This crockpot recipe is good for any time of the year! This summer I paired my Crockpot Fiesta Chicken with a locally grown green zucchini.
As the seasons and produce changes, feel free to get creative with your paired vegetables. In the past I have also enjoyed this recipe over baked sweet potatoes, roasted spaghetti squash, and used celery sticks to eat it like a dip.
Zucchini is a great summer vegetable with a high water and fiber content, which means it is great for digestive health! Zucchini is one of the few vegetables that has both, soluble and insoluble fibers. Both are needed to help create stool and keep it moving through your gut, while also feeding those healthy bacteria throughout your G.I. tract.
Fresh raw zucchini with olive oil, salt, and pepper ready for the oven!
Zucchini Stuffed Crockpot Fiesta Chicken
Prep time: 10 minutes and Cook time: 4.5 hours
Makes 4 servings
Nutrition info for full recipe: 474 Calories, 41g P, 14g F, 38g C, 12g Fiber
Ingredients:
1 large, Zucchini (1 Large Raw)~net Carbs
16 oz Chicken breasts, raw
1.00 cup, Whole Kernel corn, drained and rinsed
1.50 cup (130g), No Salt Added Black Beans, drained and rinsed
8 fluid ounce, Chunky Salsa Mild
4 tbsp, 1/3 Less Fat Cream cheese
1 cup, Shredded Mexican Cheese
3 tbsp(s), dry Ranch seasoning
4 tsp., Taco Seasoning
1 tbsp, Olive oil
Directions:
Get out crockpot and set to high heat for 4 hours.
Add raw chicken breasts to crockpot with corn, black beans, salsa, cream cheese and seasonings.
Let food in the crockpot cook for 4 hours. Stirring occasionally.
After 3.5 hours, wash zucchini and cut in half. Remove inner parts of the zucchini to make a “boat” for the fiesta chicken to sit in.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare a baking sheet lined with foil. Lay zucchini with skin on the foil and lightly coat the inside of zucchini with olive oil and season with salt/pepper. Bake the zucchini in the oven for 25 minutes.
Once the fiesta chicken in the crockpot has cooked for a total of 4 hours, shred the chicken with 2 forks. Scoop the fiesta chicken into the 2 boat halves of zucchini until it is full.
Add shredded cheese on top of each half. Put the stuffed zucchini boats back into the oven for 5-10 minutes, until cheese is melted.
Remove from oven and let cool. Divide into 4 equal servings. There may be some additional Fiesta Chicken in the crockpot leftover.
Zucchini Stuffed Crockpot Fiesta Chicken ready to eat!