Monday, April 18, 2011

Healthy Crock Pot Shredded Chicken Taco Recipe

This is an easy chicken taco recipe that only requires a crock pot (slow cooker) and a few ingredients. You'll never prepare more tender chicken breasts.

Base Chicken Taco Ingredients

  • 4 boneless/skinless chicken breasts
  • 3 cups of no-salt-added chicken stock
  • 1/2 cup of orange juice
  • cilantro

The above ingredients serve as the foundation of this chicken taco recipe (see below for variations). If you want to save a little money, buy frozen chicken breasts from your grocery store. They will absorb so much flavor, you won't know the difference.

Crock Pot Chicken Taco Recipe Variation 1

Ingredients:

  • 1 packet chicken taco seasoning

Combine base and variation 1 ingredients in your slow cooker -- you may want to mix the chicken stock, orange juice and spices together first. Cook on low for 7-8 hours. Shred chicken at around 6-7 hours and cook some more. Go ahead and substitute your own taco seasoning if you'd like. Stir in cilantro about 30 minutes before serving.

Crock Pot Chickent Taco Recipe Variation 2 (Spicy)

This is a modified version of a recipe my wife got from Cooks Country. The ingredients are as follows:

  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 4 teaspoons of minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (add more if you want your tacos spicier)
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 teaspoons yellow mustard

Combine the chicken stock, garlic, chipotle peppers, Worcestershire sauce, orange juice and yellow mustard together in a bowl. Add to crock pot along with your chicken breasts. Cook on low for 7-8 hours. Shred the chicken at 6-7 hours and leave them to cook more. Add cilantro about 30 minutes before serving.

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