Crockpot Chicken Tacos

By Addie

This is one of my favorite recipes, and I make it enough that it often sees the light of day. If there is one crockpot recipe you need in your repertoire, this is it. But truthfully, after making it once you won't even need the recipe because it's just so darn easy.

Three ingredients and almost zero work. The result is a juicy, flavorful shredded chicken that makes some killer tacos. I like to load my tacos up, so they look a bit messy in the pictures. They were like that in real life too..and delicious. I've been told before I have a knack for ordering the messiest foods on any menu. Why? Because the messiest foods are the best foods. It's a fact.

Ingredients

• 1 envelope taco seasoning
• 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 16-oz jar salsa (I switch between brands, but Newman's Own is my favorite)

Details

Adapted from keyingredient.com

Preparation

Step 1

Dump everything into a crock pot and give it a little stir to blend the seasoning with the salsa. You do not need to add any water to the taco seasoning. Cook on high for 4 to 6 hours or on low for 6 to 8 hours. When done, the chicken should shred easily when stirred with a fork.

For tacos, serve the chicken with soft flour tortillas, guacamole, lettuce, shredded cheese and/or sour cream. This is very versatile and can be used for enchiladas, nachos, tostadas, quesadillas, etc. Any leftover chicken can then be used for tortilla soup (make it the next day or freeze the chicken to use at a later time).
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REVIEWS:

I make shredded beef tacos all the time in my crock pot. I buy either top sirloin or London broil, which ever is cheaper, put it in the crock pot on high for about 6 hours. Add salt and pepper in the end and then shred. It is so flavorful and moist. I add NO water and it is delicious. It is my husbands favorite.

Here is a good recipe... chuck roast (cheap), taco seasoning packet, and a can of diced, stewed, or whole tomatoes... cook on low all day. Shred with 2 forks. SO YUMMY!!

I have been making a "beef" version for year. I just any cut of roast and then I add one small can of green chilies, on medium size jar of medium picante sauce, and one can of cream of mushroom soup. throw in crockpot for the same length of time..I serve with flour tortillas and a crockpot of pinto beans. It is my family favorite

I make this with the spicy Rotelle tomatoes instead of salsa. You can also add black beans and/or frozen corn. Makes the BEST chicken tacos ever!

Made this for my family over the weekend and we all loved it! Saturday night we ate it as tacos but got creative on Sunday. My husband sauteed onions and peppers and ate it fajita style, which he loved. My 5 year old loves quesadillas so I made that for her. Browned my tortilla on a skillet with some cheese added the chicken and folded it over. Defiantly will be making this again. Great weekend dish..... and hard to believe it comes from 3 simple ingredients.

I made this dish tonight for my fiancé and I. It was de-lish! I decided to wrap it like a burrito instead so it wouldn't be so messy to eat. I also added a can of black beans towards the end of cooking and we ate it with homemade guacamole as well.

I do something similar... taco seasoning and 2 cans of Ro-tel tomatoes and chiles... To die for.

I made this recipe last night and I absolutely love them!!! I'm obsessed and am eating the left overs right now!!! I'll never go back to hamburger again for tacos, these are amazing!!!


Made it last night for my extended family and it was a hit with everyone; kiddos, my parents, everyone. Shredded chicken has never been a favorite of mine, but even I liked it. Also, when I find something like this that is easy and well received while also being nutritious I recommend it to my clients. I am a dietitian/nutritionist so I used low sodium taco seasoning and homemade salsa to cut out the added salt, then put reduced fat sour cream, reduced fat cheddar, fresh lettuce, avocado and diced tomatoes on the tacos. I also used 100% whole wheat tortillas from a local bakery. A perfectly nutritious, low fat, high fiber and protein meal that I threw together very easily and also tasted delicious. Can't beat that!

I made this tonight, and it was soooo yummy! My boyfriend says this is definitely a keeper! Thanks!

It really couldn't get any easier. Hence why it's definitely one of the most well-used recipes I have!

I made these tacos tonight and they were the best tacos ever!! Super DELISH! My husband is not a fan of chicken, and he came back for 2nds and 3rds, which shocked me. So he loved them too!! Thanks for sharing, and I look forward to trying more of your recipes! :)

Tried it tonight - delicious!

Thank you so very much for sharing this recipe with us! Like I said yesterday I was giving this one a try tonight. I must say these were AWESOME! I could hardly believe that something so simple could taste so delicious, but these sure do! I used frozen chicken breast and it worked just fine. My husband, son, daughter and myself were all amazed how yummy these were! I will definitely make these again! Thanks so very much!

I love this recipe and believe it or not, my favorite salsa for it is Walmart's white bean and corn salsa. It is only two dollars for a big jar and goes a long way since I'm cooking for 3 teenage sons! My kids think I am the best cook in the world when I make this and it takes 2 seconds to put together!

I am eating this right now and I made it with frozen chicken breasts and no you do not need to add water. The juices from the chicken and the salsa are enough. Sooooo freaking good!!!

I use this Southern Living recipe for beef: 1 beef roast, 2 envelopes fajita seasoning, 2 tablespoons white vinegar, 2 (4 oz) cans chooped green chilies. Rub seasoning on roast, put rest on top and cook 8-9 hrs on low. Shred and serve with all the fixins. My family loves it!

Made this for dinner tonight and thought my daughters were going to complain about having to eat it. My oldest is very picky, but when she tried these tacos she immediately asked for another one. I'm really impressed with this simple recipe. Thanks!!!

Omit the Salsa and use Rotel, it is extremely AWESOME Chicken for Tacos, Enchiladas, Tostadas, Burritos, etc.

I made this for a "fiesta" dinner party. It was PERFECT for serving to a crowd. Just lined everything up buffet style. Everyone loved it!

Just tried it...AMAZING!!!

This was fantastic!! We've already decided it will be making an appearance on our dinner table at least once a month!

I have made this twice in the week since finding this recipe. I love it sooo much. I made the chicken and that night we would have the taco's(I served ours in hard shell tacos...messy but sooo worth the mess) being that my Hubby and I were the only ones to eat it needless to say there were tons of leftovers so the next night I grabbed some burrito sized tortillas and made chicken burritos with the leftover mix. It was fantastic. Our local mexican joint makes something called Chicken Taquitos for an appetizer and these are so similar to them that my Hubby said to me "Who needs Tequila's(name of the place)". I took that as the highest form of compliment. So thank you very much for this recipe!