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Fun Facts About Soup for National Soup Month + Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe

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This post is part of a compensated ambassadorship with Campbell Soup Company. All opinions are my own.

With it being such an icy cold January, I hope you’ve been enjoying National Soup Month as much as I have by warming up your insides with the perfect feel good food — soup!

This is an especially exciting year for Campbell’s® Condensed Chicken Noodle soup which celebrates its 80th birthday!

Happy 80th Birthday Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup

Once upon a time, it wasn’t even called Campbell’s® Condensed Chicken Noodle soup. It started out being called “Chicken with Noodles” and it wasn’t really all that popular.

1934 Campbell's Noodle Soup Print Ad

When a famous radio program host accidentally called it “Chicken Noodle” soup on a popular radio show, sales took off! The soup was officially renamed “Chicken Noodle” and it remains the top-selling soup for Campbell to this day.

1938 Chicken Noodle Name Change Sketch

With 32 feet of noodles inside each can of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup, I see why it’s still happily slurped up by children and adults everywhere!

1964 Campbell's Noodle Soup Print Ad

More fun soup tidbits:

• Frank Sinatra always asked for chicken and rice soup to be available to him in his dressing rooms before he went on stage.

• Soup can be dated back to about 6000 B.C. and was first made of hippopotamus.

• It has been noted that pop-art artist, Andy Warhol, found the inspiration to paint his “Campbell’s Soup Cans” series because that’s what he had for lunch every day for 20 years.

For lots of yummy soup recipes to celebrate National Soup Month, head to the Wisest Kid website for “Sip, Slurp and Spoon” soup favorites like this Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup recipe.

There’s just nothing better than a bowl of hot soup in January, and every sloppy, slurpable spoonful of this is more delicious than the next!

Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup

Made with another of my favorite Campbell’s Condensed Soups, Cream of Chicken, it’s full of zesty flavor and makes one heck of a satisfying meal for the whole family.

slow cooker chicken tortilla soup ingredients

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Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup

Course Soup
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Total Time 4 hours 30 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Pace Picante Sauce I used hot
  • 2 cans 10 3/4 oz each Campbell's Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup
  • 1 can black beans rinsed, drained
  • 1 pound skinless boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 2 cups frozen whole kernel corn
  • 1 soup can water
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 4 corn tortillas 6-inch, cut into strips
  • 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves

Instructions

  1. Stir the picante sauce, soup, chicken, corn, beans, water and cumin in a 4-quart slow cooker.
  2. Cover and cook on low for 4 to 5 hours or until chicken is cooked through.
  3. Stir the tortillas, cheese and cilantro into the slow cooker. Cover and cook for 15 minutes. Top with cheese and additional cilantro, if desired

Recipe Notes

Time-Saver: Cook on high for 2 to 2 1/2 hours

Chicken_tortilla_soup

I hope you enjoy it. It’s oh so yummy nummy!

What homemade soups do you make using Campbell’s Condensed Soup?

Comments

  18. I wish we were getting some of the cold weather everyone else seems to be getting. I’m in California, and the governor has declared a drought. It’s really bad with the rivers drying up. I’ve loved and been eating Campbells soup since I was a little kid. I love chicken noodle & clam chowder! This soup looks really good. Thank you for sharing 🙂

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  20. Definitely a classic and old standard. I can’t imagine anyone not loving soup… I’m a big fan of soups and we sure need them now. 🙂 Love the story sharing too.
    Eliz

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  27. What a great meal to have on a cold Midwest winter night. It is making my mouth water right now. Thank you for the recipe

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  29. I would add black olives. Also, if you’re looking for the perfect film to go with this for ‘Dinner and a Movie’ night, get the DVD of the romantic comedy-drama, “Tortilla Soup”, starring Hector Elizondo (“Pretty Woman) as the head of a family with 3 daughters. Funny and charmng!

