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Recipe: Chicken No-tortilla Soup

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Slow Cooker Chicken No-tortilla Soup about 5-6 servings This recipe is adapted from some recipes in a slow cooker cookbook I own. It leaves out the beans, corn, and tortilla chips from the typical tortilla soup and adds some other vegetables. This is incredibly easy to throw in the slow cooker before work! 3-4 chicken breast halves 2 15-oz cans Mexican stewed tomatoes or Rotel tomatoes      (I used 1 can regular stewed tomatoes and 1 can tomatoes with green chiles) 1 cup salsa (I used a tomatillo-based salsa) 1 4-oz can diced green chiles 1 15-oz can tomato sauce 1 cup green beans, cut into bite-size pieces (I used up some frozen green beans. You can add whatever vegetables you like.) Combine in slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours. Check for seasonings when done. If you do not use tomatoes with Mexican spices, add 1tbsp each chili powder dried cumin top with sliced avocado and cheese and sour cream if you do dairy. Homemade root vegetable chips would be really