Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup

It might sound silly, but I miss grade-school sick days. I’d curl up on the couch to watch Nickelodeon, and my mom would fix my favorite meal: grilled cheese and Campbell’s tomato soup. Sure, I’d have to complete my homework eventually, but being sick when I was younger felt more like a day off…especially that one time I held the thermometer up to the light bulb to heat it above 98.6, and it worked. (Sorry, mom.)
Currently, I’m battling a wicked cold, which if you follow me on Snapchat (username wellplated), you’ve likely heard via my super stuffed-up, frog-like voice. Whenever I’m sick, the only foods that sound appealing to me are carbs in some form, usually breakfast cereal, and vanilla ice cream. I know, however, that those two along cannot give my body what it needs to fight away the illness.

Ingredients:

•  1 1/4 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
•  1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
•  1 large yellow onion, diced
• 2-3 chipotle peppers from 1 can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, diced* (use only 2 if sensitive to spice)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons adobo sauce, from canned chipotle peppers
•  1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes in their juices
• 2 tablespoons ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons ground coriander
• 1 (4 ounce) can green chilis
• 2 (14-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
•  1 (14-ounce) can Mexican-style corn, drained
• 3-4 cups reduced sodium chicken stock, divided
• For serving: sliced avocado, plain Greek yogurt or sour cream, chopped cresh cilantro, shredded cheese

Directions:

1. Place the chicken thighs in the bottom of a 5 quart or larger slow cooker. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
2. To the slow cooker, add the garlic, onion, diced chipotle peppers, adobo sauce, diced tomatoes, cumin, coriander, green chilis, drained black beans, and drained Mexicorn. Pour 3 cups of the chicken stock over the top. Cover and slow cook on high for 2 hours or low for 6 hours, until the chicken is cooked through.
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