Light Crock Pot Fiesta Chicken & Rice Bowls
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Posted: 01/07/17
Updated: 01/16/21
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Light Crock Pot Fiesta Chicken & Rice Bowls loaded with chicken, brown rice and pico de gallo for a healthy dish you can throw in your slow cooker for an easy and delicious meal!
Light Crock Pot Fiesta Chicken & Rice Bowls are loaded with chicken, brown rice and pico de gallo for a healthy dish you can throw in your slow cooker for an easy and delicious meal that will be ready to serve when you get home from work!
Mexican food is one of my favorites. Not only is it packed with flavor, but it is so easy to make healthy with all of the veggies typically incorporated into any Mexican dish. It’s that time of year again, where we are all starting to think about getting our act together, heading back to the gym and watching what we eat. We all know it isn’t easy though. Frankly, when I get home from the gym after work, I just want to kick up my feet and relax. Slaving over the stove does not always sound appealing. That is why this is the best time of year to dust off your Crock Pot and put that bad boy to good use!
Recipe Originally Posted – 1/4/15
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Light Crock Pot Fiesta Chicken & Rice Bowls
Light Crock Pot Fiesta Chicken & Rice Bowls loaded with chicken, brown rice and pico de gallo for a healthy dish you can throw in your slow cooker for an easy and delicious meal!
Ingredients
- 1 lb. uncooked chicken cubed
- 1 c. uncooked brown rice
- 1 can 10 oz. enchilada sauce
- 1 can 4 oz. chopped green chilies
- 1/2 c. chicken broth
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 avocado
- 1 c. pico de gallo
- 1/2 c. queso fresco crumbled
- OPTIONAL - 1 c. non-fat plain Greek yogurt or light sour cream
Instructions
- Spray your Crock Pot with non-stick spray and add the chicken, rice, enchilada sauce, green chilies, chicken broth, onion, cumin and salt. Stir to combine and cook on low for 5-6 hours or high for 3-4 hours. Serve topped with pico de gallo, queso fresco and Greek yogurt.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 701kcal (35%), Carbohydrates: 67g (22%), Protein: 34g (68%), Fat: 33g (51%), Saturated Fat: 10g (63%), Cholesterol: 105mg (35%), Sodium: 1432mg (62%), Potassium: 831mg (24%), Fiber: 7g (29%), Sugar: 12g (13%), Vitamin A: 1415IU (28%), Vitamin C: 55.4mg (67%), Calcium: 227mg (23%), Iron: 4.1mg (23%)
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Did you make this? If you snap a photo, please be sure tag me on Instagram at @julieseatsandtreats or #julieseatsandtreats so I can see your yummy treat!
Light Crock Pot Fiesta Chicken & Rice Bowls
Light Crock Pot Fiesta Chicken & Rice Bowls loaded with chicken, brown rice and pico de gallo for a healthy dish you can throw in your slow cooker for an easy and delicious meal!
Ingredients
- 1 lb. uncooked chicken cubed
- 1 c. uncooked brown rice
- 1 can 10 oz. enchilada sauce
- 1 can 4 oz. chopped green chilies
- 1/2 c. chicken broth
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 avocado
- 1 c. pico de gallo
- 1/2 c. queso fresco crumbled
- OPTIONAL - 1 c. non-fat plain Greek yogurt or light sour cream
Instructions
- Spray your Crock Pot with non-stick spray and add the chicken, rice, enchilada sauce, green chilies, chicken broth, onion, cumin and salt. Stir to combine and cook on low for 5-6 hours or high for 3-4 hours. Serve topped with pico de gallo, queso fresco and Greek yogurt.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 701kcal (35%), Carbohydrates: 67g (22%), Protein: 34g (68%), Fat: 33g (51%), Saturated Fat: 10g (63%), Cholesterol: 105mg (35%), Sodium: 1432mg (62%), Potassium: 831mg (24%), Fiber: 7g (29%), Sugar: 12g (13%), Vitamin A: 1415IU (28%), Vitamin C: 55.4mg (67%), Calcium: 227mg (23%), Iron: 4.1mg (23%)
Angel says
I tried this Mexican meal today. Loved it… I added corn to mine also. As far as the rice, my rice was cooked. I added a little more chicken broth plus left little bit of the water in the corn. Added cheese and sour cream for my toppings. It was delicious… Thank you!!!!
Andrea says
I made this for dinner last night and had leftovers for lunch today and it was fantastic both times. It will be added to my regular rotation.
Lots of flavor from the cumin, onions, green chilis, and enchilada sauce, the rice was perfect (I did start off adding extra water by rinsing by enchilada sauce can – I always add extra water in the crockpot after an incidence where I came home to charred dinner), and the chicken was moist (I didn’t cube mine ahead of time).
