Aztec chicken was one of the first recipes my sweetie suggested (besides Poppyseed Chicken! That is an other post that desperately needs to be written!) So naturally I was excited to make it for him. It's all pretty simple ingredients :
- Two jars of salsa (your choice...we like spicy!)
- Two blocks of Neufchatel cheese (no one said this would be healthy!)
- One can if corn
- One can of black beans
- Diced Jalapeño (totally your choice...i usually keep a couple chopped ones in the freezer.
- Two to three chicken breast
(This makes enough food for us to eat off this 2-3 times)
So you can make this recipe in the crock pot or dutch oven. I'm usually never prepared enough for a crock pot meal....but hey we still eat dinner so no bigs.
So clean up your chicken breast and toss them in the dutch oven. Add pepper. I skip the salt since there is a lot of canned stuff. If you have time by all means use frozen corn and soak the beans yourself. It won't ruin the dish. It's pretty fool proof!
Next I open the cans of beans and corn and rinse them off.
Then crack open those jars of salsa and just pour them over the chicken breast.
Toss on the corn and beans.
I usually wait and pour the 2nd jar of salsa last. Add those jalapeños if you wanna.
Cover the pot and stick it in a 350 degree oven. 
Let it cook for about 1.5-2 hours.
Once the chicken is fully cooked shred the chicken and cube the cream cheese.
If you have a stand mixer pull out the chicken and shred it in with the beater attachment. Talk about an awesome cheater step!
Put the chicken back in the pot, cube the cheese, recover and put the pot back in the oven for about 15 more minutes. This allows the cheese to melt.
After the cheese melts it will all mix together nicely. Goodness my mouth is watering right now adding these pictures!
Serve over rice and/or corn chips! Enjoy :) compliments to college dude cooks!
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