I've just recently started using quinoa in my recipes. If you've never tried it before, I highly recommend it! It's very much just like rice except it cooks better (for me, anyway), and it's very high in protein. You can use it pretty much anywhere you can use rice, and I have been recently-- especially in Mexican recipes! I found this recipe on Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen but I made modifications based on what I had at home.
First, place all ingredients except cheese in the slow cooker. The original recipe calls for ground chicken, but all I had was a frozen chicken breast. I cooked the chicken on low for a couple hours before adding everything else, just to make sure it got cooked. I'm sure if I had thawed the chicken first, it would have turned out fine. Cook on High for 3 hours or until all the liquid is absorbed.
I definitely cooked mine too long. Slow cooker meals don't typically look great while still inside the slow cooker, do they?
Next, shred the chicken. Yes, you can shred chicken in a Kitchen Aid Mixer!
Add the chicken back into the mixture and sprinkle the cheese on top, covering the slow cooker again until the cheese is melted.
Serve with sour cream and tortilla chips, and enjoy!
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Jaime is a Nutrition Coach through the ISSA and professional writer. She has 4 years experience coaching and 9 years experience in writing. She enjoys cooking easy meals, running, and learning more about food.
Jaime specializes in helping women with ADHD learn to meal plan and cook healthier meals without getting overwhelmed.
I love quinoa. It never occurred to me to shred anything in the KitchenAid. That's going to save me a lot of time when I have three slow cookers full of pork to pull.
I can't even tell you how much easier this has made my life! I'll never shred chicken/pork any other way again.
Yum! I love quinoa but have never put it in enchiladas! Will have to try this!
It's not much different from rice, it's delicious!
That looks tasty, I definitely need to add more quinoa to my diet.
So do we! It seems to fill me up more than rice does.
What a great idea to use quinoa is the slow cooker! I look forward to trying this š
It's one of the easiest ways to cook quinoa! =)
This sounds amazing!! Thanks for sharing, I'm excited to try it out this weekend!
Awesome, I hope you like it!
I love anything to do with quinoa so thanks for sharing this yummy recipe
Thanks, I hope you enjoy it!
Looks fantastic!! Can't wait to try!
It was really good! I think I'm having some for lunch today. =)
I love quinoa! This recipe looks so yummy! I love using quinoa in place of meat for taco salads-I basically cook the qunioa in taco seasoning and it is SO yummy!
Oh wow, I've never thought of doing that! I'm definitely using taco seasoning in my quinoa next time. =)
Yum this sounds great! I love slow cooker recipes and am a huge fan of quinoa. Pinned for later š
Awesome! I hope you like it. =)
Pinning and making soon! Thank you!
Thanks! I hope you all like it.
This looks so delish! I love when you can make these meals at home! Totally saving this one. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! I hope you enjoy it. =)