Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken
January 15, 2010 in chicken, slow cooker
This recipe has made the blog rounds more times than I can count and every time I’ve seen it I’ve thought, “Eww, how can cream of mushroom soup and salsa be good together?!” It wasn’t until one of my favorite bakers raved about it that I finally caved and gave it a try. That was just a couple months ago and I’ve made it at least 4 times since then.
It’s easy, I almost always have the ingredients on hand, and it’s delicious. It’s also easily adaptable which is very important to me. One day I found myself without taco seasoning (or cumin!) so I threw in some jerk seasoning and it may have been even better than the original recipe. Also, I’ve seen people serve the chicken as whole breasts but I prefer it shredded. It gives it a nice texture.
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 can cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup
- 1 cup salsa
- 1 package taco seasoning
- 1 cup sour cream
- cilantro, for serving (optional)
- Put chicken, soup, and salsa in slow cooker. Sprinkle taco seasoning over everything. Cook on low for 6 hours. If shredding the chicken, pull the breasts out and shred; return back to slow cooker. Stir in sour cream and heat just until everything is combined.
you’re right, cream of mushrrom soup and salsa doesn’t sound like it would typically go together. But your picture looks so good, I’m definitely trying this. Hopefully next weekend, after i get to the store to get some salsa. Thanks, it looks great!
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I have also wanted to try this out but was iffy about the cream of soup and salsa. Thanks for the great review!!
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Interesting!! I never would have thought of that either, but as you say, it’s delicious! Might try it sometime. :)
I stumbled on your site, saw this recipe and promptly tried it for dinner. I confess to two changes – I used some thighs and some breasts because I didn’t have enough of each and I skipped the sour cream at the end because I was out and never made it to the store. It was amazing! The family requested it go on the dinner rotation list. Thanks for sharing!
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I’ve been warming up o the idea of buying a crock pot. And I think this recipe just sealed the deal. Sounds amazing.
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I’ve been lurking on your blog for a while, but just wanted to say that this looks great and I was *just* looking for a Mexican-chicken recipe and this looks like a winner!
I just made this and posted about it on my blog. It was awesome – we ate it with tortilla chips and loved it! Thanks so much
This is my first time seeing this recipe and I think I may have to join all the rage!
Большое спасибо. Очень полезная информация
I made this for dinner Monday night and my husband raved! Definitely a keeper! I had some leftover corn tortillas in the fridge, so on a whim I sliced them up into strips and fried them, and we sprinkled them on top of the chicken. It was awesome!
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