Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Easy Crockpot Fiesta Chicken

Makes  5 cups.  Serves 4-6.
4 chicken breasts (I did 1 lb.)
15.5 oz. can black beans, drained and rinsed
15 oz frozen or canned corn, if canned then drain first
15 oz salsa (I did ½ hot and ½ mild and it was a little too spicy…so maybe medium and mild or just mild)
8 oz cream cheese


Take 4 frozen or thawed chicken breasts and put into crock pot.  Add remaining ingredients except cream cheese.  Cook on low for 4-5 hours.  Remove chicken and shred it with 2 forks.  Put chicken back in crock pot.  Add cream cheese, just put it on top.  It will look a little weird at this point.  Let it cook for another ½ hour.  Then stir in the cream cheese and serve over rice or in tortillas.  Recipe from recipezaar.com

Crockpot mexican chicken

I am on a crockpot spree trying to find healthy easy yummy crockpot meals that my family (AKA kids) like also.  Here is really good one I got from my former college roommate.

Crockpot Mexican Chicken
Serves 4-6
4 chicken breasts
2 C. salsa
2 package taco seasoning

Cook on low in crockpot for 4-5 hours on low.  Remove chicken and shred with 2 forks.  Return chicken to crock pot.  Serve in tortillas, over taco salad, on nachos, over rice, quesadillas, etc…

I did 1 C. mild salsa and 1 C. medium salsa and it was perfect.  But if you don't like spicy things then just stick with mild salsa all around.