Copycat Chick-Fil-A Chicken Tortilla Soup combines tender chicken, hearty beans, and vibrant vegetables to create a comforting meal. The addition of spices like chili powder and cumin enhances the savory profile, while the creamy texture from heavy cream and sour cream elevates the dish perfectly!
Serving this chick fil a tortilla soup with lime juice and your choice of toppings creates a personalized touch that caters to individual preferences. Whether it’s garnished with cilantro, jalapeños, or tortilla strips, each bowl of this chicken soup promises a delightful experience perfect for sharing with family and friends.
What is Copycat Chick-Fil-A Chicken Tortilla Soup?
Copycat Chick-Fil-A Tortilla Soup is a homemade version of the popular fast-food chain’s seasonal soup. It captures the creamy, flavorful essence of Chick-Fil-A’s original recipe.
I’ll admit, I frequent Chick-Fil-A a little more often than anyone should. I usually get some grilled chicken nuggets, but in the winter, I really love their soup! Recreating their chicken tortilla soup at home not only saves me time and money, but also the embarrassment from going in so often.
This soup is ready in less than an hour and it is full of so many amazing flavors. This recipe truly shines as a crowd-pleaser. It combines convenience, taste, and nourishment in each bowl!
Why you’ll love this Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe
- Incredible taste. This Chicken Tortilla Soup is packed with flavor and simplicity. The use of fresh ingredients like onions, peppers, and garlic builds a solid foundation for the dish. The combination of spices adds depth and warmth to each spoonful.
- Nutritional Benefits: Chicken tortilla soup is high in fiber and protein, which contributes to a satisfying meal. The lean protein helps keep the dish hearty and filling.
- Adaptable. This soup is also versatile, it works well as a comforting dinner or a delightful appetizer for gatherings. Customizing it to each persons taste is simple and easy with topping options!
Ingredients in Copycat Chick-Fil-A Chicken Tortilla Soup
Butter: You will need 2 TBSP of butter to sauté the onions, peppers and garlic in.
Onion: Use 1 yellow or a white onion, diced up finely.
Red bell pepper: Add in 1 red bell pepper, diced up in small pieces.
Garlic: 1 TBSP of minced garlic adds the perfect amount of flavor to the soup.
Seasonings: For amazing flavor, use 2 tsp of each salt, chili powder, and cumin. As well as 1 tsp of paprika, ⅛ tsp of cayenne pepper and ½ tsp of sugar.
Rotel tomatoes with green chiles: Adding one 10-ounce can of Rotel diced tomatoes with green chiles works perfectly in the soup.
Chicken broth: You will need 6 cups of chicken broth to form the base of the soup.
Beans: Use two 15-ounce cans of navy beans and one 15-ounce can of black beans for the soup. Make sure you drain and rinse the beans before adding them to the soup.
Corn: Add in one 15-ounce can of corn, drained and rinsed.
Shredded chicken: You can make your own shredded chicken or you can use a rotisserie chicken if you prefer, you will need 4 cups total.
Sour cream: ¼ cup of sour cream is needed for this soup recipe.
Heavy cream: Adding ½ cup of heavy cream makes this soup extra creamy and delicious.
Lime juice: Squeeze the juice from 1 lime into the soup right before serving.
Toppings/garnish: Add any toppings you’d like. We love to add cilantro, tortilla strips, sliced jalapenos, sliced limes, and shredded cheese.
How to make Copycat Chick-Fil-A Chicken Tortilla Soup
Prep
Prepare the veggies for this soup. Dice the onion into fine pieces, chop the red bell pepper into cubes, and if you are using fresh garlic, mince that as well. Also, wash and rinse the cans of beans and corn, and set aside.
Make sure you have the chicken ready too, have it cooked, shredded, measured and ready for use.
Cook the soup
In a large soup pot over low heat, add your butter and sauté the onion, red bell pepper and minced garlic until the onions are translucent. Add in the Rotel diced tomatoes with green chiles and stir.
Then add salt, chili powder, cumin, paprika, cayenne pepper, and sugar. Also add the chicken broth and stir well to combine all ingredients.
Add in only 1 can of the navy beans, the black beans, corn, and shredded chicken and mix everything together.
Simmer
Turn up the heat to medium and bring the soup to a boil, reduce heat and let it simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Complete soup assembly
In a medium bowl place the reserved 1 can of navy beans. Using a fork or spoon, mash the beans up until they get a little mushy and thick. Transfer the mashed beans to the soup pot and stir.
In a small bowl combine the sour cream and a few spoonful’s of the soup broth, whisk the sour cream with the soup broth until smooth and then add to the soup and stir. Add in the heavy whipping cream and stir well to combine.
Before serving, squeeze in the lime juice into the pot of soup and stir well. When ready to serve, top each single bowl of soup with any toppings or garnish (cilantro, tortilla strips, sliced jalapenos, cheese, etc.) and enjoy!
