Crock Pot Mexican Style Chicken Chili
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- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
3 Chicken Breasts, boneless & skinless (remove any fat)1 large onion1 12oz can diced tomatos (no salt added)1 8oz can yellow corn (no salt added)1 12oz can black beans (low sodium)2 Tbsp chopped green chili pepperssSpice Rub (see below for ingredients)2 Tbsp Taco Seasoning (see below for homemade taco seasoning)1 limeSpice Rub: (you'll use all of this for this recipe)2 Tbsp Chili powder1 tsp cumin1 tsp curry powder1/2 tsp black pepperTaco Seasoning (mix together the following: makes more than you need for this recipe so keep some for later):2 Tbsp Chili Powder1.5 Tbsp Cumin1 Tbsp Onion Powder1 Tbsp Garlic Powder1.5 Tbsp Paprika0.5 tsp Cayenne Pepper
1.) Preheat oven to 400F.
2.) Spray bottom of baking pan with Pam (or other nostick spray)
3.) Prepare Spice Rub and set aside
4.) Rinse Chicken, remove fat and butterfly (slice amost in half so it opens like a hamburger bun)
5.) Arrange chicken in pan and apply spice rub to both sides of all pieces
6.) Bake for 20 minutes
While chicken is baking:
1.) Chop onion
2.) rinse black beans
3.) drain corn and tomatos
After chicken is done
1.) slice chicken into thin strips (or shred using your fingers)
2.) place chicken in Crock Pot
3.) Add onion, black beans, corn, tomatos, green chili peppers and Taco Seasoning
4.) stir and heat on low to medium for 3 to 4 hours
Before serving, add the juice of a whole lime, stir and allow to simmer for 5 minutes or so.
Serve as a burrito filling (with shredded cheese and sour cream), over brown rice, by itself, or any other way you can imgine.
For lower sodium, be sure to use no salt tomatos, no salt corn, low sodium beans and homemade Taco Seasoning.
Makes approximately 6 1-cup servings.
Enjoy!
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MSPLATZ.
2.) Spray bottom of baking pan with Pam (or other nostick spray)
3.) Prepare Spice Rub and set aside
4.) Rinse Chicken, remove fat and butterfly (slice amost in half so it opens like a hamburger bun)
5.) Arrange chicken in pan and apply spice rub to both sides of all pieces
6.) Bake for 20 minutes
While chicken is baking:
1.) Chop onion
2.) rinse black beans
3.) drain corn and tomatos
After chicken is done
1.) slice chicken into thin strips (or shred using your fingers)
2.) place chicken in Crock Pot
3.) Add onion, black beans, corn, tomatos, green chili peppers and Taco Seasoning
4.) stir and heat on low to medium for 3 to 4 hours
Before serving, add the juice of a whole lime, stir and allow to simmer for 5 minutes or so.
Serve as a burrito filling (with shredded cheese and sour cream), over brown rice, by itself, or any other way you can imgine.
For lower sodium, be sure to use no salt tomatos, no salt corn, low sodium beans and homemade Taco Seasoning.
Makes approximately 6 1-cup servings.
Enjoy!
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MSPLATZ.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 251.6
- Total Fat: 2.4 g
- Cholesterol: 68.4 mg
- Sodium: 251.7 mg
- Total Carbs: 24.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 7.0 g
- Protein: 33.2 g
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