Chicken And Black Bean Tacos Weight Watchers Recipes

BLACK BEAN AND CHICKEN TACOS

Steps:

• Cook chicken until done. Add salsa. Drain beans in a colander and add corn. Run hot water over them to thaw corn and rinse beans. Drain well. Add beans and corn to pan. Mix well and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes.
• Spoon into taco shells and garnish with sour cream, cheese, lettuce, olives, or tomato. We like to crunch up corn chips into a bowl and make it into a taco salad.

CHICKEN AND BLACK BEAN TACOS - WEIGHT WATCHERS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Spray a nonstick baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Crumple two large sheets of aluminum foil into two 4-inch high, 12-inch-long rectangles and place on the baking sheet.
• Drape the tortillas over the foil to form taco shells.
• Bake until golden, about 8 minutes.
• Let cool over the foil about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, brown the chicken in a nonstick skillet.
• Stir in the black beans and salsa and heat to serving temperature.
• Fill the taco shells with the chicken mixture, then top the tacos with the tomatoes, lettuce, scallions, cheese and sour cream.
• Serve immediately.

SHREDDED CHICKEN AND BLACK BEAN TACOS

Steps:

• Whisk together first nine ingredients: tomato sauce, chicken broth, chopped onion, minced garlic, chili powder, cumin, oregano, tumeric, and sugar. Set aside.
• In a large frying pan add olive oil, heat to medium/medium-high and add chicken. Season generously with salt and add garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, and briefly saute, 2-5 minutes.
• Add drained and rinsed beans and bowl of sauce to pan. Stir together and let come to a high simmer. Stir occasionally and let reduce, about 10 minutes.
• Warm tortillas in pan: medium heat until you see tortilla bubble slightly. Turn and do the same to the other side.
• Serve chicken-bean mixture in warmed tortilla with shredded cheddar or any other addition that pleases you. Some good additions are corn, lettuce, tomato, hot sauce, avocado.

CHICKEN AND BEAN TACOS

Steps:

• Add chicken thighs to a 4 quart slow cooker.
• Sprinkle with taco seasoning.
• Sprinkle chopped chiles on top of chicken.
• In a bowl, add tomato sauce, cumin, and coriander seed; stir to combine.
• Pour mixture over the top of the chicken.
• Top with beans.
• Cover, cook on LOW for 7 hours.
• Remove chicken from crock pot and set aside.
• Mash beans with a potato masher (Doesn't have to be perfectly smooth, we like some chunks of beans).
• Shred chicken and return to slow cooker; stir to mix well.
• To assemble taco: spoon about 3 tablespoons of chicken filling into each taco shell; then add 1 tablespoon cheese and lettuce, then add 2 teaspoons sour cream and salsa.
• Enjoy.