Time to wake up those taste buds! A super spicy and easy dinner recipe you can throw together in minutes! Slow Cooker Chicken Sofrito made right in your crockpot, gluten-free, paleo, and allergy-free! This flavor-packed healthy recipe gives you a dose veggies from the homemade salsa!
Caution: fiery heat ahead! This recipe is not for the faint of heart! I can’t even handle much spice…I love it…but my body doesn’t. However, sometimes we just have to “take one for the team” and “man up”! I love my salsas and I love the slow cooker….I had to finally try some sofrito! I didn’t even know was sofrito was until I did some “googleing” before making this recipe.
I kept hearing the word “sofrito” on various internet channels and whenever anyone was taking about the restaurant Chipotle. I had always thought that sofritos was like rancheros and had to do with some form of eggs. That’s why I never really dug in further to figure out what it was. Eggs = death…so I had to real interest. Then I heard some vegan people raving about sofrito and I knew there had to be something I was missing. Turns out “sofrito” is just a type of salsa. A spicy pepper and tomato cooking base.
Well I guess I could, and should, finally try this out for myself to end the self-imposed embarrassment. Sofrito is more of a Cuban/Puerto Rican/Caribbean cooking base of tomatoes, pepper, onions, garlic, and herbs that’s used for cooking meats or as toppings for tacos and the like. Pretty simple and it could be made mild (I guess), but I wanted the real deal. Poblano and chipotle peppers it was! No holding back in the homemade sofrito I made. I blended the sauce up in the food processor, dumped it over some chicken in the slow cooker, and let the crockpot do its thing. The smell was amazing, the taste was amazing…and spicy 😉
Slow Cooker Chicken Sofrito
- 4 Skinless Chicken Breasts
- Sofrito:
- 1 15oz Can Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes (No-Salt Added)
- 1 Small Spanish Onion (1 Cup Chopped)
- 1 Poblano Pepper (1/2 Cup Chopped)
- 1 Red Bell Pepper (1 Cup Chopped)
- ½ Cup Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce
- ¼ Cup Fresh Chopped Cilantro
- 1 TB Lime Juice
- 1 Tsp Minced Garlic
- Roughly chop all sofrito ingredients and then process in a food processor to get a blended salsa texture (this will make about 3 cups).
- Place the chicken breasts in the slow cooker and then pour the sofrito on top of the chicken.
- Place the cover on the slow cooker and cook on low for 6 hours.
 
When I dumped out the excess sofrito and cleaned out the crock…I literally burned my eyes, nose and throat. I was horrified it would be TOO spicy, but once I actually sat down and ate dinner…it wasn’t so over the top. Yes, it was spicy, but a good hearty spice! You will enjoy it if you like some heat and if not, but don’t include the sofrito on your plate! The chicken has already soaked up the great flavors, you don’t need the actual sofrito covering it to enjoy! Everyone can devour and enjoy, don’t worry 😉
So tell me:
+ Have you ever had sofrito?
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This looks delicious, Rebecca.
Thanks!
Lime, tomatoes and peppers sound like a great sauce for the chicken to cook in. I love how thick the sauce is.
It is loaded with heat and flavor!
You know I’m all about them slow cooker recipes! 😀 I first heard the word “sofrito” in reference to Chipotle too, haha. This looks so good! I love the colors in it + how simple it is to make!
Must be their namesake, but I think mine’s 10000x better 😉
This chicken sounds amazing. Pinning for later.
Hugs,
Bev
Thank you!
My nose is running and I am salivating just looking at this dish.
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Haha, spicy but so delicious!
I was just talking to a Puerto Rican friend over Easter about making homemade sofrito. I’m so excited! It’ll be great to use with shrimp or even tofu or veggies. Yum!
Anything you want to bring the heat to!
Bring on the heat! I’m all about spicy food and am 200% game for anything made in my crock pot! This is definitely a perfect staple to keep for dinners on a weekly basis!!
Right! Easy and loaded with all the flavor you’d ever need! xoxo
Love some good spice so this sofrito is definitely for me! Spent 3 weeks in Puerto Rico in December and was eating a lot of this in the various dishes over there!
O I bet that was so authentically delicious!
I’m all about spicy food, but sometimes my mouth says, “Whoa!” My husband would be all over this chicken dish and I love that it’s all made in a slow cooker! 🙂
Haha, your mouth says “whoa” but my stomach says “whoooooooa no”!
My hubby will love this – he likes a little fire with his dinner.
Haha, seems to be a man thing!
This is so interesting! We’ve never had sofrito, but we LOVE spicy food around here. We will have to try this recipe! Thanks for sharing!
This is bound to be a new favorite then!
This looks so tasty!! I need to add this to my recipe book! Thank you for sharing!!
Yea! Thank you so much!
This looks like a perfect dinner to me. Bookmarking!
Thank you!
You had me at super spicy! LOVE!
Bring on the heat!
i had no clue what sofrito was until right now. i know chipotle has a sofrito bowl but never bothered. if it is like salsa and can be made so easily, i am all for it.
Haha, right? No one knows what Chipotle sofrito is!
I’ve never had it before. I didn’t know salsa could be used for other things.
Haha, what?
My family loves spicy food. I look forward to making this for them. Thanks for the recipe.
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They will love this then!
I love using my slow cooker. Lots of great flavours going on in this dish. The chicken would be so juicy. Perfect to feed a crowd, but awesome leftovers would work too.
Slow cooker leftovers are just the best!
I used to hate anything spicy but over the last few years that’s changed! So I know I would like this!!
I love it, but can only handle a little 😉
It looks delicious can’t wait to try it.
Thank you!
Slow cookers are THE BOMB! I’ve never had sofrito, but it looks like a great comfort food, especially in cold weather!
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It really will warm you right on up!
Ooooh. I had never heard of sofrito had to click over and find out what it was. I think I love it. Already. We must try this around here.
Super spicy goodness!