Description
A warm and comforting slow cooker dish featuring tender chicken simmered in zesty salsa, served over rice with toppings like avocado, cheese, and black beans.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 cup salsa (your favorite brand or homemade)
- 1 cup long-grain white rice
- 2 ripe avocados, sliced
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 cup shredded cheese (cheddar or Monterey Jack)
- 1 can (15 oz) black beans, drained and rinsed
- Cilantro lime vinaigrette, for drizzling
Instructions
- Place the chicken breasts at the bottom of your slow cooker.
- Pour the salsa over the chicken, covering it completely.
- Set your slow cooker to low for 6 to 8 hours or high for 3 to 4 hours until the chicken is tender.
- In the last hour, add the rice to the slow cooker.
- Shred the chicken in the slow cooker and mix together with the rice.
- Serve the mixture in bowls topped with avocado, cilantro, cheese, and black beans.
- Drizzle with cilantro lime vinaigrette before enjoying.
Notes
For extra flavor, marinate the chicken in salsa a few hours before cooking. This lets the flavors penetrate better.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 240
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 10g
- Protein: 38g
- Cholesterol: 90mg