping any time soon!
So check out some soups:
Soup Recipe Archives
Originally posted on Will Cook For Smiles on January 2, 2014.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
What a great soup to kick off the New Year with Lyuba! I love all of your soup recipes and this one is no exception – YUMMY! Pinned!
lyuba says
Thank you, Trish 🙂
Robyn @ simply fresh dinners says
Fantastic soup, Lyuba! Your collection of soups looks so tantalizing. I can’t get enough of soup in these cold winter months. Beautiful!
lyuba says
Me either! I love soups 🙂
Thank you, Robyn!
Becca from It's Yummi! says
It’s been so cold here in Wisconsin that I’ve wanted to eat soup for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the past week! This recipe looks SO good, Lyuba!
lyuba says
Go for it, Becca!! Thank you 🙂
Tonia says
My daughter was just telling me that she is REALLY craving soup. This would be perfect!
Carrie @Frugal Foodie Mama says
Yum! I could certainly go for a bowl of this on a cold day like today!
Thank you so much for sharing at Marvelous Mondays this week- pinned & sharing!
Miz Helen says
We just can’t get enough soup lately, we will just love your Chicken Enchilada Soup. Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great weekend!
Miz Helen
Kerry C says
Your enchilada soup looks so good. We would love for you to share it with us on our link party, Saturday Dishes. http://www.coffeewithus3.com/soups-saturday-dishes/
Donna says
Can you use diced canned tomatoes instead of fresh ones? I’m thinking the fire roasted diced might be good.
lyuba says
So sorry for the late response, Donna!
Yes, you can use canned. The taste will be different though because canned and fresh tomatoes taste pretty different. Not a bad thing 🙂 it will just be a little different.
Karly says
This is calling my name! So comforting! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Kristen Duke says
This looks so yummy for a cold, winter night!
Maggie Swain says
I just came across your site and I love soups, so I will be trying them out. Thank you for your site.
lyuba says
Thank you, Maggie! I hope you enjoy them!
Connie W says
I have a work luncheon and would like to make ahead and keep warm in crock pot for serving, I was wondering if it would tend to scorch?
lyuba says
Connie, as long as you will keep the crock pot on a warm setting as opposed to actual cooking, you should be good. You can add a little extra stock while cooking it, just in case.
I hope you enjoy it!
Susan says
The Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup is delicious! Easy to make (I used left over rotisserie chicken), and my family loved it. I’m looking forward to trying your other recipes.
Thanks.
Lyuba says
Thank you, Susan! I’m happy to hear that 🙂 Enjoy!