A Do-What-You-Want-With-It Sante Fe Style Chicken from the Slow Cooker (with 5 ideas)

The recipe A Do-What-You-Want-With-It Sante Fe Style Chicken from the Slow Cooker (with 5 ideas) can be made in about 45 minutes. One serving contains 235 calories, 23g of protein, and 4g of fat. This recipe serves 6 and costs $1.57 per serving. This recipe from Green Lite Bites has 2263 fans. It works well as a main course. Head to the store and pick up cumin, canned black beans, kosher salt, and a few other things to make it today. Overall, this recipe earns an outstanding spoonacular score of 91%. Similar recipes are Slow Cooker Rotisserie Style Chicken, Slow Cooker Rotisserie-Style Chicken, and Buffalo-Style Slow-Cooker Chicken Drumettes.

Servings: 6

 

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Mix all ingredients in the crock pot.Stir and add the frozen chicken. I keep solo breasts in separate freezer bags so I can grab just what I need when I’m cooking.Cook on high for 3-4 hours. Low about 6 would probably work too, but I haven’t tried it. After 3 hours it will look like this…Remove the chicken and shred. I used 2 forks and pulled it apart.Add the chicken back into the crock pot.You can continue to cook for a little while to let the flavors merge with the shredded chicken or eat right away.Use 1. Chicken EnchiladasI am SO glad I took a chance and made these. I really didn’t think the husband would go for them, but he loved it! Here’s what I did.2 cups of the Sante Fe Style Chicken from the Slow Cooker above5 of your favorite low carb/cal tortillas2 oz of fancy shredded mexican cheese blenddried cilantroPreheat the oven to 400 degrees.Lay out a tortilla and fill with a scoop of the chicken/bean mixture leaving as much of the liquid as you can. Roll and place in a casserole dish sprayed with a bit of non-stick spray.Repeat for all tortillas.Pour the remaining liquid from the 2 cups of Sante Fe Style Chicken on top of the rolled tortillas. Top with cheese and a bit of dried cilantro.Bake about 20 minutes.As I said, big hit with the Husband and of course, I LOVED IT. I wasn’t ready to chance them on Little Guy so I did make him something else. I’m not normally a fan of this approach, but he still ate the base of the meal just in a kid friendly form. May I present…Use 2. Sante Fe Chicken QuesadillasUsing 2 tortillas I put some of the Sante Fe Chicken minus most of the liquid, some cheese and even some chopped baby spinach and made him a quesadillas using this technique. He ate the WHOLE thing.Use 3. Sante Fe Chicken over RiceThis is how I would have served it for dinner initially if I married anyone who remotely liked food, but honestly, if I would make it like this NO one in my house would eat it except me. Which sucks because it’s my favorite type of meal.Use 4. Sante Fe Chicken Stuffed PeppersI decided to give this a try with the leftovers to see how the family would react. I mixed about 2 cups of the Sante Fe Chicken with 2 cups of brown rice then stuffed 5 bell peppers and topped with cheese.I baked for about 30 minutes until the peppers were just softening.The husband ate 2 but said he preferred the enchiladas. After some convincing that what was IN the peppers was the same stuff IN the quesadilla, Little Guy ate one too!Use 5. Sante Fe Chicken over a bed of Baby SpinachAfter all that I had about 1 cup left and no rice. So for lunch I decided to take a bunch of baby spinach, top it with the chicken, and pop it in the microwave. It was delish! Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture!Overall this idea was a pleasant surprise. It was the first time in a long time I was able to make a one pot meal the whole family actually enjoyed. I could eat stuff like this every day!I ended up with 6 cups of the Sante Fe Chicken so I’ll provide nutritional information for that. Hope my slow cooker exerpiement gives you some ideas!

 

Step by step:

1. Mix all ingredients in the crock pot.Stir and add the frozen chicken. I keep solo breasts in separate freezer bags so I can grab just what I need when I’m cooking.Cook on high for 3-4 hours. Low about 6 would probably work too, but I haven’t tried it. After 3 hours it will look like this…

2. Remove the chicken and shred. I used 2 forks and pulled it apart.

3. Add the chicken back into the crock pot.You can continue to cook for a little while to let the flavors merge with the shredded chicken or eat right away.Use

4. Chicken EnchiladasI am SO glad I took a chance and made these. I really didn’t think the husband would go for them, but he loved it! Here’s what I did.2 cups of the Sante Fe Style Chicken from the Slow Cooker above5 of your favorite low carb/cal tortillas2 oz of fancy shredded mexican cheese blenddried cilantro

5. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.Lay out a tortilla and fill with a scoop of the chicken/bean mixture leaving as much of the liquid as you can.

6. Roll and place in a casserole dish sprayed with a bit of non-stick spray.Repeat for all tortillas.

7. Pour the remaining liquid from the 2 cups of Sante Fe Style Chicken on top of the rolled tortillas. Top with cheese and a bit of dried cilantro.

8. Bake about 20 minutes.As I said, big hit with the Husband and of course, I LOVED IT. I wasn’t ready to chance them on Little Guy so I did make him something else. I’m not normally a fan of this approach, but he still ate the base of the meal just in a kid friendly form. May I present…Use

9. Sante Fe Chicken Quesadillas

10. Using 2 tortillas I put some of the Sante Fe Chicken minus most of the liquid, some cheese and even some chopped baby spinach and made him a quesadillas using this technique. He ate the WHOLE thing.Use

11. Sante Fe Chicken over Rice

12. This is how I would have served it for dinner initially if I married anyone who remotely liked food, but honestly, if I would make it like this NO one in my house would eat it except me. Which sucks because it’s my favorite type of meal.Use

13. Sante Fe Chicken Stuffed PeppersI decided to give this a try with the leftovers to see how the family would react. I mixed about 2 cups of the Sante Fe Chicken with 2 cups of brown rice then stuffed 5 bell peppers and topped with cheese.I baked for about 30 minutes until the peppers were just softening.The husband ate 2 but said he preferred the enchiladas. After some convincing that what was IN the peppers was the same stuff IN the quesadilla, Little Guy ate one too!Use

14. Sante Fe Chicken over a bed of Baby Spinach

15. After all that I had about 1 cup left and no rice. So for lunch I decided to take a bunch of baby spinach, top it with the chicken, and pop it in the microwave. It was delish! Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture!Overall this idea was a pleasant surprise. It was the first time in a long time I was able to make a one pot meal the whole family actually enjoyed. I could eat stuff like this every day!I ended up with 6 cups of the Sante Fe Chicken so I’ll provide nutritional information for that. Hope my slow cooker exerpiement gives you some ideas!

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