This copycat Cafe Rio Chicken recipe is an easy freezer meal to add to your rotation! It tastes delicious, can be eaten multiple ways, and requires no pre-cooking or prep!! Best of all, it cooks in your slow cooker or Instant Pot!
Pour remaining ingredients in on top of chicken breasts.
Squeeze out air and tightly seal bag.
Knead gently with hands to mix contents of bag.
Lay flat to freeze in freezer.
To cook:
Remove bag from freezer and allow to thaw overnight in the refrigerator.
Place contents of bag into slow cooker or Instant Pot.
Cook on low for 4-6 hours in slow cooker, or on HIGH pressure for 8 minutes in Instant Pot with a 5-minute natural pressure release and then a full quick release following.
Remove chicken breasts, shred, and return to slow cooker or Instant Pot, mixing it in with the sauce. (Or shred right in the crock or pot.) Drain off some of the cooking liquid if there is more than you want.