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.
