Salsa Chicken

Last weekend Kyle ran the Cherry Blossom 10-Miler (1 hr 5 min.! go kyle!) so what better way to treat him in his recovery week than rewarding him with his favorite salsa chicken?!

photo credit Kevin Bowman!

Yay congrats!

Salsa Chicken is one of our "original" recipes that we have been making for about two years.  Kyle came home from student teaching and said that a few teachers gave him this idea, so we took it and made it our own!  This is one of the best sweet, spicy, creamy, hot & delish comfort foods. PLUS what I love about it, is that it's fairly WW friendly!  I was so surprised and happy when I put this into the recipe builder and it came up as only 4 pts per serving WOO HOO!

What you need:

-1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts

-1 24 oz can Medium Salsa (if you want it spicier, use Hot!)

-1 can black beans (do not drain)

-2 cups frozen corn

-2 tsp garlic powder

-2 tsp onion powder

-1 tsp salt

How to:

Heat crockpot to Low.

Add salsa, black beans, corn, garlic powder, onion powder & salt.  Mix together in crock pot.  Submerge raw chicken.

Cook on low for approx. 8 hours.  Season with any additional salt, pepper, onion powder or garlic powder to taste! 

You may keep the chicken whole OR if you prefer you can shred the chicken using two forks (this is what we prefer!) then return to the crock on Warm for approx. 10 minutes.

This yields approximately 8, 1 cup servings.

We served this meal with Goya Arroz Amarillo (Spanish yellow rice).  For WW it is only 4 pts per 1/4 cup (vs. rice a roni that are about 8 pts per 1/4 C.. yikes!).  As well as a tbsp of Fat free sour cream (1 pt) or 1 tbsp Plain Greek Yogurt (1 pt), lastly reduced fat 4 cheese Mexican Cheese (1 pt for 1 tbsp).

WW Friends: Just the Salsa Chicken yields 4 pts per 1 cup serving (yay!) and it is very filling.  As I said, I had the rice with it (up to 8 points now) and the cheese & sour cream - this made it a total of a 10 point fulfilling dinner! GO WW!

Enjoy!

-Jack =)