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Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken

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Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken takes the typical chicken and salsa pairing up a few notches in an easy, gluten-free, allergy-free, and paleo way! A great dinner recipe to have on hand so you can whip up something tasty and healthy for the whole family on any weeknight!

Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken takes the typical chicken and salsa pairing up a few notches in an easy, gluten-free, allergy-free, and paleo way! A great dinner recipe to have on hand so you can whip up something tasty and healthy for the whole family on any weeknight!

You can do salsa chicken in the slow cooker, but why not bake it in 30 minutes instead? I’m pretty sure this baked recipe came about due to the fact that I was stuck with only some thin sliced chicken breasts. The grocery back home is either a hit or miss with good, on sale chicken breasts. Sometimes they have an amazing sale, sometimes I might as well buy a car, and sometimes they have none at all. This time…they had zero; they did have these thin sliced breasts, though!

Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken takes the typical chicken and salsa pairing up a few notches in an easy, gluten-free, allergy-free, and paleo way! A great dinner recipe to have on hand so you can whip up something tasty and healthy for the whole family on any weeknight!

If you’ve ever made chicken in the slow cooker, you know it shrinks to about half the size. If you’re going to cook chicken breasts in the slow cooker, they’d better be darn big! Otherwise, you’ll be left with a sad tiny piece for dinner…Yes, it’s the same “nutritionally as when it started, but let’s get real here! I want more than just a few bites for dinner! Now that I was stuck with these thin slices of chicken breasts, I was already down to “smaller” pieces. Putting them in the slow cooker would be pointless. They’d cook super fast anyway right in the oven! Less thickness to cook through!

Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken takes the typical chicken and salsa pairing up a few notches in an easy, gluten-free, allergy-free, and paleo way! A great dinner recipe to have on hand so you can whip up something tasty and healthy for the whole family on any weeknight!

So why not dry rub those babies with some spices, throw them in the iron, cover in salsa, and bake!? Not only do you get the killer flavor from the magical cast iron, but the spices fuse into the chicken and the salsa tastes even better when it’s warm and baked right in, keeping the chicken super moist! No need to fear the thin chicken breasts any longer! We can make them nice and yummy and not miss their bigger cousin!

Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken takes the typical chicken and salsa pairing up a few notches in an easy, gluten-free, allergy-free, and paleo way! A great dinner recipe to have on hand so you can whip up something tasty and healthy for the whole family on any weeknight!

I just realized something tragic. I have neither my cast iron or my slow cooker(s). This is bad! I’m been thinking about buying a small cast iron. The one I have at home is a nice big 10.25 inch. I want a small 6.25 inch one next! Not only for a single-serve dinner of one chicken breast but to make a skillet cookie and/or brownie too! Priorities, right? You can’t really beat $8 so this cast iron may just be my early Christmas gift to myself!

Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken takes the typical chicken and salsa pairing up a few notches in an easy, gluten-free, allergy-free, and paleo way! A great dinner recipe to have on hand so you can whip up something tasty and healthy for the whole family on any weeknight!

And a dutch baby! A gluten-free and vegan dutch baby! I’m not sure how I’ll pull that egg-filled dish off, but I do know I need the cast iron magic for it! Cast iron skillets never fail you. They basically guarantee a winning recipe (<—proof!). More proof that my dreams of a dutch baby will come is this recipe for thin sliced chicken breasts! No fail, my friends!

Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken

Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken takes the typical chicken and salsa pairing up a few notches in an easy, gluten-free, allergy-free, and paleo way! A great dinner recipe to have on hand so you can whip up something tasty and healthy for the whole family on any weeknight!

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Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken

Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken takes the typical chicken and salsa pairing up a few notches in an easy, gluten-free, allergy-free, and paleo way! A great dinner recipe to have on hand so you can whip up something tasty and healthy for the whole family on any weeknight!

  • Author: Rebecca Pytell
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 30 mins
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Main
  • Cuisine: Mexican
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Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Rub the chicken breasts with the spices and place in a seasoned cast iron skillet.
  3. Pour the salsa over the chicken to cover.
  4. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.

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  • Serving Size: 1
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Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 Spice Rubbed Salsa Chicken takes the typical chicken and salsa pairing up a few notches in an easy, gluten-free, allergy-free, and paleo way! A great dinner recipe to have on hand so you can whip up something tasty and healthy for the whole family on any weeknight!

Well, I give you chicken and I give myself the inspiration to go make a skillet brownie, skillet cookie, and dutch baby recipe! But first I need that small cast iron! Hello, Amazon! Is there anything the cast iron can’t do? I think not!

So tell me:

+ Thin sliced? I think thin sliced are great for dishes like Chicken Piccata!

+ Ever have a dutch baby?

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  11. Amanda says

    I love my cast iron and I love thin cut chicken…awesome for piccata, but I also like it to do a quick Balsamic Marinade with and add to spinach salad!

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  28. Jolina says

    We’ve never cooked chicken in a slow cooker before so thank you for the warning! Putting chicken with salsa is awesome. We always have salsa at home so we will be trying this out for sure. Oh and speaking of cast iron – we just bought a 3-in-1 set so now we have all sizes! So convenient 🙂

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Haha! Well slow cooker chicken is amazing, just not very economical 😛
      Ah! I need one in each size 😛 Hahaha!

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  32. rachel @ Athletic Avocado says

    Haha the worst thing in the world is cooking chicken in a crockpot and realizing that it’s only 1/3 of the size it was before it was cooked! Hence that’s why baked chicken is wayyyy better! I’ve been putting salsa on my chicken since I can remember so this chicken is perfect for me!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Hahaha! It seriously just disappears in there!!! Tastes so good…but…gives you so little!

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  33. Shashi at RunninSrilankan says

    Rebecca – love these spiced and salsa drenched chicken breasts! A simple and delicious twist on chicken! BTW, I have a large cast iron and a small one and use them both at least once a week! Also – dutch babies are the best – I have failed so far in making one – but gotta keep trying 🙂

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