Today’s recipe is a simple one that you can toss just in the crock pot and go. It is perfect to serve over some beans or rice. I left the chicken breasts whole to serve but you could always shred them if you want to.
Salsa Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 (10¾ oz) can cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup
- 1 cup salsa
- 1 pkg taco seasoning
- 1 cup light sour cream
Instructions
- Place chicken in the crock pot.
- Pour soup and salsa over chicken and sprinkle with taco seasoning.
- Cook on low for 6 hours. Remove chicken from crock pot.
- Add the sour cream to the soup/salsa mixture remaining in the cock pot. Sir until combined.
- Serve chicken breast with sauce mixture spooned over it. Or you can shred the chicken and mix in the sauce before serving.
Recipe adapted from Chef Mommy.
I am a crockpot owner for 2 days now and I am already a huge fan! I am in an program of metabolic balance I am searching for recipes that fit in my plan, and so does this (except the sauce .-) ).
I am big time chicken guy and this recipe seems like one I want to try. It seems the reviews are positive, but I am just a bit hesitant about mixing salsa and taco seasoning with a cream of soup base. The combination doesn’t seem natural.
But, it doesn’t hurt to try I guess. Thanks for the interesting recipe, my chicken won’t know what hit it.
Let me know how the yogurt substitution works out, I just put this in the crock pot now!
I made this tonight and it was a huge hit. I think next time we will put I it in burritos.
A tip for readers – DON’T try to cut the cooking time by cooking on high – I put this on high with frozen breasts with the intention to cook for a bit on high to thaw then turn down to low to finish. After coming back from a walk (maybe 90 min. later) the whole house smelled “burnt” – I peeked in the cooker & it was looking pretty brown around the edges. I fished out my chicken breasts & finished them in the oven at 375 (they were delicious for dinner, BTW, shredded in oven-baked chimichangas). I don’t blame the recipe – I’d try this again, but next time on low!
This looks healthy and delicious…I think I’ll sub the sour cream for Greek yogurt. Thanks for the fun idea.