Slow-cooker Enchiladas
Slow-cooker Enchiladas
Seriously effortless!! The slow cooker does all the work. Place your chicken and bits/bins on in the morning (it takes 10 minutes) and head off to work, school drop-off or go about your day.Really yummy for minimal effort, I’m a fan!!!
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 700 g passata sauce
- 400 g canned crushed cherry tomatoes
- 400 g kidney beans drained and rinsed, can black beans, mixed beans
- 1 red capsicum small, cut into thin strips
- 1 yellow capsicum small, cut into strips
- 1 red onion small, sliced
- 200 g cherry tomatoes punnet, halved or quartered
- 3 tablespoons mexican spice blend, see note
- 400 g canned corn drained
- 8–10 tortillas cut into fat strips
- 1-2 cups tasty cheese mexican blend, bake bland grated cheese
- sea salt
- cracked black pepper
Instructions
Method:
- Into a slow cooker, place the chicken breast. Then top with the passata, tinned tomatoes, tinned beans, red capsicum, yellow capsicum, red onion, cherry tomatoes and Mexican spice blend. Place the lid on and cook on high for 6 hours. You can check after 4-5 hours, add 1 cup of water or stock if the liquid has evaporated too much.
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- Shred the chicken with forks. Add the tinned corn. Cut the tortillas into fat strips and add them to the slow cooker, use a large spoon to push them down under the sauce. Then sprinkle over the grated cheese and place in the oven for approx. 20 mins, until the cheese has melted and is colouring and everything is warmed through.
- Serve with salsa, lettuce, guacamole!! Whatever you like!!!
Notes
You can buy Mexican spice blends in any good food grocers/produce stores – most of the main supermarkets now have them too in sachets in the spice section (just look for ingredients such as paprika, cumin, oregano, onion, garlic etc etc)
Nutrition
Calories: 317kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 29gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 69mgSodium: 425mgPotassium: 691mgFiber: 4gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 635IUVitamin C: 45mgCalcium: 138mgIron: 3mg
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