Cooked chicken and no salt added cans of beans, veggies and spices are all that are needed to make a delicious Low Sodium Chicken Taco Soup. That’s all you need to make a quick simple weeknight meal, a dip or even some slightly messy corn tortilla tacos.
I love how easy this recipe is and I usually have the required no salt added cans stocked up in the pantry. Just add it all together with some leftover chicken to create a taco spiced easy one-pot dish on the stove top pot or slow cooker. Add toppings or a side and you can have a complete meal.
Sodium amount in taco soup compared to low sodium version.
| Typical sodium amount per serving | 600 -1000mg |
| Sodium per serving for this recipe | 179mg |
| Calories per serving | 212 |
Many recipes that use regular canned beans and veggies and other salted ingredients can be from 600 – 1000mg of sodium per serving. This low sodium soup is only 179mg per 1 ½ cup serving! Plus, with low sodium additions that are easily added, you can make it a complete low sodium meal.
Low Sodium Chicken Taco Soup ingredients
Most of the ingredients for this recipe you should already have in the pantry and spice rack. The cooked chicken can either be freshly cooked or from leftovers.
A cooked chicken breast or 3 boneless thighs shredded **TIP: shred chicken with a hand blender in seconds, easy cleanup too.
No salt added diced tomatoes – Pour the whole can into the soup.
Ro*tel No Salt Added Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies – Pour the whole can into the soup.
No salt added Corn – Drained
No salt added Black Beans – Drain and rinse the slimy ‘gook’ off. Yuk.
No salt added Pinto Beans or dried pinto beans – May be hard to find. My Walmart has them, but see my recipe below for cooking dried Pinto Beans otherwise.
Unsalted Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup – Campbell’s new soup!
Unsalted Chicken Broth – Or, when I cook chicken in my Instant Pot I save and use the liquid right from that. Oh yum!
My homemade Low Sodium Taco Seasoning – Awesome and easy to make in minutes.
Green Enchiladas Sauce – The only ingredient I couldn’t make low sodium without being a big dealio, but its sodium levels spread out ok across the servings.
How to make Low Sodium Chicken Taco Soup
This chicken taco soup is so easy the hardest part is shredding the chicken. You can make it to use as a soup, a dip or some messy corn tortilla tacos. All the ingredients blend together in about 30 minutes, it’s Awesome!
You can make this awesome low sodium taco soup recipe using one of two methods. Heating the soup on the stove top with a large soup pan (or Dutch oven) or using a slow cooker. Since I used my Instant pot to cook up some chicken and the pinto beans, I made the whole recipe right in the Instant Pot using the slow cooker function for final cooking.
Add all the ingredients – In a large pot add the no salt added cans of diced tomatoes, Ro*tel, corn, black beans, pinto beans, cream of chicken, cooked shredded chicken, green enchilada sauce, chicken broth and my homemade Low Sodium Taco Seasoning.
To cook taco soup – Bring to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer at medium-low. Let simmer for 15 minutes or up to an hour and serve with your favorite toppings.
Make Instant Pot Pinto Beans no pre-soaking required
No salt added pinto beans seem to have become hard to find lately, though my Walmart still carries them. Since the store is a bit out of my way to shop I just make my own no-soak beans in my Instant Pot in about an hour. Here is a quick recipe to do so with no pre-soaking required:
When cooking dry beans in the Instant Pot, they will absorb a lot of water. Add 6 cups of water with 1 pound (usually half a bag) of pinto beans. Put the lid on securely, close the valve, select Pressure Cook (manual), and set the cooking time to 50 minutes. When the cooking time is up, natural release for 15 minutes and quick release any remaining pressure. Drain the beans and you can add them right to the pot for the taco soup you will make.
You will end up with extra beans but they freeze well and can always be used in another side dish.
Add your favorite taco soup toppings.
Add any of your favorite regular taco toppings to the soup and customize your meal just the way each person likes it. I like to mix it up with the following or it also tastes great just keeping it plain.
Low Sodium Guacamole
Shredded cheese: Careful of sodium, just a bit.
Diced green or white onions: I like the fresh uncooked crunch
Jalapeños
Reduced sodium sliced olives
Avocado: Sliced or diced
Sour Cream: On the side.
No sodium tortilla chips: The soup makes a great dip too.
Storing your Taco Soup.
This recipe makes a good bit of soup for a single person. (About 13 cups.) But leftovers will keep well in both the fridge and the freezer. This soup is perfect for easy weekday lunches and light dinners.
Store your leftover Taco Soup in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or soup can remain frozen for up to three (3) months.
This soup freezes quite nicely and easily. Personally, I like freezing in serving-size portions. I use a large muffin tin to freeze in portion-sized servings. Then pop the frozen muffin tin portions into a heavy-duty freezer bag. Then you can just pull one out, defrost and heat it later.
A few of my other great soups to enjoy!
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Low Sodium Chicken Taco Soup
Ingredients
- 1 Chicken breast or 3 boneless thighs (cooked and shredded)
- 1 15oz. can no salt added Tomatoes (diced)
- 1 10oz. can Ro*tel No Salt Added Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies
- 1 15oz. can no salt added Corn (drained)
- 1 15oz. can no salt added Black Beans
- 1 15oz. can no salt added Pinto Beans or cooked dried beans
- 1 10.5oz. can Campbell’s Unsalted Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup
- 2 cups chicken broth unsalted
- 2 Tablespoons My Homemade Low Sodium Taco Seasoning (Low Sodium Taco Seasoning)
- 1 10oz. can Green Enchilada Sauce
Preparation
- In your Instant Pot or a large pot, add the no salt added – diced tomatoes, Ro*tel, corn, black beans, pinto beans, cream of chicken, cooked chicken, chicken broth and homemade low sodium taco seasoning. And also, add the green enchilada.
- Bring to a boil for minute or two and reduce heat to simmer at medium-low heat. Let simmer for 15 minutes or up to an hour and serve with your desired toppings.
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Nutrition
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