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Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken

January 5, 2015 by GG 14 Comments

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Salsa Verde Chicken
Salsa Verde Chicken
Salsa Verde Chicken

Salsa Verde Chicken is as easy to make as it is delicious. This slow cooker recipe, with just four ingredients, cooks itself in your crock pot and is perfect served over rice. An easy dinner recipe, Salsa Verde Chicken will soon become your new go-to favorite comfort food dinner! 

Salsa Verde Chicken over yellow rice with chopped cilantro

Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe

As the holidays come to an end, here in the northeast we are beginning to think about the impending cold weather of the winter months ahead…..and let me tell you, baby it’s cold outside already! 

To me winter weather means comfort food that sticks to your ribs and warms your bones. Salsa Verde Chicken will soon become your new go-to favorite comfort food that’s as easy to make as it is delicious.

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It only takes four ingredients, chicken thighs, taco seasoning and salsa verde, simmered in a slow cooker, then top with fresh cilantro! Serve over hot rice and salsa verde chicken and rice couldn’t be easier to make or taste more delicious! 

Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips

  • Don’t have chicken thighs? Feel free to use chicken breasts!
  • Don’t have fresh cilantro? No worries, our chicken recipe will taste just as delicious without it!
  • Don’t have an envelope of taco seasonng? Make our Homemade Taco Seasoning with just a few basic spices in your cabinet!
  • Serve with your favorite toppings, such as sour cream, shredded cheese and chopped tomato

What is salsa verde?

Salsa verde, similar to the red tomato-based salsa that we all know and love, is made with tomatillos instead of tomatoes, giving it it’s green color. The tomatillo, also known as a husk tomato and native to Mexico and Central America, looks like a small green tomato covered in a husk. Tomatillos also provide Vitamin C, iron, calcium and magnesium.

I’m thinking it’s time to turn on the slow cooker and fill  your home with “Swirls of Flavor” as Salsa Verde Chicken simmers for tonight’s easy dinner recipe!

Ingredients you will need to make this recipe

  • boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • taco seasoning mix
  • salsa verde
  • cilantro
  • yellow or white rice, serving suggestion

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Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
8 hrs
Total Time
8 hrs 5 mins
 

Salsa Verde Chicken is as easy to make as it is delicious with just four ingredients, simmered in a slow cooker, served over rice! 

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: salsa verde chicken, Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe
Servings: 4
Calories: 271 kcal
Author: Gwynn Galvin
Ingredients
  • 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken thighs , cut in chunks
  • 1 envelope (1 oz.) taco seasoning mix
  • 1 jar (16 oz.) salsa verde
  • 2 Tbs. chopped cilantro
  • hot cooked yellow or white rice, , serving suggestion
Instructions
  1. In bowl combine chicken and taco seasoning mix, tossing until evenly coated. Arrange in bottom of slow cooker.

  2. Pour salsa verde over chicken. Cook 7-8 hours on low or 3-4 hours on high.
  3. Stir and sprinkle with cilantro. Serve over hot cooked rice.
Recipe Notes

Makes 5 cups + rice.

Recipe Tips

  • Don't have chicken thighs? Feel free to use chicken breasts!
  • Don't have fresh cilantro? No worries, our chicken recipe will taste just as delicious without it!
  • Don't have an envelope of taco seasonng? Make our Homemade Taco Seasoning with just a few basic spices in your cabinet!
Nutrition Facts
Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken
Amount Per Serving
Calories 271 Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Cholesterol 215mg72%
Sodium 224mg10%
Potassium 556mg16%
Carbohydrates 1g0%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 44g88%
Vitamin A 91IU2%
Calcium 20mg2%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

First Published: January 5, 2015… Last Updated: August 23, 2019

This recipe is part of Meal Plan Monday and Weekend Potluck.

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