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You all know how much I love soup, and this Crockpot Chicken, Avocado, and Lime Soup is a fan favorite for sure! I love how simple it is yet it’s PACKED full of flavor. If you are doing a whole30, this Crockpot Chicken, Avocado, and Lime Soup is one of those soups that will actually satisfy you for lunch or dinner, so I recommend making this at the beginning of the week and enjoying it whenever you need a delicious, satisfying meal.
Crockpot Chicken, Avocado, and Lime Soup
A delicious, flavorful soup recipe that can be made in the crockpot or instant pot!
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 white onion diced fine
- 1 jalapeno seeded and stemmed, then diced fine
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 [14-oz] can of diced tomatoes
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 1 tbsp. chipotle chili powder or regular chili powder
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 1 tsp. ground cumin
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice ~ 2 limes
- 2 avocados diced
Instructions
CROCKPOT METHOD
- Place chicken, diced onion, jalapeno, minced garlic, chicken broth, diced tomatoes, chili powder, dried oregano, salt, pepper and cumin. Stir well to combine. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours, or on high for 4-6.
- When cooking time is complete, using tongs remove the chicken from the crockpot and onto a cutting board. Using two forks, shred the chicken. Place shredded chicken back into the crockpot.
- Stir in chopped cilantro and lime juice into the crockpot.
- Place 1/2 an avocado, cubed, in the bottom of a soup bowl. Ladle soup over avocado. Serve and enjoy!
INSTANT POT METHOD
- Press "saute" button. Add 1 tbsp. olive oil and add the diced onion, garlic and jalapeno. Saute until onions are tender, about 4 minutes.
- Press the "warm/cancel" button to turn saute function off. Now add in the chicken broth, chicken breasts, oregano, chili powder, cumin, salt, pepper, diced tomatoes.
- Close the top of the instant pot. Press the "soup" button and let cook until cooking time is completed (30 minutes), then manually release pressure by flipping the vent at the top.
- When done releasing pressure, open and using tongs, remove the chicken onto a cutting board and shred the chicken using two forks. It should shred extremely easily. Place shredded chicken back into the instant pot.
- Add in the cilantro and the lime juice.
- Place 1/2 an avocado, cubed, in the bottom of a soup bowl. Ladle soup over avocado. Enjoy!
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Very good. Omitted jalapeño, used a can of rotel for the tomatoes. Chipotle chili pepper is a must. Served with a scoop of sour cream and a scoop of puréed avocado. Will be adding this to my regular rotation, thank you!!!
what about adding a can of mild diced chilis to this recipe? trying to use up a can…. thx
yes would be great in there.
I accidentally put in the lime juice at the beginning of crock pot recipe. Will that be a big deal?
it will just be more tart, but it should be fine!
I just did the same thing! How did it turn out?
can I freeze this soup? Would it do well?
yes!!
Can I use a rotisserie chicken or do you think it would overcook it? I want to make this for a work pot luck so I won’t have the chance to shred the chicken! Any thoughts?
If you use rotisserie, I wouldn’t add it until the end, closer to serving time to avoid over cookingit! you could bring it, pre shredded, in a container and just stir it in about 20 minutes before the pot luck.
Can I make with frozen chicken in the crock pot? How would I need to adjust cook time?
I honoestly don’t think it will change the recipe much since it’s all inthe crockpot.
I make this often! It’s full of flavor and a “go to” when I need something easy to eat for a few days!
This makes way more than four servings!
Love this easy and healthy soup! Love anything with lime – this hits the spot more than traditional chicken soup for me!
um DELISH! we made this in the instapot for a week day dinner – ours does not have the soup feature so we did 30 minutes on high pressure cook – the chicken shredded with the touch of a fork. Thank you for this recipe! It makes whole 30 so much more fun!
how could I forget 5 stars