Chicken Arizona

10 ingredients
22 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 large chicken breasts (or equivalent)
  • 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with jalapenos (or Green Chilies)
  • 1 (7 3/4 ounce) can el pato jalapeno salsa
  • 1 (3 3/4 ounce) can el pato tomato sauce
  • 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies
  • 1 (16 ounce) can black beans with jalapenos and lime juice
  • 1 (8 ounce) package neufchatel cheese
  • 1 (16 ounce) jar salsa
  • 1 (16 ounce) can enchilada sauce
  • tortilla

Directions

  1. 1
    Sunday: Cooking the Chicken
  2. 2
    In a big, oval crock-pot layer chicken and canned tomatoes.
  3. 3
    Add 1-cup water.
  4. 4
    Set crock-pot to low, cover and cook for 5 hours till tender.
  5. 5
    Remove from crock-pot, cover and refrigerate.
  6. 6
    Monday: Eat leftovers from Sunday or go out to dinner!
  7. 7
    Monday Night/Tuesday: Chicken Chili.
  8. 8
    Shred the chicken breasts using two forks (get help, it will go faster with more hands).
  9. 9
    In your very same big, oval crock-pot place all of the shredded chicken. Open and dump in the following: all of the El Pato (2 cans) and all of the green chilies (1 can, more if you like spicy, less if you don't). Stir.
  10. 10
    Cover, turn crock-pot to low and go to work.
  11. 11
    Come home from work (approximately 8 hours later).
  12. 12
    In a small saucepan, heat the black beans.
  13. 13
    Microwave tortillas wrapped in moistened paper towels.
  14. 14
    Serve a large scoop of chicken, a scoop of black beans and a tortilla or two on each plate.
  15. 15
    Cover and refrigerate leftover chicken and beans.
  16. 16
    Wednesday: Smothered Burritos.
  17. 17
    In a medium saucepan warm leftover chicken and beans. Add 1 package Neufchatel cheese, stirring until melted.
  18. 18
    Pour salsa into mixture.
  19. 19
    Spray a 14x9 inch-baking pan with cooking spray.
  20. 20
    One at a time, fill 4 tortillas each with a quarter of the chicken mixture, roll and place in baking pan.
  21. 21
    Smother with enchilada sauce. Top with shredded cheese if you like.
  22. 22
    Bake @ 350 for 1/2 hour or until bubbly.

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