Powerfully Delicious Crock Pot Shredded Chicken for tacos, enchiladas, or salads.
Rated 4.0 stars by 2 users
Category
Main Dish, tacos
Cuisine
Mexican, American
Servings
6
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
3 hours
Calories
260
This recipe is a really easy recipe for everyone to make. It uses chicken. You can use chicken breast or chicken thighs for this recipe. I use chicken thighs. There's so many uses for this recipe. I'll get into them a little later but as a base recipe, it can't be beat.
This is a set and forget it kind of recipe. You can really use a crock-pot for this or do it on top of the stove (covered, on low) or you can do it in the oven (covered, 300 degrees) anyway you go about it this is an easy delicious recipe for a quick meal on a weeknight.
Jay Gleaton
Ingredients
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2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts. Personally I think breasts work out better.
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1 Jar of 3 alarm salsa (or 4 alarm if you like it SPICY)
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3 tbs. Smokey Taco Mix
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S&P to taste
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1 small onion diced
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Some peppers diced
Optional
Directions
Chop the optional veggies (optional option)
Clean any fat you want to remove from the chicken and add it to the crock pot. Pick how much you want your mouth to burn. Medium or XX-Hot!
Add veggies if you have them and top with the salsa that speaks to you and set the crock pot to high for 4 hours. (It’s usually done in 3)
remove chicken when it shreds easily, remove to another bowl and shred with 2 forks.
Add back to the crock pot with the liquid and it’s ready to serve.
Recipe Note
So you can add a block of cream cheese to turn this into a mouth-watering chicken dip, you can use it as filling for tacos, or enchiladas. It's a great topping for taco salad. You can serve it up just like it is on a plate over some rice for a simple meal.
If you make it let me know and let me know what you ended up putting it on. I'd love to know. Also if you love short descriptive recipes with no ads or crazy pop-ups everywhere and less than ten thousand words describing my grandmothers kitchen vibes, please share my recipes with your friends.
I turned it into tacos on day one. With some onion and cilantro for topping. You could also try some Pico De Gallo or some habanero salad or some pickled red onions.
Nutrition
Nutrition
- Serving Size
- 12 oz.
- per serving
- Calories
- 260
- Fat
- 4 grams
- Protein
- 33 grams
- Carbs
- 7 grams
- Sodium
- 346 milligrams
