Thrifty Chicken Tex Mex Taco Recipe
May 13, 2008 by Karen Weideman
Filed under recipes
With the rising price of groceries, we all could use some inexpensive recipes for our families. This is a slow-cooker recipe and it is great because it is easy, tasty, healthy, and inexpensive! Score!
Ingredients:
- chicken (I used 4 boneless breasts)
- 1 can diced tomatoes (I used the ones with green chilies)
- green salsa (such as the kind made by Herdez)
- minced garlic
- sliced onions
- sliced bell peppers
- salt and pepper (I used Goya Adobo seasoning, which is one of our faves!)
- 14 oz can of kernel corn, drained
- 15 oz can of black beans, drained and chopped or mashed
In a crock pot, put in your chicken, tomatoes, about 3/4-1 cup of green salsa, about 1 cup of sliced onions, some sliced bell peppers (if you wish), about 3 cloves minced garlic (I used the bottled minced) and salt and pepper (or Goya Adobo seasoning). Cook the chicken for about 3-4 hours, until tender.
Take the chicken out of the crock pot and set it on a plate or cutting board to let it cool some. Drain the juice out of the vegetables, reserving some of the liquid. Put the vegetables back into the crock pot. Add the can of drained corn and drained black beans. Cut up or shred the chicken and put it back into the crock pot. Add a little more of the green salsa (about 1/4 cup) and some of the liquid from the vegetables that you drained (about 1 cup). Stir all this together and allow it to cook for another 15-20 minutes.
Use the chicken in tacos, burritos, or quesadillas. Yummy!
We had enough of this chicken to feed our family of four and then some to freeze for another meal. I also served this recipe with Spanish rice. We topped our tacos with cheese and sour cream and a bit of fresh, homemade salsa (pico-de-gallo). Sorry, I wish I had a picture to share.
Enjoy!
Even thriftier would be to replace the chicken with beans or lentils.
Sounds great!
I’m just about to put a modified version of this in the crock – thanks so much for sharing!
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I took our leftovers out of the freezer. My hubby wanted me to make Mexican pizzas for supper. They were so good! It’s great to hide the veggies from the kids! lol
I’ve got this in my slow cooker right now! I test tasted it and it’s AMAZING!!! I left out the salsa verde (green salsa) and added ketchup to cut down on the acidity of the canned tomatoes.
Thanks SO much for sharing this with us. I’ve passed this recipe on!
Nikowa: Thanks for letting me know. I’m glad you’re enjoying the recipe. We were able to get 3 meals out of our chicken. We also made Mexican pizzas and crepes. I’ll try to remember to share more about that later this week.
I assume that when cooking the crock pot is set to it’s “high” setting?
I love tex-mex! Thanks, I now know what I’m going to make for dinner tomorrow night.
Easy, tasty, healthy, and inexpensive.. What more could you ask for?
This will be my dinner today.
Thanks for sharing it Karen.