Today’s Salsa Chicken Bake Recipe has only 3 ingredients then into the oven to make a healthy and filling dinner! The best part is the leftovers from our salsa chicken recipe–you’ll enjoy serving it in a few different ways.

Fit Friday never gets old!! Fit tips + healthy recipes = greatness. Thanks to Nichole from Pure Clean Coaching! More Fit Friday posts CLICK HERE!

Why we love Salsa Chicken Bake Recipe

We love this Salsa Chicken Bake Recipe because the whole family loves it! We also love that it’s versatile–this time around we decided to keep things simple and served it with some warm homemade tortillas and cilantro lime rice.

Within just a few minutes, and very few ingredients, we had a great meal ready to serve! It whips up in no time and leftover’s can be used in so many ways!

Ingredients in Chicken Bake Recipe

chicken breasts; boneless/skinless
jar of salsa
sharp cheddar

How to use leftover Salsa Chicken Bake Recipe

The best part about this meal are all of the leftover possibilities! I like to divide whatever remains into two portions.

The first I shred and place into little bags to be used in burritos or fajitas. The other half gets cubed for chicken quesadillas or to be served as is when lunchtime rolls around.

How to make Salsa Chicken Bake Recipe

- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly mist a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- Trim the fat off of your chicken and place in a single layer in pan.
- Cover with a generous amount of salsa and bake for 35 minutes.
- Sprinkle with cheese and continue baking 10-15 minutes, or until your chicken is cooked through.
- Slow Cooker option: Place your chicken and salsa inside your slow cooker.
- Cook on medium for four hours, top with cheese, and serve!

To serve: 10 tortillas, additional cheese and salsa

Fit Friday with Nichole

How is your January going? On the path you set out to be on come January 1st? This weekend I had a brief temper tantrum with the kids having a few days of online learning. A bit of a panic set in that they would be home 24/7 again. I love my children, don’t take that as to say I don’t. But we do much better when they leave the house during the day. When I get to have a moment to myself not as “MOM” because it is rarely a quiet “mom” when they are all home.

As the temper tantrum passes on the mom front a new feeling settled over, antipathy. A complete lack of motivation to get out and run. I have a marathon in April, a marathon that I signed up for in 2018. A marathon I have trained for and have yet to run. The weekend passed on by and I re-found my motivation and got out for some great runs this week. But I’m the moments between antipathy passing and motivation rebuilding I found myself doing something I should do more often, checking in with me and my goals.

I took a moment to evaluate goals I set and see if I was still on point or if I needed to recommit or change things up.

Goals assessed.

Mind ready.

Body ready.

And with all of that, let’s get going on a new workout this week to keep the motivation flowing!

This week I am hitting core again with some plyos. This is one of my favorite combos because nothing says “let’s do this” better than a strong power house (core) and some explosive (plyo) moves!

Yield: 4

Salsa Chicken Bake Recipe

Name: Salsa Chicken Bake Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 4-5 chicken breasts; boneless/skinless; 1 (16 ounce) jar of salsa, your choice; 1 cup sharp cheddar, shredded

Today's Salsa Chicken Bake Recipe has only 3 ingredients then into the oven to make a healthy and filling dinner!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

4-5 chicken breasts; boneless/skinless
1 (16 ounce) jar of salsa, your choice
1 cup sharp cheddar, shredded

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly mist a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
Trim the fat off of your chicken and place in a single layer in pan.
Cover with a generous amount of salsa and bake for 35 minutes.
Sprinkle with cheese and continue baking 10-15 minutes, or until your chicken is cooked through.
Slow Cooker option: Place your chicken and salsa inside your slow cooker.
Cook on medium for four hours, top with cheese, and serve!

To serve: 10 tortillas, additional cheese and salsa

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 182Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 78mgSodium: 180mgCarbohydrates: 1gFiber: 0gSugar: 0gProtein: 27g

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*Recipe originally contributed by Jesseca at One Sweet Appetite