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Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken and Rice

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low Cooker Salsa Chicken and Rice might possibly be the easiest meal ever! Boring, weeknight chicken becomes the most popular kid at the table when jazzed up with tangy salsa & spices. Throw some brown rice in your rice cooker and set it to be done when the slow cooker is and dinner is D-O-N-E!!!| Becky's Best Bites

Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken and Rice might possibly be the easiest meal ever! Boring, weeknight chicken becomes the most popular kid at the table when jazzed up with tangy salsa & spices. Throw some brown rice in your rice cooker and set it to be done when the slow cooker is and dinner is D-O-N-E!!!

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Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken and Rice Recipe by Becky's Best Bites

Don’t we all just need those recipes that are a no-brainer?!?

Those recipes that we can throw together in 5 minutes because it is one of those “crazy” days and you can’ t really even think about what’s for dinner.  The ingredients are all items that you would have on-hand, as long as you have made my Homemade Roasted Tomato Salsa and canned it for later.  You could certainly usae store-bought salsa, but let’s face it…it just isn’t as good 😉

Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken and Rice Super Easy Recipe by Becky's Best Bites

My inspiration for my Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken and Rice came from this recipe by My Mommy Style for 5 Ingredient Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken.  Of course I started with onion and garlic, because what good recipe doesn’t? Added the chicken, my Homemade Roasted Tomato Salsa, a little chicken stock so nothing dries out and a few spices. That’s it!!! Set your favorite slow cooker on either low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.  Then set your rice to be ready at the same time by using a programmable rice cooker.

Here is the recipe for Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken and Rice:

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Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken and Rice
 
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
FOR THE SALSA CHICKEN
  • 1 large sweet yellow onion, chopped
  • 3-4 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
  • 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 cup homemade salsa or other salsa of your choice
  • 1 tbsp. cumin
  • 1 tbsp. chili powder
  • 1 tsp. chipotle chili powder (or more depending on how spicy you like it)
  • 1 tsp. cracked red pepper (or more depending on how spicy you like it)
  • Sea salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste.
  • ¼ cup reduced-sodium chicken stock
FOR THE RICE
  • 1 cup long grain brown rice
  • 2 cups water
Instructions
FOR THE SALSA CHICKEN
  1. Place a slow cooker liner in the bowl of the slow cooker or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. Add onions, garlic, chicken, salsa, cumin, chipotle chili powder, cracked red pepper, salt and pepper.
  3. Add stock over top over the mixture and stir to combine.
  4. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.
FOR THE RICE
  1. Add rice and water to your programmable rice cooker. Set timer for 7 hours if cooking the chicken on low or 3 hours if cooking the chicken on high. This will have the rice and chicken ready at about the same time.
  2. Fluff with a fork.
  3. Serve chicken over rice.

 




Comments

  3. Terri | Sugar Free Glow says

    I love easy slow cooker recipes–this looks great! Thanks for sharing!

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