An Easy Recipe For Thick Taco Soup

Ingredients

• 1-2 Pounds of lean hamburger or ground turkey
• Cooking oil (to brown the meat)
• 1 Chopped onion
• 1 Small can of tomato paste
• 1 -2 Cans diced tomatoes
• 1-2 Cans drained corn
• 1 Can sliced olives
• 3 Cans of beans--pinto;black;kidney...any kind you like or combination (Drain and rinse)
• 2 Beef bullion cubes
• 2 -3 Tbsp Taco Seasoning
• Salt or seasoned salt
• pepper
• garlic powder
• "SECRET" INGREDIENT: 1 lb Green chiles (diced)
• "SECRET" INGREDIENT: 1 - 2 Tbsp Powder Ranch Dressing

Instructions

Brown the ground beef or turkey (I prefer the leaner ground turkey) in a skillet with a chopped onion. Season it while it's in the skillet, i.e. seasoned salt, pepper, garlic powder, etc. whatever you like.

Drain the oil and put it in a crock pot.

I add tomato paste, diced tomatoes, drained corn, olives,beans.

Dissolve beef bullion cubes in a cup of water.

Add taco seasoning gradually and put in however much you want.

Add enough water to the crock pot to make it the consistency you want. Some people like it thick where others like it more runny.

Add the 2 "secret" ingredients---the green chiles and powder ranch dressing. I always have green chiles in my freezer so I usually will dice up a pound or so depending on how hot the chile is and how hot I want the soup to be. Start with about 1-2 tsp of the ranch.

Cook on high.