{"id":5965,"date":"2015-04-01T07:54:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T12:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/?p=5965"},"modified":"2023-09-27T12:11:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:11:49","slug":"smoked-chicken-ole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/smoked-chicken-ole\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoked Chicken Ole`"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you ever look in your pantry\/refrigerator and wonder how things got there sometimes? \u00a0No? \u00a0Is that just me? \u00a0Hmm.<\/p>\n

Well, that’s what happened to me yet again a few weeks back. \u00a0I opened my refrigerator and I had not one, but 2 HUGE containers of salsa. \u00a0My in laws have a friend that jars salsa from his summer fresh tomatoes. \u00a0Apparently, they can’t keep up with the amount of salsa they are given, so they gave some to us. \u00a0We happily accepted – it was delicious! \u00a0Except it was hidden behind the greek yogurt, and I forgot it was there.<\/p>\n

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On another note, my kids like the flavors in salsa, but they don’t necessarily like the chunks. \u00a0They tend to dip the chip in the “juice”, and leave the tomatoes. \u00a0I actually don’t discourage this – hey, it’s more for me! \u00a0However, I decided to mix things up a bit with it.<\/p>\n

I took both jars of salsa ( it had to be at least 40 ounces altogether), drained it, ( I know, how mean! \u00a0Especially after I just told you that my kids like the juice, I say I drain it. \u00a0I promise, I kept the juice for them to snack on later…), and I pureed it. \u00a0It ended up being a fairly thick sauce. \u00a0We grilled some chicken breasts, and I shredded those (or you could also make this with a bunch of leftover smoked chicken<\/a>). \u00a0I opened a can of black beans and found some Mexican white Queso cheese. \u00a0I tossed the chicken and beans in the salsa, threw it in a casserole dish, topped it with the cheese and baked it until it was bubbly.<\/p>\n

We had tortillas and tortilla chips. \u00a0I think we all preferred the actual tortillas over the chips. \u00a0I couldn’t believe how good these things were. \u00a0They tasted….like authentic Mexican \u00a0 This made a TON, my kids loved them, and they were SUPER low in calories. \u00a0A win win win meal!<\/p>\n

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