Copycat Chick-Fil-A Chicken Tortilla Soup
Ingredients
- 2 TBSP butter
- 1 yellow or white onion diced
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1 TBSP garlic minced
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp paprika
- ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper
- ½ tsp sugar
- 10 oz can Rotel tomatoes with green chiles
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 30 oz two 15 ounce cans navy beans rinsed and drained, divided
- 15 oz ounce can black beans rinsed and drained
- 15 oz ounce can yellow corn rinsed and drained
- 4 cups chicken cooked & shredded
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ½ cup heavy cream
- Juice of one lime
- Toppings/garnish: cilantro, tortilla strips, sliced jalapenos, sliced limes, shredded cheese, etc.
Instructions
- Prep: Dice the onion into fine pieces, chop the red bell pepper into small cubes, and if you are using fresh garlic, mince that as well.
- Wash and rinse the cans of beans and corn, set aside. Make sure you have the chicken ready too, have it cooked, shredded, measured, and ready for use.
- Assemble the soup: In a large soup pot over low heat, add the butter and sauté the onion, red bell pepper, and minced garlic until the onions are translucent.
- Add in the Rotel tomatoes with green chiles and stir. Add the salt, chili powder, cumin, paprika, cayenne pepper, and sugar. After that, add the chicken broth and stir.
- Add in only 1 can of the navy beans, the black beans, the corn and the shredded chicken and mix everything together.
- Simmer: Turn up the heat to medium and bring the soup to a boil, reduce heat and let simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Complete assembly: In a medium bowl place the reserved 1 can of navy beans. Using a fork or spoon, mash the beans up until they get a little mushy and thick. Then transfer the mashed beans to the soup pot and stir.
- In a small bowl combine the sour cream and a few spoonful's of the soup broth, whisk the sour cream with the soup broth until smooth and then add to the soup and stir.
- Add in the heavy whipping cream and stir well to combine. Before serving, squeeze in the lime juice into the pot of soup and stir well. When ready to serve, top each single bowl of soup with any toppings or garnish (cilantro, tortilla strips, sliced jalapenos, cheese, etc) and enjoy!
Notes
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Are there any healthy ingredient substitutes for this soup?
To make a healthier version, one can use low-sodium chicken broth and Greek yogurt instead of sour cream. Replacing heavy cream with coconut milk can also reduce calories while maintaining creaminess. Additionally, incorporating more vegetables can enhance the nutritional profile.
How to store Chicken Tortilla Soup
Any leftovers will last in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Leftover soup can easily be reheated in the microwave or in a pan on the stove. Because of the cream in the soup, I don’t recommend freezing it.
How can I thicken up Tortilla soup?
This soup is traditionally a spicy and thin soup broth, but if you wanted to make it a bit thicker you could. Here are a few tips to do so:
- You could add in a bit more ingredients and slightly less broth, to make the ingredients and broth ration lean towards more chunky ingredients.
- If you want to steer away from adding in extra calories to the soup, you can let the soup cook down and the broth will thicken naturally.
- Adding in a thickening agent like cornstarch or different types of flour like potato flour or tapioca flour will also help thicken up the soup a bit.
Cozy Comfort Food Recipes and Family Dinner Favorites:
If you love warm, comforting chicken dinners, there are so many cozy recipes to try next! Classic Chicken Noodle Soup is a timeless comfort food favorite, while Chicken Stew is packed with hearty ingredients and rich flavor. Copycat KFC Chicken Pot Pie and Chicken Pot Pie are both classic family dinners that are perfect for chilly nights. For more comforting meals, try Chicken Corn Chowder or creamy Slow Cooker Chicken Alfredo Soup for an easy weeknight dinner.
For more family dinner favorites, Best Homemade Chicken Strips and McDonald’s Copycat Chicken Nuggets are two of our most popular chicken recipes and always a hit with kids. Copycat Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings is another hearty comfort food meal, while Easy Crockpot Hawaiian Chicken and Zesty Italian Chicken are easy chicken dinners packed with flavor and simple ingredients.
Copycat Chick-Fil-A Chicken Tortilla Soup is a creamy soup full of chicken, beans, corn and lots of flavor! Delicious chicken tortilla soup recipe that tastes just like the popular version you find at Chick-Fil-A!
Melissa says
At what point does the shredded chicken go in?
Nellie says
Right along with the corn and beans! Enjoy!
Valerie says
You did a phenomenal job with this copycat recipe. Can’t believe I was able to make this at home, thank you so much!
Kris says
I was wondering how we would change to make this in crockpot?
Jessica says
Such a good idea! So, chicken cooks in a crockpot within 6 hours on low. I’d aim for 8 hours on low, cut up the chicken into small pieces beforehand and don’t add any dairy until just before serving. : )
kimberly k johnston says
i really love all your recipes! but for those of us on keto or just trying to get healthy, maybe you could do some recipes for us
Jessica says
We do have some higher protein recipes- you can check out the different categories here: https://butterwithasideofbread.com/category/beef-and-pork/ The meat categories and “main dish” should be helpful. But yeah, we really love carbs. 😉