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Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos Recipe
Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos made in the crock pot with chicken breast, salsa, and spices topped with cabbage slaw and avocado. Perfect dinner for busy weeknights!
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast
- adobo seasoning (or salt to taste)
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 3/4 tsp ground cumin
- 1 cup chunky mild or medium salsa
tacos
- 1 cup shredded red cabbage
- juice of 1/2 lime
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 ounces from 1 medium haas avocado, sliced
- lime wedges for squeezing
- 12 corn tortillas
Instructions
- Season the chicken with adobo (or salt), then place in the crock pot and top with garlic powder and cumin.
- Top chicken with salsa (no water needed).
- Cover and cook LOW for 4 to 6 hours, until chicken shreds easily.
- When cooked, drain excess liquid from the pot keeping as much as the tomato sauce as possible and shred with two forks. Cover and keep warm until ready to eat.
- Make the slaw, combine cabbage, lime juice, cilantro and salt in a bowl and toss.
- Heat the tortillas about 30 seconds on each side over the flame of your stove until slightly charred, transfer to a plate with a towel on top to keep warm and repeat with the remaining tortillas.
- To serve, place 3 tortillas on each plate, top with chicken, slaw, sliced avocado and serve with lime wedges.
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Notes
- Do not add water. The salsa and chicken will release enough liquid as they cook.
- Slow cookers vary, so begin checking the chicken at 4 hours. It is ready when it reaches 165°F and shreds easily.
- Drain only the excess liquid, keeping as much of the tomato sauce as possible so the shredded chicken stays moist.
- Boneless, skinless chicken thighs can be used in place of chicken breasts.
- Refrigerate leftover chicken for up to 4 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
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Nutrition
Serving: 3tacos, Calories: 474kcal, Carbohydrates: 44.5g, Protein: 45.5g, Fat: 13.5g, Saturated Fat: 2.5g, Cholesterol: 124.5mg, Sodium: 470.5mg, Fiber: 9.5g, Sugar: 4g
- WW Points: 6