This Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken os the perfect weeknight meal. Use it for nacho toppings or a rice bowl..there are so many possibilities!
This recipe is a standard in our house.
I love anything Tex-Mex-ish…
I love anything that’s Slow Cooker…
I love anything that’s only a few ingredients…
and I LOVE anything that’s versatile.
And this Fiesta Chicken is totally versatile. It’s one big post of Shredded Chicken that you can use in FIVE Different ways.
Seriously love that.
It also makes a pretty big pot of chicken, so you can get multiple meals for the week!
Rice Bowls, Nachos, Burritos, Tacos or Enchiladas are the five that I have used this recipe as a base for.
Let me show you how easy it is…
Grab about 2 pounds of chicken breasts and plop them into your slow cooker…
Grab a few cans of diced tomatoes and dump them in, undrained…
You could use Ro-Tel for this too!
I like my Fiesta Chicken with some corn. Just a preference. Add it or don’t…totally up to you.
My kids help me make this because it’s literally just a “dump it all into one pot” recipe.
A can of drained and rinsed black beans…
Add one pack of taco seasoning and mix it up.
If you want to make your own taco seasoning here is a great recipe!
Cover it and cook on high for 4-5 hours or low for 8 hours. The chicken will easily shred.
That’s all you do! Just shred the chicken and mix it up with all the other ingredients.
Today I’m showing you how to use it in rice bowls, because they are one of my favorite meals.
Just prepare some rice, add it to your bowl, top with your Fiesta Chicken and then a little cheese!
I like to add sour cream and a little guacamole too!
This is a perfect topping for nachos and tacos too!
For burritos, just add you Fiesta Chicken, some rice. lettuce, sour cream and guac and fold up! Or for Enchiladas roll the filing up with some cheese into tortillas, place them seam side down in your baking sheet, top with enchilada sauce and more cheese, bake and you have a meal!
Oh and hey so as I am typing this my friend just texted me and said that this would work great as a pizza topping or even a taco salad! So yeah…lots and lots of possibilities 🙂
So many options for this quick and easy dish!
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Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken
Description
serves 8
Ingredients
- 2 to 2-1/2 lbs chicken breasts, fat trimmed
- 2 (14 oz) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2 (10 oz) cans corn, drained
- 1 (15 oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 pkg taco seasoning mix
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in your slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on high for 4-5 hours or low for 8 hours.
- Chicken will be very tender when ready.
- Shred chicken with a fork and stir to combine.
- Serve over rice, top with cheese and serve!
Notes
Additionally this can be used as taco or enchilada/burrito filling, or as nacho topping.
I don’t have canned tomatoes can I use fresh?
I think that would work!
It’s snowing like mad in DC today, so I’m working from home. I put this in my crockpot when I woke up today, and now my house smells so delicious! Can’t wait to taste it!
Is there anything you can substitute for the black beans or maybe just leave them out? My family will not eat them.
You could absolutely leave them out!!!
I just made this for my family. My 2 year old ate a double serving and was saying YUM the whole time which can be hard to get out of a little one like that unless it’s sugar or ice cream. It really is easy and delicious! This is definitely going into my favorite recipes box! Thank you!!!
Does the chicken have to be thawed out before you put it in the crockpot or can you just add the frozen chicken breast along with everything else?
I always thaw my chicken before I put it in the crock…
This was so easy and very delicious. My kids loved it and my youngest has already asked me to make it again. Thanks!
In the description it says to use 2 lbs of check breasts, but in the recipe it says 2 2-1/2 lbs chicken breasts, which sounds like 5 lbs. Which is it? Can’t wait to try it!
That should read 2 – 2 1/2 lbs… that little hyphen changes everything, doesn’t it? LOL..I will go back and add that.. looks likemy recipe plug-in must have stripped it. Thanks!
Thanks, going shopping now for the ingredients!
Love it! For a little extra “fiesta” I substituted diced peppers for one can of corn. I mixed the taco seasoning with the tomatoes and then mixed in the other vegetables. Then I layered chicken and the mix in the crockpot. Yum!
do you drain the corn?
yes!
Yum! I have a fantastic black bean, tomato, and corn salsa recipe and adding chicken and cheese sounds unreal! I’m pinning this now. Love me some crockpot dinners!