This Slow-Cooker Salsa Chicken is packed with tasty Tex-Mex flavors. Talk about a chicken dinner fit for a fiesta! The best part? It takes a mere 10 minutes to prep your slow-cooker chicken and salsa. Turn leftovers into burritos by adding a few extras.
Slow-Cooker Salsa Chicken
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 7 hr 10 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup thick & chunky salsa
- 1 can (15 oz) Progresso™ black beans, drained, rinsed
- 1 can (11 ounces) whole kernel sweet corn, drained
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
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Step1Sprinkle chicken with salt. In 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook chicken in oil about 4 minutes, turning once, until brown.
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Step2In 3 1/2- to 5-quart slow cooker, mix salsa, beans and corn. Top with chicken.
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Step3Cover and cook on low heat setting 7 to 9 hours or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (180°F).
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Step4Sprinkle chicken thighs and vegetable mixture with cilantro.
Nutrition
360
Calories
13g
Total Fat
36g
Protein
30g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 360
- Calories from Fat
- 115
- Total Fat
- 13g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 0%
- Cholesterol
- 85mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 940mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 30g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 6g
- 0%
- Protein
- 36g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 26%
- 26%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 4 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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