Description
Easy and simple Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos take no time to throw together and always come out delicious!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/4 cup salsa
- 1 package taco seasoning (or 1/4 cup taco seasoning)
- 1.5 lbs chicken breast
- 1/3 cup fresh cilantro (chopped)
- juice from 1 lime
- 10 tortillas
- 1 1/4 cup cheese (cotija, cheddar, Mexican, or Monterey jack)
- Toppings: lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, pickled onions, sour cream, lime, tomato
Instructions
- Step: Mix together salsa and taco seasoning in the slow cooker. Add chicken.
- Step: Cook on high for 3 hours or low for 6 hours.
- Step: Remove chicken and shred it with 2 forks.
- Step: Return chicken to the slow cooker and mix in cilantro and lime juice.
- Step: Warm your tortillas and fill them with shredded chicken and your toppings.
Notes
If you can, I would recommend cooking it on low for 6 hours. The chicken will be even more juicy and tender.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 240 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 taco
- Calories: 244 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 520 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 21 g
- Cholesterol: 65 mg