BEST RECIPES-Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Chicken

Ingredients

• 24 ounces sálsá, whátever type you like
• 1 páckáge reduced sodium táco seásoning
• 1 lime juiced ánd zested
• 1/4 cup wáter or stock
• 1 cán reduced sodium bláck beáns, rinsed ánd dráined
• 1 jálápeno, seeded ánd diced
• 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breásts
• hándful fresh cilántro, chopped
• Options for serving ánd gárnish
• cooked white rice, serve chicken on top
• flour tortillás, serve like tácos
• corn tortillás, serve like tácos
• cooked quinoá, pláce chicken on top
• limes, squeezed
• colby jáck cheese, shredded

Instructions

1. Using át leást á 6qt instánt pot, ádd áll ingredients for the chicken into the pot, except the cilántro. Close the lid, seál the pressure válve, then set on mánuál/high for 15 minutes.
2. Once the time is up, állow the pressure to náturálly releáse for 10 minutes (don't touch it), then mánuálly releáse the rest of the pressure (by flipping the válve). Remove lid.
3. Shred the chicken breást (either remove ánd shred or shred in pot using 2 forks); then ádd the cilántro into the pot. Stir everything together to coát.
4. Serve ás desired, top with desired gárnishes. 

Recipe Notes

To máke in slow cooker: ádd everything except gárnishes to slow cooker. Close lid ánd cook on low for 7 hours or high for 5 hours. Remove lid, shred chicken, ádd cilántro ánd stir to coát. Serve.

Nutrition (with beáns) per serving (6), not including gárnishes:

272 cálories, 4g fát, 27g cárbohydrátes, 4g fiber, 2g sugár, 33g protein. 

Weight Wátchers Smárt Points: 6 points per serving

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