Slower Cooker Salsa Chicken

Easy Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken is a perfect busy weeknight meal. Just toss the ingredients in the crock pot and return for a delicious dinner.

5 Ingredient Dinner

Crockpot Salsa Chicken is one of those perfectly easy dinners.  It is what I like to call a “dump” recipe.  You just dump everything in the pan or in this case the crock pot and let it cook.  I made it this week on a day I knew I wasn’t going to have much time to prepare dinner and I needed a recipe that used things I had on hand in my pantry.  I needed something quick and easy and Salsa Chicken was the answer.

How to Make Salsa Chicken

• Salsa. I used a jar of salsa because that is what I had.  You could also use a fresh salsa if you had some. You need a 15 oz. jar or 2 cups of salsa for this slow cooker salsa chicken.
• Corn.  Use whole kernel canned corn and drain.
• Beans.  I used cone can of  black beans but you could use kidney or pinto beans.  Drain and rinse the beans.

• Seasoning.  One teaspoon of cumin and if you have fresh cilantro add in half a cup of chopped cilantro.  If you don’t have cilantro you can leave that out, there will be some cilantro in your salsa.
• Chicken. The recipe calls for four skinless, boneless chicken breasts.

Place the chicken in the crockpot and then add remaining ingredients and stir to combine.

Cook on low for 4-5 hours or until the chicken is cooked through, tender and easy to shred.

How to Serve Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken

Besides being so easy, the other reason I love this recipe is that it makes a lot and it is so versatile.  I love to serve it over rice or in a taco, burrito or on top of nachos.   It would also be great in an enchilada or a quesadilla.  The perfect quick and easy dinner idea!

Check out these quick and easy crock pot meals:

• Crock Pot Honey Sesame Chicken
• Balsamic Honey Pork Sliders
• Crock Pot Brown  and Maple Sugar Pork Tenderloin

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Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken Recipe

5 from 2 votes

Crock Pot Salsa Chicken

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes

Easy and delicious, this flavorful crockpot salsa chicken is super easy to make!

serves: 12 servings

Prep:10 minutes

Cook:5 hours

Total:5 hours 10 minutes

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Ingredients

• ▢ 4 chicken breasts
• ▢ 1 15 oz. salsa 2 cups
• ▢ 1 can corn
• ▢ 1 can black beans
• ▢ 1 tsp cumin
• ▢ 1/2 cup cilantro chopped, optional

Instructions

• Combine all ingredients in the crockpot
• Cook in crock pot on low for 6-7 hours or until chicken shreds easily.

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 147kcal (7%) Carbohydrates: 12g (4%) Protein: 19g (38%) Fat: 3g (5%) Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) Cholesterol: 48mg (16%) Sodium: 89mg (4%) Potassium: 434mg (12%) Fiber: 3g (13%) Sugar: 2g (2%) Vitamin A: 157IU (3%) Vitamin C: 3mg (4%) Calcium: 12mg (1%) Iron: 1mg (6%)

* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.

Course:Main Course, Main Dish

Cuisine:Mexican

Keyword:crockpot salsa chicken, salsa chicken

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Originally posted on April 12, 2013

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