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  30. I really enjoy eating a nice comforting hot bowl of soup! This recipe looks fantastic. I love that Black beans and corn is in it. I love that combo. Thank you for sharing. I will give this a try.

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  31. My teen has always LOVED Campell’s chicken noodle soup! LOL! The recipe looks so easy, which I love. And I think my teen and hubby would love it. Thanks so much!!

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  33. This soup looks amazing!! I wish I could use these soups to make it, but i have a dairy issue. I’ll have to figure something out and make it because yummmmmm!!!!!!!

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  39. Oh, that looks delicious! Campbells soup has been a staple forever! My son is living on it now, after surviving wisdom tooth extraction, and the rest of us would love to try this recipe! Thanks 🙂

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  50. WOW 80 years! I love their soup! I think my favorite is their Tomato soup made with milk – add a grilled cheese sandwich and we have some major feel good food! Hubby and I always keep a can in the cupboard for that special meal.

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  52. I did not know that is how Chicken Noodle soup got its name but I have been eating it since I was a child and I actually had it for lunch today.

    Love the recipe that you shared and I will be trying that out.

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  53. The Chicken Tortilla Slow Cooker Soup looks like a winning recipe. I always keep at least one can of Campbells Chicken Noodle Soup on hand, just in case my kiddos or hub get sick.

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  56. I love how in the chicken tortilla recipe photo you have some of the noodle and sauce hanging over the cup! It looks amazingly delicious. You probably think this pregnant lady is crazy lol. 🙂

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  62. Wow, this looks good. It’s funny… I cook with Campbell’s soup all the time, but don’t think I have ever made SOUP! lol I need to try something like this!

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  66. What a great recipe. I love things with a little spicy twist. I didn’t realize it was national soup month. I guess I have been celebrating all month – we have been having a lot of soup!

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  68. I have never figured out what it is about the plain old Campbell’s Chicken Noodle soup that never gets old. I had it just last week. Your Chicken tortilla Soup looks delicious, I bet my boys would love it. I love how the name changed of the soup after a mistake in announcing the product – funny how things happen that way.

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  80. My husband just bought a CASE of chicken noodle soup at Sam’s Club. I’m soooo over eating just regular soup and we have many cans to go before we’re out again.

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  88. I had no idea there were 32 feet of noodles inside a Campbell’s chicken noodle soup can! That Chicken Tortilla soup looks great, and it much needed around here right now – with the temperatures being just now getting back to over freezing.

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  92. Heavens I’ve been eating Campbells soups almost all my life–and their Chicken Noodle has always been my favorite-. I actually like to use the condensed Cream of Mushroom soup in a couple of recipes.

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  96. Love soup, and it seems like we’ve been having it almost every day. Would love to add this recipe to my collection.

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  98. Great Campbell’s info, I love reading stuff like that! Your soup also looks so delicious. I’ve been wanting to try our slow cooker out more so can’t wait to try this!

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  104. ALL I’ve been wanting (and making) lately is soup! Pots and pots of soup! it is the PEFECT food for all this cold weather we have been having!

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  113. Cold weather and soup just go together, no doubt about it! Made Michael a can of potato soup at the hospital yesterday. He ate the whole can… and kept it down!

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  114. Chicken Noodle Soup is my youngest child’s favorite, and my daughter loves the Chicken and Rice. 😉
    How funny that it wasn’t popular, can you even imagine? And hurrah for the radio guy’s slip up, I do suppose!!

    I wish every month was soup month. Soup is my official favorite food (pizza is RIGHT on its heels, but that’s another story). 😉

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  116. That looks soooo yummy! I need to get over my irrational fear of burning my house down if I leave my slow-cooker on while we’re not at home. 🙂

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  121. I didn’t know that Chicken Noodle Soup didn’t start out with that name, isn’t that so funny how a little change can make something go from a dud to a tradition.

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  127. I could go for a bowl of that hearty soup right now! (It’s not even lunch yet.) Cambell’s soup is a staple in so many great recipes! Those old adds are neat to look at too.

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