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Nessa is a full time wife and mother of two, living the small town life in rural Texas. She loves cooking everything from tried and true recipes to her own wonderful creations. Catch her blogging at Ramblings of a Texas Housewife and on Twitter @Nessa_TX.
Sometimes the tastiest meals are invented by just perusing your pantry shelves. Some of my best creations have been the result of what I call pantry raids.
Although I do love trying new recipes, it is usually much more budget friendly, and often just as luscious, to cook out of your own kitchen rather than rushing out to buy all the ingredients for that extravagant new recipe you just found. That was exactly the case with the dish I threw together tonight.
My family loves a tasty crock pot recipe using chicken breast, cream cheese, and a few Tex Mex ingredients. I wanted to do something along those lines, but we had no chicken breast. So, I thawed out two pounds of beef stew meat and created a scrumptious dish.
Ingredients:
2 pounds beef stew meat
1 (15 1/2 ounce) can black beans, drained and thoroughly rinsed
2 (15 ounce) cans whole kernel corn, drained
1 (15 ounce) jar salsa or picante sauce of your choice (I used peach salsa)
1 pound block cream cheese
Directions:
1. Spray your crock pot with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Add the stew meat, beans, and corn.
3. Top with the entire jar of salsa.
4. Place the lid on the crock pot and cook on high 4 hours or on low for 6 hours. (Here’s why to leave the crockpot lid on while cooking.)
5. Remove lid, add the block of cream cheese.
6. Replace lid and cook an additional 30 to 45 minutes.
7. Stir well before serving.
This would be fabulous over noodles or rice or served with Spanish rice. We had broccoli and cheese pasta and some crescent rolls with ours, and it made a lovely meal. It’s rich, creamy, and very satisfying. Using the peach salsa gave ours a sweet flavor that was lovely, but I imagine it would be wonderful with a spicy salsa. Experimenting with the salsa you use could make this a very different dish each time you make it. I think it is a perfect, no fuss meal for the cool days of fall.
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That sounds delicious! I love to use my crockpot- have on the menu to use twice this week =) Thanks for the new recipe!
I love hot and spicy recipes and this sounds like it’s on. The cream cheese sounds AWESOME!!! also.
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@Geri: It’s great to have you!
Danelle
I am trying this recipe tonight, minus the cooking spray. As I am using part ground beef and part stew meat, there will be plenty of oil already in the dish. I plan on using some of the meat in a enchilada casserole. Something like this, http://www.traderjoes.com/pdf/recipes/dinner-wow-enchilada-casserole.pdf, with whatever I have on hand.