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Backpacker\'s Pantry Santa Fe Style Chicken - 2 Servings

    Backpacker's Pantry Santa Fe Style Chicken - 2 Servings

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    This Backpacker's Pantry Sante Fe Style Chicken instant entree has black beans, rice and chicken, and seasoned with corn and green chilies.

    • Just mix contents with boiling water in the pouch provided, let stand, and then serve
    • Ideal dinner for camping or backpacking
    • Nutrition facts displayed here and on packaging may differ; information on packaging reflects actual contents
    • May contain traces of peanuts and/or tree nuts
    • *Discount will be applied when you check out. Offer not valid for sale-price items ending in $._3 or $._9

    Ingredients: sauce [black beans, chicken (cooked, diced and freeze-dried), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto), tomato, onion, super sweet corn, tomato, potato starch, nonfat milk, maltodextrin, green chili pepper, salt, sugar, torula yeast, new mexico chili pepper, garlic, vegetarian soup with imitation chicken flavor (maltodextrin, salt, autolyzed yeast extract, yeast extract, onion powder, turmeric extract (color), sunflower oil), dextrose (from corn), cumin seed, oregano, soy sauce (soy sauce (wheat, soybeans, salt), maltodextrin and salt), cayenne pepper] precooked parboiled long grain brown rice.Allergens: milk, soybean, gluten, wheat, may contain traces of tree nuts.

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    Backpacker's Pantry Santa Fe Style Chicken - 2 Servings Specs
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    Description
    Best use
    Backpacking
    1/2 package
    2 serving(s)
    400
    50
    6 grams
    2.5 grams
    0 grams
    30 milligrams
    1,130 milligrams
    66 grams
    23 grams
    17 grams
    24 grams
    No
    Chicken
    No
    7.5 ounces
    Serving size
    Servings per container
    Calories per serving
    Calories from fat
    Total fat
    Saturated fat
    Trans fat
    Cholesterol
    Sodium
    Carbohydrates
    Dietary fiber
    Sugars
    Protein
    Vegetarian
    Meat
    Organic
    Net weight

    Backpacker's Pantry Santa Fe Style Chicken - 2 Servings Customer Reviews

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    Backpacker's Pantry Santa Fe Style Chicken - 2 Servings
     
    3.8

    (based on 5 reviews)

    80%

    of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

    Pros

    • Easy to prepare (4)
    • Flavorful (4)
    • Lightweight (4)
    • Nutritious (4)

    Cons

      Best Uses

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      5.0

      Pretty good, if not cheap

      By knowWhentoFold

      from Western Washington

      About Me Casual/ Recreational

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      Pros

      • Easy To Prepare
      • Fiber packed
      • Flavorful
      • Lightweight
      • Nutritious
      • Shelf Life

      Cons

      • expensive
      • Sodium content

      Best Uses

      • Backpacking

      Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Santa Fe Style Chicken - 2 Servings:

      Fantastic. Spicy in a mild way. I will eat anything when I'm hungry, but I can recognize a bad meal before it passes my uvula.

      I had 2 packages of the Santa Fe Chicken meal. One I took camping and following the directions, poured 2.5 cups of boiling water into the foil package, waited 10 minutes and had the worst meal ever--some parts too chewy, the spices unmixed, some parts too crunchy. That was four years ago. Yesterday, at home, I opened my camp food box and found the other package and mindful of the first, almost tossed it out. Instead, I boiled 3 cups of water, added the meal, got the mix boiling again, covered the pot and let it simmer for 15 minutes or so. I removed the lid and voila, it looked, smelled & tasted like home cooked food. Everything was hydrated and not overcooked, the flavors mixed uniformly. If you want to cook it in camp, I say boil 4-5 cups water, add 3 cups of boiling water to the bag, and put the bag in the saucepan holding the rest of the water with the stove on to "cook" for as long as it takes.

      Santa Fe chicken is just the right stuff for a mid day meal on the trail for two (lets you have all day to digest and keep you out of heartburn trouble). The shelf life is phenomenal.

      I'm not sure you can get away without 1,080 milligrams of sodium with dehydrated meals, but when you're 15-20 miles out in the wilderness, you don't much care. This is a real treat.

      For portions, it is correctly labeled for two servings. As a frequent solo hiker, I can't handle the quantity--way too much food for one person. And sure it costs $$ but, it's convenient.

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      5.0

      Our favorite backpacking meal.

      By JMun

      from WI

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      Pros

      • Easy To Prepare
      • Flavorful
      • Lightweight
      • Nutritious

      Cons

      • Long Cook Time

      Best Uses

      • Backpacking
      • Extended Trips
      • Weekend Trips

      Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Santa Fe Style Chicken - 2 Servings:

      This is our favorite backpacking/back-country camping/kayaking meal. It does require a longer than recommended cooktime, but it is great wrapped up in a flour tortilla. Flavorful and delicious!

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      4.0

      Pretty good and spicey!

      By Archer18

      from md

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      Pros

      • Easy To Prepare
      • Flavorful
      • Lightweight
      • Nutritious

      Cons

      • Long Cook Time

      Best Uses

      • Backpacking

      Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Santa Fe Style Chicken - 2 Servings:

      I will start by saying that I am not that picky when it comes to food, so take all this with a grain of salt. I did however find this to be a better than average freeze-dried meal. It had a lot of spice that many of them are lacking. There is good nutrition in here, but not so much that you won't eat the whole bag. On backpacking trips I usually find that eating the whole thing makes a good dinner for one.

      I'd recommend this one, its up there with the chili-mac, another personal favorite.

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      1.0

      Gross! Barf!

      By Sig in Arkansas

      from Little Rock, AR

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      Pros

        Cons

        • Lacks Flavor

        Best Uses

          Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Santa Fe Style Chicken - 2 Servings:

          Worst freezedried meal I've ever had.

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          4.0

          Great Taste, Crunchy Beans & Rice

          By NM Family Hiker

          from Edgewood, NM

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          Pros

          • Easy To Prepare
          • Flavorful
          • Lightweight
          • Nutritious

          Cons

          • Crunchy Beans Rice

          Best Uses

          • Backpacking
          • Extended Trips
          • Weekend Trips

          Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Santa Fe Style Chicken - 2 Servings:

          Backpacker's Pantry Santa Fe Chicken With Rice is very tasty. Especially if you enjoy Southwestern or Mexican cuisine. Our biggest complaint was that no matter how long we let it "cook" in the bag the black beans and rice were still slightly crunchy. I love these cook in the bag meals. Little mess to clean up and little trash to pack out. I'd eat it again, but might let it stand longer than the recommended time.

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