GMAZ Slow Cooking: April’s taco soup recipe

All this week on Good Morning Arizona, we’re getting ready for fall with our favorite slow cooker recipes. Today’s recipe is Meteorologist April's taco soup.
Published: Sep. 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM MST

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — All this week on Good Morning Arizona, we’re getting ready for fall with our favorite slow cooker recipes.

Today’s recipe is Meteorologist April Warnecke’s taco soup, courtesy of allrecipes.

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 (16 ounce) can chili beans, with liquid
  • 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans with liquid
  • 1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, with liquid
  • 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 (14.5 ounce) cans peeled and diced tomatoes
  • 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chile peppers
  • 1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning mix

Directions:

  1. In a medium skillet, cook the ground beef until browned over medium heat. Drain, and set aside.
  2. Place the ground beef, onion, chili beans, kidney beans, corn, tomato sauce, water, diced tomatoes, green chile peppers and taco seasoning mix in a slow cooker.
  3. Mix to blend, and cook on Low setting for 8 hours.

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