Salsa Chicken

This flavorful chicken is cooked in a combination of salsa, taco seasoning, garlic powder, cumin, and chili powder and finished with cream cheese, giving it a fantastic creamy taste.

What you will need:

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Place the chicken breasts into the slow cooker in a single layer.

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Sprinkle the taco seasoning, chili powder, garlic powder, and cumin evenly over each breast.

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Pour salsa over the top of the chicken breasts and cook on high for 3 hours or low for 6 hours.

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Remove chicken and shred on a cutting board with two forks.

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Mix in diced room temp. cream cheese into the salsa mixture. Return the lid to the pot and let sit for approx 15 - 20 minutes while the cheese melts.

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Salsa Chicken

with Cream Cheese

What you will need:

Chicken Breast Taco Seasoning Chili Powder Cumin Garlic Powder Salsa Cream Cheese Green Onion Cilantro

Taco Seasoning

Place the chicken breasts into the slow cooker in a single layer.

Let's Make it!

Sprinkle the taco seasoning, chili powder, garlic powder, and cumin evenly over each breast.

Pour salsa over the top of the chicken breasts and cook on high for 3 hours or low for 6 hours.

Remove chicken and shred on a cutting board with two forks.

Mix in diced room temp. cream cheese into the salsa mixture. Return the lid to the pot and let sit for approx 15 - 20 minutes while the cheese melts.

Favorite ways to serve:

Serve with taco shells, either crunchy or flour tortillas.

Keep dinner low-carb by making a burrito bowl.

Make air fryer chicken taquitos with the chicken.

Use a 10" flour tortilla and stuff with your favorite burrito fixings.

Create a nacho platter with all your favorite toppings.

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