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southwestern soup

February 12, 2013 By Katie 28 Comments

food storage southwestern soup recipe

the other day my sweet sister sent out an email to all the girls in my family telling us about this soup recipe she’d made. i knew as soon as i read it that we HAD to try it! and here are the reasons why:

1. it’s so easy. and fast. it involves opening 7 cans and heating it up! can’t get much easier and faster than that.

2. because it uses all canned ingredients, it’s something that you can always have on hand. it’s also a fabulous food storage recipe – i’m adding this recipe to my list and will be stocking up on these ingredients!

3. i’d never heard of ranch beans before…and needed to find out what they were! (by the way, they’re fab – gives the soup a great flavor and a bit of kick!)

southwestern soup with ranch style beans

ready to see how YOU can have dinner ready in less than 10 minutes?

gather these canned ingredients + 1 cup water + 1 chicken bouillon cube.

7 can soup recipe

empty all the cans into a pot, add the water and chicken bouillon and heat through. it takes 3 minutes to put together and just a few more to heat. and don’t worry about adding any spices – it’s got plenty of heat!

while you’re waiting, grate some cheese, get out the sour cream, and open a bag of fritos.

soup with rotel, chicken, and ranch style beans

dinner’s served! there. wasn’t that easy?!

southwestern soup recipe

 

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  1. Julie says

    February 13, 2013 at 12:06 am

    I love that it is such a quick fix and a great taste and yes, a great food storage recipe. Yum!

    Reply
  2. Kirstylee says

    February 13, 2013 at 2:15 pm

    Every time you post a recipe, I want to make it that night for dinner! This recipe is no different. I looks so yummy!

    Reply
  3. Jacqui says

    October 6, 2013 at 4:33 pm

    Do you drain the can of corn first?

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    • Katie says

      October 7, 2013 at 12:37 pm

      Great question, Jacqui! The kernel corn – yes, drain first. The creamed corn – no, just throw that in the pot as it is. Thanks for asking!

      Reply
  4. Katie Corbett says

    November 17, 2013 at 8:22 am

    Any ideas for a vegetarian option? This sounds delicious!

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    • Katie says

      November 24, 2013 at 11:50 am

      Hi Katie, I’m not sure about a vegetarian option…you could always leave the chicken itself out, but then there’s the chicken & rice soup, and also the chicken stock/chicken bouillon…. You could try just omitting those things – there’s still a lot of flavor in the rotel and ranch-style beans. Other than that, I can’t think of any suggestions – sorry I can’t help more!!

      Reply
  5. Kristin says

    December 18, 2013 at 1:08 pm

    How many people does this serve?

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    • Katie says

      December 26, 2013 at 8:48 pm

      4-6. depending on how hungry everyone is 🙂

      Reply
  6. Wilda says

    December 30, 2013 at 10:31 am

    I’ve read and re-read the recipe, but it just don’t see how much chicken to add. Appears to be at least 2 cups in the bowl. Please advise.

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  7. Wilda says

    December 30, 2013 at 10:33 am

    Ahh, just went back to look at the picture and I see that you have the ingredients according to cans, but I don’t see a can of chicken, that’s what threw me off.

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  8. vikki ebert says

    January 13, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    Any good with sausage and beef? If so what soups do you sub?

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    • Katie says

      January 16, 2015 at 3:35 pm

      I don’t know Vikki – I’ve never tried it with anything else! If you do try something else, I’d love to hear how it went.

      Reply
  9. Shell says

    January 30, 2015 at 8:17 pm

    This looks great, but I can’t find Rotel.

    Can you please advise what it is and a possible substitute?

    Thanks

    Reply
    • Katie says

      February 7, 2015 at 9:31 am

      rotel is a combination of diced tomatoes and green chilies. they’re website is ro-tel.com – you may be able to find more info there!

      Reply
  10. Marianne says

    February 19, 2015 at 1:58 pm

    what other beans can I use I can not find Ranch Style Beans

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    • Katie says

      February 25, 2015 at 7:54 am

      I can’t think of a good substitute, Marianne – sorry! Like I said to Jamie in the comments, I got them at WalMart – in with all the rest of the canned beans. It took me a minute to find them…the label is black (you can look at the picture in the post). Hope you find some!

      Reply
  11. Paula says

    February 23, 2015 at 4:13 pm

    HOW MUCH CHICKEN??????

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    • Katie says

      February 25, 2015 at 7:45 am

      you can use 1 can of canned chicken, or i usually use 2 cooked chicken breasts that i’ve cut up or shredded. you really can add as much or as little as you like.

      Reply
  12. Jamie says

    February 24, 2015 at 2:24 pm

    I can’t seem to find ranch style beans. Is there something I can substitute? Thanks!

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    • Katie says

      February 25, 2015 at 7:53 am

      I can’t think of a good substitute, Jamie. I got them at WalMart – in with all the rest of the canned beans. It took me a minute to find them…the label is black (you can look at the picture in the post).

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      • Joie says

        June 9, 2015 at 2:27 am

        None of the stores here in my town carry the ranch style beans, I have used chili beans and it still tastes really good!

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  13. Mary Nelson says

    March 1, 2015 at 3:37 am

    You mention opening 7 cans, but I only see 6 cans and a jar of bouillon. Perhaps you meant 7 ingredients with bouillon? Just checking so I am not missing something as there is not a recipe list.

    Reply
  14. Mary Nelson says

    March 1, 2015 at 3:42 am

    Oops sorry , now I can see one of the cans is chicken. The photo with one can of each was covered with a word /photo overlap so it couldn’t be read before. When I looked the third time I could read it. Sorry! Nice option to use canned chicken if you do not have chicken breasts on hand. I am anxious to give this a try.

    Reply
  15. Brittani says

    March 5, 2015 at 3:07 pm

    Seriously delicious recipe. I changed a few things just because I couldn’t find the beans in the recipe. Really you can use any bean. I have made this on multiple occasions and have found that you can do a lot of substituting if you don’t have certain things in your cupboards. It’s hard to mess this one up. I just overall love it. 5 out of 5.

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    • Katie says

      March 26, 2015 at 7:26 am

      wahoo! so glad you like it! and thanks for the tip re: substituting beans 🙂

      Reply
  16. Joie says

    June 9, 2015 at 2:31 am

    I have done this recipe so many times. I have to double it so there is enough :). I also do mine in the crock pot and its so so good!!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      June 10, 2015 at 12:44 pm

      That’s great, Joie! Making the soup in the crock pot is a fabulous idea 🙂

      Reply
  17. vanessa says

    January 4, 2016 at 3:17 pm

    I believe A friend used a packet of ranch dressing in her soup, in case you cant find the ranch beans.

    Reply

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