Southwest Crockpot Chicken Recipe

Thought I would share one of my fav recipes. This is a super easy/inexpensive recipe. The recipe is as follows:

1 pack of chicken breast (about 3), rinsed and excess fat removed
Salsa of your choice
1 can of black beans, rinsed
1 container of Philly cooking creme
I used the original flavor but have used the Sante Fe as well-really good.
To save on calories, I have used 1 small container of 0% Fage Plain yogurt
instead of the Philly cooking creme.

Place chicken in crock pot. Spoon a little salsa on top. I dont cover the chicken just a tablespoon or so spread on top of each. Cook on low for 4-5 hours. Remove chicken from crockpot and shred. Discard remaining liquid in crock pot.

Add the shredded chicken back to crockpot along with the black beans and Philly cooking creme. Add a few heaping tablespoons (I think I used 6) of salsa. Stir. Then season to taste with salt and pepper.

This made 6-6oz servings (my size). Per myfitnesspal.com: Calories: 228, Protein: 21, Carbs: 13, Fiber: 4, Fat: 7, Sodium: 621. I dont have the stats using the greek yogurt but I'm sure the protein would be higher and the sodium might be lower.

Enjoy!!

Thanks for this, I've added it to my recipe list.
What is Philly cooking cream?  Cream cheese??

It is cream cheese but a much softer/creamier consistancy. They have a quite a few flavored cooking creme's that are found by the cream cheese in the dairy secton. I've only tried the original and Sante Fe but there are a few I would love to check out.

Here is a link to there site: http://www.kraftbrands.com/philly/Pages/default.aspx

Be forewarned the first thing it brings up is there newest flavors: CHOCOLATE mixed with cream cheese. I'm not EVEN going there on that one but it looks so good!!

Thank you!

Sounds great. Def going to try. Thanks.

I have also heard that substituting Chobani yogurt for things like cooking creme works well too. Thanks for the recipe! This sounds good!