Sandy at 4 Reluctant Entertainers shared this recipe on her blog and I decided it would be perfect for my Saturday Company/overnight guests. Sandy has the gift of hospitality and if you are timid about entertaining she has a lot of great tips and inspiration on her blog for you.
Spray the inside of your crockpot with whatever cooking spray you like. Load it up with whole boneless chicken breasts. I used boneless/skinless half breasts – 6 of them. Pour 1/2 a plastic tub of the Mango Peach Salsa that Costco sells over the chicken. Cook on low all day long. Do not open, do not stir. When it is done you can shred the chicken and stir it into the sauce.
This is what it looked like before I shredded the chicken.
After I shredded the chicken
Here is how we chose to serve the chicken up this time around. Build your own soft tacos with corn or flour tortillas, cilantro, rice, more salsa, beans, onion, cheese, and jalapenos.
Here’s Dear’s creation before he gobbled it up.
After the 4 of us had our fill I still have enough of the shredded chicken left over to serve up a lot of meals this week. Let’s see there’s chicken enchiladas, chicken salad, chicken tacos, chicken burritos, chicken soup…
My brother Tim and his wife Letty came up to visit us on Saturday and stayed overnight. The beauty of cooking a meal in the crockpot is that you don’t have to spend a lot of time in the kitchen while your company is around. We went out for lunch and did a little antique shopping in Old Town Camarillo while our dinner was taking care of itself. The toppings were all easy to put together at the last minute especially since I made the 90 second Uncle Ben’s Santa Fe Rice :0). Everyone gave the recipe a thumbs up!
Thanks Sandy!
Tonight I used some of this leftover chicken for chicken enchiladas.
I bought Green Enchilada Sauce for these. Heat up half the sauce in a saucepan and heat up each tortilla in the sauce to make it more pliable. Fill the tortilla with the chicken and some cheese. Roll up and put in baking dish. ( I sprayed the baking dish with Pam before I filled it with the enchiladas) After all the tortillas are in the baking dish cover with remaining sauce and with more cheese. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or so…
Here are the baking dish of enchiladas after they have been heated through.
They made a great dinner for Dear and I with a fresh salad on the side…
Photobucket is holding all my photos that I posted on my blog from 2007-2015 hostage and replaced them with big black and grey boxes with threats. So discouraging…as I’m slowly trying to clean up thousands of posts!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Yummy Ellen! Looks just like mine! 🙂
I’m cooking a different kind of enchilada tonight.
Great pix and thanks!
Sandy
OOOOH I will be making this one for sure Ellen .. thanks ellen and Sandy ..
both the tacos and enchilados look fantastic. I’ve just finished dinner and it still looks fantastic . .I could eat again.
MMMmmmmm! That’s all I have to say!
I jumped over from Willow’s site and loved the gift that you gave to her.
I noticed in your last post that you had a book on Mennonite Foods.
I’m sure that if you are following Lovella, that you have seen the
Mennonite Girls Can Cook blog. You will find many wonderful recipes.
But you might have to work extra hard to wear down the calories.
This looks delicious Ellen – I’m not sure if I can source that Salsa here though, but I’m going to try 🙂
mmm…wonderful, Ellen! My hubby would love this! I don’t eat meat though…but can easily make it all vegetarian :o) Thanks for sharing! Happy Day ((HUGS))
Yum! Yum! I’m printing this recipe out, Ellen! Looks great!
yummo! i love mango salsa! trying this after next costco run 😉
Ellen – this looks SOOOO yummy! I am going have to try this. We don’t have a Costco here, but I will be on a look out for the Mango Peach salsa at the store!!!
I think you need to publish a cookbook. You photography is wonderful! Are you a Home Ec major?………….
Jeanie! Ha! You should know Mrs. Home Ec since we graduated together…
Pingback: Rebecca’s Bargains » Rebecca’s Meal - The COLD list!
Hi Fellow Wonderer: Thought I should acknowledge having used your great recipe (with a few modifications).
We had an intimate dinner party for 8 at our home. In attendance were 2 psychologists, 2 sales reps ( one of whom now represents a major Cultural Trust and the party was an associated celebration), 3 high school honors students, and a protestant minister.
How exactly did our dining room catch on fire? Well, we don’t exactly know but we threw away the beautiful red holiday table cloth and the candle decorations and have to send the table to rehab.
Besides yummy appetizers of shrimp, scallops and bacon, we enjoyed a salad, dessert, much red wine, and the following:
House Afire Mango Chicken
5 lbs of chicken, boneless breast or tenders
1 jar Costo Mango Salsa
1 can corn
1 can black beans
Put all in a crock pot for 8 hours. Serve over fragrant rice and top with diced fresh mango. Provide hot sauces and sufficient bathroom facilities for any casualties.
Remain alert at all times for potential fires. Blow out all candles or face the consequences. Do not let any psychologists light additional candles.
This recipe should result in a good time had by ALL.
Pingback: Turning Poor Planning into an Opportunity!
Does the mango salsa make this dish sweet?
Wendy, it does add a sweetness to the chicken. If you don’t want that use any other tomato based salsa!
This looks great I have been searching for a recipe to use the Costco tub of peach mango salsa I have! Thanks for sharing! I also love using my crockpot!
thank you for this idea! I just bought the costco peach mango salsa and now have an easy way to serve it up!
wow, I am making something similar in crockpot right now, only with orange juice, peppers, swt. onion, fresh mango and chicken breasts! found your recipe and you now gave me ideas for leftovers!!! (first night over rice & bok choy as side) I like the taco and encilada ideas!!! THANKS!!!!!! 🙂