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Slow Cooker Cheater Chicken Cacciatore |
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By febmum
A quick easy chicken dish that is great served over rice along side some roasted potatoes.
Ingredients
- 4-6 Chicken Breasts (frozen or unfrozen)
- 1-2 Cups hot salsa (or mild/medium if you want)
- 1 taco seasoning package (low sodium for healthy choice)
- 2-3 tbsp sour cream (added during the last hour)
- 2 tsp corn starch (added to the sauce at the end to thicken)
Directions
- Add chicken breasts salsa and taco seasoning to slow cooker. Cook on low for 8 hours.
- During the last hour of cooking add sour cream and just before serving add cornstarch to thicken sauce.
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Helen | January 15, 2009 at 10:08 am - §
Our family loved this recipe! I especially appreciated that it is a recipe that you can throw together in less than 5 minutes- as a busy mom I know that there are days when I don't have time to do a lot of prep work but still want a dinner ready at the end of the day. In my testing I used the 6Qt Crock-pot programmable Versaware Slow Cooker with Saute feature which I really like because when the time is up it automatically turns to the warm setting. We found this recipe a little salty because the frozen chicken was pre-seasoned and the jarred salsa may have been a bit salty to start. Even with that, we loved the recipe. The chicken was tender and the sauce made the dish. We served it with rice and veggies. TEST TWO: I thought it might be a good idea to try this recipe again so in the All-Clad 6.5 Qt Electric Slow Cooker I combined frozen chicken (but this time not pre-seasoned) and a container of salsa that was a bit more natural. The dish turned out amazingly tasty and not as salty. Conclusion: I would make it both ways next time. I like the frozen chicken from M
Cara | February 6, 2009 at 11:05 pm - §
We had this tonight for dinner and loved it! I served it over jasmine rice with some garlic cheese bread and toasted multigrain tortilla chips. I'm a big fan of Epicure Selections spices and used their taco seasoning, it's also a little lower in sodium than the packaged mixes. I did slightly defrost my frozen chicken breasts for about 2 mins in the microwave just so I could get the taco seasoning to stick. I would say this was cooked in about 6 hours on low, so it may be suited to a slowcooker that can switch to warm like the 6qt Versaware Pro. Something I will do the next time, is puree the salsa in the blender before I put it in the Slow Cooker, as the kids picked out a lot of the chunks in the salsa sauce. I did use sour cream, but skipped the corn starch. I found the sauce didn't need to be thickened.
Lisa | February 9, 2009 at 8:11 pm - §
I made this today and we had it for supper tonight. It was delicious
Amy | January 21, 2010 at 7:38 am - §
I made this yesterday and it turned out great.
Chelsey | February 20, 2010 at 5:29 pm - §
I plan on cooking this for supper this week
Michelle G | March 3, 2010 at 6:28 pm - §
We just had this for dinner and it was a hit-even with the 3 year old. I used a salsa with corn and black beans in it and that was great.
Temi | March 10, 2011 at 12:56 pm - §
Made this last night. It was so good and so VERY easy to prep. Tastes great on a bed of rice!
Rebecca | May 23, 2011 at 10:34 am - §
Made this last night for company. Crossed my fingers and it turned out perfectly! Added a can of corn in for some southwestern appeal. It was the easiest dish I have ever prepared!! Lovely!!
Lynn Cheney | July 2, 2011 at 10:56 am - §
Has anyone made this without the sour cream, and if so how did it turn out,,, the reciepe sounds great but noone here likes sour cream...