If anyone is looking for ways to adjust the recipe or add more flavor, even though I thought it was very good as is, I plan to consider doing the following in the future: spicier enchilada sauce, more enchilada sauce, a 7 oz can of green chilis instead of a 4 oz can, substituting some broth with lime juice and/or salsa, adding taco seasoning, adding a can of corn.
Oh, and I found the 4 servings to be very large servings. In the future I’ll plan on this being 5 servings, 6 if I also have a side dish.
Karen says
I’d like to know if you actually ever tried making this abortion of a recipe? I do note you use “should” and other qualifying statements in your remplies to people, so I think NOT. There was NO FLAVOR, DRY CRUNCHY INEDIBLE rice, and dry, dry, dry chicken, even though I prepared this recipe according to your directions and measured everything. I am so glad my husband is such a gracious man who will eat anything, and he appreciated my effort, and just quietly threw away the contents of the crock pot. We couldn’t even feed this crap to our dogs because of the onions. Thanks for nothing
dean says
I agree! complete waste…
jodi says
at Karen… talk about RUDE! You obviously need to do some readjusting to this recipe. Common sense predicts that not all crock pots are created equal. Mine cooks fast and hot, some are just the opposite. There’s no need to be so rude to the blogger here because you don’t know your own crock pot. Sure some people have problems with it, with the rice or whatever, but they know how to adjust and fix the problem, and they don’t come on here being RUDE! Your comment was just simply mean!
Julie Evink says
🙂
Kristine says
Love this recipe! As a college student, I love being able to just throw this in on Sunday and not having to cook the rest of the week! WORD OF ADVICE: don’t dice the chicken before hand, and cook on low instead of high (if time allows) so much more flavorful than the alternative. Y!
Julie Evink says
This makes me so happy Kristine! So glad you enjoyed it!
Liesl Garner | Love.Sparks.Art says
Oh – we had this tonight. I love this recipe. It is so easy. I got to relax and be mellow all day knowing this was going to be ready when we were ready to eat – with no fuss. So delicious. We were all scraping our bowls for the last morsels of flavor. Wow! Definitely a keeper!
Julie Evink says
So glad you enjoyed it Liesl! Thanks for letting me know!
Kelly Mercado says
Can I put the chicken in frozen?
Julie Evink says
Yes just watch the cooking time!
Brooke K says
I think for those whose rice didn’t cook, you should try adding more liquid. Someone else said they used more chicken broth. I know my slow cooker cooks at high heat, no matter if its set to high or low. I’m going to try putting everything in except the rice, using extra broth, and adding the rice while I have the chicken out to shred (I always use boneless, skinless chicken breasts and cut or shred them after they’re done cooking). Hopefully that will solve the rice issue. 🙂 This recipe looks amazing. I can’t wait to see how it turns out!
carrie says
how many servings is the fiesta chicken and rice bowl? I have a family of 5 would that be enough or do I need to double it?
city gal says
I used boneless skinless chicken. It was cut into large chunks. I added 2 cups of broth instead of 1/2 cup as instructed. Also, I added a can of black beans. I cooked this along with the other ingredients listed in low for two hours. Then I added 1 1/2 cups of instant long grain rice. I cooked for another 30 minutes. I removed the chucks of chicken, letting this cook another 15 minutes. Put the chicken back in and turned it off. Removed the lid to let it cool and thicken. The rice was a little soft.
Delaney says
Seems I wasn’t the only one who ended up with uncooked rice when all was said and done. Any tips on how to prevent that? I followed the recipe to a T. It was a bit disappointing, as the parts I ate without rice were quite tasty!
Julie Evink says
I’ve learned that all slow cookers cook at different rates because they heat different. I would just cook it for a longer period of time next time you make it!
Laken says
This recipe was a major fail for me! My rice didn’t even cook! I don’t know what went wrong. Super Disapointed 🙁
mary says
we tried this today and cooked it for 3 hours, rice was not cooked all the way through so wasn’t very good. We were so disappointed. What kind of brown rice are you using ?
Julie Evink says
Just regular brown rice! I’m sorry!
Carly says
If doubling the recipe, will I need to increase cook time?
Julie Evink says
Maybe a hour or so!
Haley says
What size Crock Pot did you use for this? My 5 quart broke last week and I haven’t replaced it yet. I wonder if this would fit in a 2 or 3 quart?
Julie Evink says
It would probably fit in a 3 quart!
Bethany Taylor says
How many calories per serving
Julie Evink says
I’m sorry Bethany I do not calculate calories on my recipes!
ANGEL says
I loaded the recipe into my fitness app and it calculates this as 523 calories per serving.