Easy slow cooker meal that has leftovers for another meal
It's July.
It's hot.
I have no desire to slave over a hot stove or turn on my oven when it's 768° outside {yeah, it's that hot with the humidity...}
Solution: Use a Crock-pot
Best.idea.ever.
Today, I made you some Crock-pot Salsa Chicken.
Tomorrow, I have a meal for you that requires no cooking. No cooking! You should be excited.
But first, here are some things to know about this recipe:
- if you don't like cilantro, leave it out
- if you don't want to make the extra for later, then this meal Serves 6 instead of 4
- you don't have to shred the chicken - feel free to skip the shredding step and just serve the salsa over the chicken breasts or thighs
Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken
Easy slow cooker meal that has leftovers for another meal
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Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb chicken breast or thighs
- 14.5 ounce can no-salt added diced tomatoes undrained
- 10 ounce can diced tomatoes and green chiles drained
- 1 large onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 jalapeño seeded & minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- juice of 1 lime
- 1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro plus extra for garnish
Instructions
- Put chicken, tomatoes + their juices, tomatoes & green chiles, onion, garlic, jalapeño, chili powder, cumin, and paprika into slow-cooker.
- Turn on Low and cook 6 hours.
- Take chicken out and shred with two forks. Reserve 2 cups shredded chicken for No-Cook Chicken Tostadas. Return remaining shredded chicken back to Crock-pot, stir, and add lime & cilantro.
- Cook on Low for 1 hour.
- Serve with tortillas, over lettuce, or on 100% whole wheat buns.
- This also freezes well.
Did you try this recipe?Be sure to leave a comment & recipe rating below. Bonus points for tagging @memeinge & #livingwellkitchen on Instagram! THANK YOU! xo
And if you're desperate for other good summertime Crock-pot recipes, try these:
Dawn says
Where is the actual recipe for the salsa chicken?
Meme says
For some reason, Recipage isn't loading any of my recipes (ahhh!!!) so I am going through and updating them in a different format. So sorry about that, and the recipe is now updated. Thanks for notifying me of the mistake 🙂