Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, shredded mexican chicken - slow cooker. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Perfect for tacos, quesadillas, and many other Mexican dishes! This slow cooker Mexican shredded chicken uses only three ingredients is super easy to throw together, and is perfect in all your Mexican dishes, from tacos to burritos to salads. Serve the saucy chicken as a taco filling, to top crisp tostada shells, or to wrap up in warm flour tortillas to make portable burritos.
Shredded Mexican Chicken - Slow Cooker is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Shredded Mexican Chicken - Slow Cooker is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook shredded mexican chicken - slow cooker using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Shredded Mexican Chicken - Slow Cooker:
- Make ready 2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Take 1/2 cup salsa
- Prepare 3 tbsp. brown sugar
- Take 1 can (4 oz.) mild diced green chilies
- Take 1 can (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes, drained
- Get 1/2 onion, diced
- Take 1 tbsp. chili powder
- Make ready 1 tsp. salt
- Get 1 tsp. cumin
- Make ready 1 tsp. garlic powder
- Make ready 1 tsp. onion powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp. smoked paprika
- Make ready 1/2 tsp. oregano
- Get 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- Get 1 tsp. liquid smoke
- Prepare 1/2 tsp. ground chipotle chili pepper (optional for more heat)
I use this Slow Cooker Mexican Shredded Chicken for so many other things than just tacos. I do quesadillas, enchiladas, taco salads, baked chimichangas. It's such a versatile recipe and I really, really love delicious versatile recipes. Years ago I read a recipe somewhere on the internet that featured Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken!
Steps to make Shredded Mexican Chicken - Slow Cooker:
- Grease the inside of the slow cooker. Place the chicken in the bottom.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the rest of the ingredients. Then pour over the top of the chicken.
- Cook either on high for 3-4 hours OR low for 6-7 hours, until the chicken is tender enough to shred easily.
- Remove chicken from the slow cooker and allow it to rest for 5 minutes or so, then use 2 forks to shred it. Stir the chicken back into the remaining juices/salsa mix and cook on low for an additional 20 minutes.
- After the additional 20 minutes, remove the chicken from the slow cooker with a slotted spoon. Use the chicken in your favorite recipe (some suggestions are listed in the recipe description and a few are pictured below)!
- Chicken Nachos –>
- Chicken Quesadilla Pie. –>
- Southwestern Style Chicken Potato Skins –>
- Easy Chicken Taquitos –>
Shredded chicken that's been cooked low and slow in the crock pot, flavored with taco seasoning and salsa is great for tacos, nachos, burrito bowls and salads. This easy to make, versatile recipe will quickly become your go-to when it's time to serve up your favorite Mexican dishes! Add chicken broth to slow cooker, then add chicken breasts. Pour half the seasoning over the chicken and then flip over to add the rest of the seasoning on top of chicken. Place lid on the slow cooker.
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