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Slow-Cooker Crockpot Southwestern Chicken and Rice

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Slow-Cooker Crockpot Southwestern Chicken and Rice is a quick and easy Mexican Crockpot recipe with chicken, rice, tomato and creamy cheese. Perfect healthy recipe for easy weeknight dinners, meal prep, and meal planning. This is a healthy version with brown rice. Feel free to use white rice or whatever you prefer.

Slow-Cooker Southwestern Chicken and Brown Rice is the perfect cure for a busy lifestyle. I feel like I’m always in a hurry. I’m always pressed for time and running to accomplish my next “to-do.” I rarely skip out on my meal prep. Slow-cooker recipes often save me! It is so simple to just pile your ingredients in a pot, set the timer, and come back later when you have time. 

Calories: 371     Fat: 7G     Net Carbs: 42G     Protein: 30G

Crock-Pot SCV700SS Stainless Steel 7-Quart Oval Manual Slow Cooker, 7 Quart
Crock-Pot SCV700SS Stainless Steel 7-Quart Oval Manual Slow Cooker, 7 Quart
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Slow-Cooker Southwestern Chicken and Brown Rice 

Slow-Cooker Southwestern Chicken and Brown Rice

 I am obsessed with slow-cooker liners! These liners from Amazon really save so much time. Less cleaning is key! 

If I am meal prepping, I usually load all of the ingredients into the slow-cooker early on Sunday morning. 

By that evening I have returned to this! From here, I can load it up into portioned meal prep containers for the week. If I prep this meal on a weekday, I add everything to the pot before work. Then I come home to the perfect weeknight meal!

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Slow-Cooker Crockpot Southwestern Chicken and Rice

Slow-Cooker Crockpot Southwestern Chicken and Rice is a quick and easy Mexican Crockpot recipe with chicken, rice, tomato and creamy cheese. Perfect healthy recipe for easy weeknight dinners, meal prep, and meal planning. This is a healthy version with brown rice. Feel free to use white rice or whatever you prefer.

Course dinner, lunch
Cuisine American
Keyword crockpot chicken and rice, slow cooker chicken and rice
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 10 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 371 kcal
Author Stay Snatched

Ingredients

  • 8 oz chicken breast
  • 8 oz tomato sauce canned
  • 1/2 green bell pepper chopped
  • 1 cup red onion chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 cup brown long-grain rice
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 can Rotel drained
  • 1 chicken bouillon cube
  • 1 cup low-fat shredded Mexican cheese
  • 1 can reduced-fat sodium black beans drained
  • 1/2 can whole kernel corn drained
  • 3/4 teaspoon chili powder seasoning
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Line a crockpot with a crockpot liner.
  2. Add all of the ingredients, except the cheese, to the crockpot and stir.
  3. Cover and allow it to cook for 4 and 1/2 hours on high or 8 hours on low.
  4. Remove the chicken from the pot and shred. Add the chicken and shredded cheese to the pot and stir.
  5. Serve!

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  4. ARE YOU SERIOUS with all of that cheesy goodness! Oh my god, I am not supposed to eat after 10pm but this post has me feeling SO hungry. Hm…perhaps dinner for tomorrow?

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  6. I had no idea there was crockpot liners! Definitely something I will need to find when I invest again in a crockpot! This meal looks so good, I think my husband would love it.

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  9. Wow! I love this recipe. It is one of the recipes that you don’t even think of doing in the slow cooker. Lately recipe with a slower cooker is a huge win for me!

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