Reality be instructed I’m such a sucker for gradual cooking meals. Whether or not or not it’s on a Sunday for soccer video games and weekly meal prep and even throughout the weekdays once I can simply dump every thing into my crock pot earlier than work within the morning and have a scrumptious wholesome meal ready for us after we get residence! Crock pots are significantly such LIFESAVERS and since Fall is virtually upon us I wished to kick the season off proper with a brand new favourite recipe!
You guys this hen fajita and quinoa soup is NO joke. After my baked hen fajita roll-ups turned out to be such a success, I wished to share one thing that might not solely be simple and scrumptious, however excellent for households throughout the week too! The flavors on this soup are unimaginable and I really like that the hen actually marinates in every thing all day. This recipe can also be a good way to sneak in that quinoa for, you already know, children and hubbies who sadly have a tendency to show their noses as much as my favourite ingredient. Confession: my husband refuses to eat quinoa. I actually don’t know why?! I assume he’s simply extra of a rice and potato sort of individual (I imply aren’t all of us…), however let me simply let you know that he utterly DEVOURED this soup. In like 5 minutes flat. He topped his with just a little shredded cheese, some chopped cilantro after which proceeded to ask me (um extra like demand) why I had by no means made this for him earlier than.
YAY I lastly made him a quinoa believer!
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN FAJITA SOUP
Now I don’t assume you perceive how ridiculously fast and EASY this recipe is to make. The “hardest” half is chopping up the bell peppers and onions, however when you do that you simply principally simply dump every thing into your crock pot, cowl and activate. As soon as every thing is completed cooking, merely take away the hen and shred it utilizing two forks, add the hen again into the soup and it’s able to go! If you happen to wished so as to add cheese you might accomplish that at this level which makes a thicker, creamier soup. Additionally be happy to style your soup and regulate your salt and/or seasonings as wanted – gradual cooking tends to require just a little additional seasoning, however our soup turned out scrumptious with none changes wanted!
I additionally need to notice that this soup freezes nice too! That is such an enormous assist for me throughout the week to have meals I can both freeze or prep for lunches for the week. I truly introduced an entire pot of this into my workplace the day after I made it and my co-workers all liked it too! Actually a number of of them are anxiously ready for me to publish this to allow them to print the recipe off.
If you happen to love hen fajitas or actually any sort of Mexican meals then I promise you’ll love this! I imply with elements like hen, tomatoes, black beans, corn, bell peppers all seasoned with chili powder, cumin and paprika, what’s to not love?? Be at liberty so as to add extra spice too as vital. Subsequent time I could add some chopped jalapeno or just a little extra cayenne pepper simply to carry out the warmth since my husband loves a variety of spice. This isn’t for everybody although so go all out and make this your individual! The beauty of that is one entire serving is filled with tons of fiber and protein with little fats which makes an ideal wholesome recipe for weekly meals!
I actually hope you all take pleasure in this soup as a lot as we did and in the event you do find yourself making this for you and your loved ones, don’t neglect to share your scrumptious images on Instagram or Twitter and hashtag #eatyourselfskinnyrecipe so I can see what you all are consuming!
