Mexajita Chicken

Submitted by mightyro_cooking4u

"Recipe courtesy of Sandra Lee"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons canola oil
• 4 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, rinsed and patted dry
• salt
• pepper
• 2 (16 ounce) cans pinto beans, undrained (recommended -- Bush's)
• 2 (10 ounce) cans tomatoes, Mexican, diced (recommended -- Ro-tel)
• 1 tablespoon seasoning, fajita, low-sodium (recommended -- The Spice Hunter)

directions

1. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
2. Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Place in the skillet and sear about 2 minutes per side.
3. Place pinto beans in the bottom of a 5 quart slow cooker.
4. Remove chicken from skillet and place in the slow cooker on topof the beans. Pour the tomatoes over th chicken and beans and sprinkle with fajita seasoning. Cover and cook on LOW setting for 3 to 4 hours.
5. STOVE TOP INSTRUCTIONS:.
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Place in the skillet and sear about 2 minutes per side. Place pinto beans in the bottom of a 9 by 13-inch baking dish. In a medium bowl, stir together diced tomatoes and fajita seasoning. Remove chicken from skillet and place in the baking dish on top of beans. Pour tomato mixture over the chicken and beans. Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes or until chicken is tender.

Reviews

[chefpam]

My family and I really enjoyed this dish. It came out much better than I had thought. I divided the recipe in half. I didn't sear the chicken first, I put it in the crockpot frozen. It cooked for about 4 hours. I cubed the chicken, put it back in the crockpot after about 3 1/2 hours. I didn't have fajita seasoning, just used cumin, cilantro and lemon pepper. I served it over rice. Very good, fast and easy.

 

[Connie Lea]

Sorry, we just didn't care for this. I used mild Ro-tel and it was still too hot for us. Also it was way too runny. I added some noodles to help thicken it up but it didn't help much.

 

[pizzaboy5169]

i really liked it it was one of the best chicken dishes i had ever had