Easy Taco Soup Recipe with Black Beans

Spice up your meal with this warm, comforting, and delicious taco black bean soup. This is the best taco soup recipe and bonus, it comes together in 30 minutes! You can alter the spice to your liking to make it milder or spicier. Enjoy this easy taco soup recipe with black beans as a party food or weeknight meal.

Why This Recipe Works

There is nothing in the world like the pleasant odor of a comforting, hearty soup filling your home on a chilly fall or winter day. This simple taco soup smells fantastic as it simmers on the stove top and it tastes even better. And you won’t have to wait long either because this delicious taco soup is done in 30 minutes!

This is a tried and true family favorite that gets made a lot in our home. It’s a cozy soup packed with delicious zesty flavors and makes a great party food or weeknight dinner. My whole family loves it so much we have it at least twice a month. We even came up with a list of over 60 items to serve with taco soup!

And you can cater the spices to your family’s tastes! Increase the spice in this recipe if you like things hot, or prepare it mild. Enjoy this comfort food any way you like. These are just a few more reasons you’ll love this taco black bean soup.

• Done in 30 minutes!
• Totally packed with delicious zingy flavor.
• Makes a great weeknight dinner OR party food.
• Smells sooooo good while cooking!
• Can be catered to your desired spice level – make it mild or super spicy!
• Add allll your favorite toppings
• This recipe is a family favorite.

Ingredients for Easy Taco Soup Recipe with Black Beans

This recipe uses lots of fresh ingredients for maximum flavor you are sure to love. Feel free to decrease or increase the spice measurements to fit your family’s personal tastes.

Olive oil – or other neutral oil to saute the vegetables

Garlic – use fresh for best flavor

Bell peppers – use a variety of colors for an extra appealing dish with versatile crunch flavors

Green onions – also called scallions or spring onions

Jalapeno peppers – use fresh or jarred. Omit these or use “coolapenos” for a mild recipe.

Taco seasoning – use your fave store-bought packet of taco seasoning or make homemade taco seasoning

Salt and pepper – to taste

Italian flat-leaf parsley – this looks prettier in this soup than curly parsley

Fresh cilantro – go fresh for the best flavor. Omit if your family doesn’t like cilantro

Chicken stock or broth – homemade or from the store

Diced tomatoes – decrease amount in recipe card for a thicker soup

Corn – frozen or canned sweet corn will work

Black beans – drain and rinse; use flavored variety if desired

Diced green chiles – Add more for extra spice or omit entirely for a milder flavor

Cooked shredded chicken – bake and shred chicken breasts or pull meat from a Rotisserie chicken

Toppings – shredded cheese, sour cream, cilantro, tortilla chips, jalapenos, etc

How to Make the Best Taco Soup

This soup is surprisingly simple to make and comes together in less than 30 minutes!

Step 1

Heat olive oil in an extra large skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add garlic, bell pepper, green onions, jalapeño peppers, taco seasoning, salt and pepper. Cook until soft and fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Add parsley and cilantro and cook for an additional 2 minutes.

Step 2

Add the chicken stock, tomatoes, corn, beans and green chilies to the skillet and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Five minutes before the soup is finished, add the chicken.

Step 3

Ladle into serving bowls and top with cheese, sour cream and tortilla strips.

How To Thicken Taco Soup

You can thicken taco soup a few different ways. Here are the best options.

Simmer it longer and uncovered – allow nature to take its course by simple cooking your soup uncovered for a longer period of time at a simmer or a low rolling boil. This will evaporate the liquid and thicken the soup as it cooks.

Make a cornstarch slurry – mix equal parts cornstarch and water and mix well to combine fully. Add the slurry to your simmering soup and stir well. Allow it to continue to cook for a few more minutes to thicken. Repeat in smaller measurements until you reach your desired texture.

Add more soup stuff! – Simply add more vegetables, an extra can of beans, or more meat to give your soup a heartier texture.

Toppings for Taco Soup

Top your chicken tortilla soup with any and all of your favorite taco toppings like shredded cheddar cheese, a dollop of sour cream, diced fresh tomatoes, jalapenos or pickled red onion, green chiles, crushed tortilla chips or even Fritos corn chips.

Garnish with a little more cilantro or parsley and a few lime wedges.

Homemade Recipe for Taco Seasoning

Stop buying expensive packaged seasoning mixes from the grocery store and make your own! It’s so easy and the flavor is so much better. This low carb taco seasoning recipe is done in minutes. The ingredients are probably already sitting in your pantry!

Here are some other great uses for homemade taco seasoning.

• Stir it into any creamy dip (yum).
• Really, you could add it to just about any meat-based meal to transform it into a tasty, spicy food. I’m thinking meatballs, burgers or even chicken.
• Use it as a rub on your next Rotisserie chicken or batch of ribs!
• Add it to salad dressing for an extra zing.

Recipe Notes

• For a spicier soup, add extra jalapenos, a pinch of cayenne pepper, or a dash of hot sauce.
• For a milder soup, decrease or omit the jalapeno peppers, as well as the green chiles.
• Change up the meat in the recipe, if desired. Replace the chicken with a pound of cooked ground beef, ground turkey or pork.
• Homemade taco seasoning tastes amazing in this recipe. Consider going homemade!
• Replace one can of diced tomatoes with a can of tomato sauce for a bolder flavor.
• If black beans aren’t your thing, kidney beans or pinto beans are great replacements.

How To Make Crock Pot Taco Soup

You can easily prepare this black bean taco soup recipe in your slow cooker instead of on the stove top. 

After cooking the garlic, peppers, onions and spices on the stove top, add the mixture to a slow cooker along with the remaining ingredients (minus the cooked chicken).

Cook on low heat for 4-5 hours or high for 2-3 hours. Add the chicken, cook for 30 additional minutes and serve with desired toppings.

What to Serve With Taco Soup

I have a full listing of 65 Foods to Serve with Taco Soup you can check out, but here are a few of my favorites to get you started!

Jalapeno Cheddar Mexican Cornbread
Grilled Corn With Spicy Cilantro Lime Butter
Barbacoa Beef Tacos
Fiesta Lime Chicken
Mexican Stuffed Peppers
Chicken Enchiladas with Red Sauce
Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas

How to Store Leftover Taco Soup

Allow the soup to cool completely before storing. Once it has cooled completely, transfer to an 

airtight container and place in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.

You can also freeze leftover soup. Transfer the cooled soup to a freezer safe bag or freezer-safe container. I like to put the soup in gallon freezer bags and remove as much air while leaving a little space for the soup to expand, then freeze it on its side to save freezer space.

How to Reheat

Reheat leftover soup on the stovetop or in the microwave.

Reheat on the stovetop over medium-high heat until warmed through to your liking.

In the Microwave – place soup in a microwave safe container and heat on high for about 2 minutes or until heated through.

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