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Slow cooker southwest Chicken Bowls is the perfect dinner that you can make with a few simple simple ingredients. You can throw the few ingredients needed to make chicken burrito bowls into a slow cooker and you are good to go!
This delicious tender chicken mixture in the slow cooker works perfectly served over a small bowl of rice and topped with a few fresh ingredients.
You can make your own burrito bowls how everyone enjoys them, making this a great recipe for picky eaters, and a flavorful slow cooker meal to make on busy weeknights.
Ingredients for Southwest Chicken Bowls:
- Chicken: use chicken tenderloins (or chicken breast) for the best results
- Beans: use a can of black beans that have been drained and rinsed
- Seasonings: all you will need is a taco seasoning
- Tomatoes: use your favorite brand of diced tomatoes with green chilis
- Vegetables: use either frozen corn or canned corn drained
- Cooked rice for serving and toppings!
How to make Southwest Chicken Bowls:
Add everything into a slow cooker and stir. Cook on low for 6-7 hours or until the chicken has cooked through.
Shred the chicken then serve over cooked rice and top with your favorite toppings.
How to store southwest chicken:
Fridge: Place any leftover ingredients of the southwest chicken rice bowl into an airtight container and store it in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Tips and tricks for making slow cooker southwest chicken bowls:
Type of chicken to use?
I enjoy using chicken tenders or boneless skinless chicken breasts in the crock pot, but you could use chicken thighs as well. Just be sure that the chicken cooks all the way through.
Toppings for this southwestern rice bowl:
- Black bean corn salsa
- Guacomole
- Green onions
- Sour cream
- Fresh lime juice or lime wedges
- Pico de Gallo
- Fresh cilantro
- Shredded cheese
- Adobo sauce
- Diced green bell pepper
What type of rice to use for southwest bowls:
When making cooked rice for this rice dish, you could use simple white rice, jasmine rice, brown rice, or cauliflower rice. You could even get fancy about it and make some cilantro lime rice.
Different ways to use the southwest chicken:
This simple recipe can be put together in a few ways. Serve it over cooked rice. Put the chicken and bean mixture into a taco sized tortilla and make it into a taco. Or combine the chicken and rice into a large tortilla and make it into a burrito.
More slow cooker recipes:
- Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Slow Cooker Baked Ziti
- Slow Cooker Apple Cider Pulled Pork
- Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice with Vegetables
Southwest Chicken Bowls
4
servings10
minutes6
minutes6
hoursSlow cooker southwest chicken bowls are some of the best burrito bowls you can make with only a few ingredients needed!
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Ingredients
1 lb chicken tenderloins (or chicken breast)
15 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 1/2 tbsp taco seasoning
15 oz can diced tomatoes with green chilis
1 cup frozen corn
Cooked rice for serving and toppings!
Directions
- Add everything into a slow cooker and stir. Cook on low for 6-7 hours or until the chicken has cooked through.
- Shred the chicken then serve over cooked rice and top with your favorite toppings
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