crack of the week: crockpot shredded chicken

we broke out the slow cooker on sunday and I am soooo glad we did.

taco night was a weekly tradition, but we have been eating a bit healthier around here, so it hasn’t been as frequent.

we made shredded chicken tacos, and had enough chicken leftover to top off our salads last night and also to put into a whole wheat wrap for lunch at work today.

I am not joking at all when I say, it. is. so. good.

This recipe is as easy as it gets + healthy too.

winner winner chicken dinner

(ha. see what I did there? this is why Andy Cohen is my imaginary best friend.)

Shredded Crock Pot Chicken

adapted from tatertots and jello

4 chicken breasts (frozen or fresh)

1 can of salsa (16 oz.)

1 can of sweet corn (drained)

2tsp. Mrs. Dash Fiesta Lime Seasoning **we didn’t have this on hand so left it out**

4 limes — 2 limes, freshly squeezed and 2 more for garnishing

**soooo just 2 limes, because my food photography is so beautiful it needs no garnish. duh**

1 can Green Chilis (4.5 ounces)

Place chicken in the crock pot on high, combine the other ingredients and pour over the chicken.

Cook on high 6-7 hours if the chicken breasts are frozen, 4-5 hours if the chicken breasts are fresh.

About an hour before serving, shred the chicken with two forks in the crockpot.

For chicken tacos, serve with warm tortillas, fresh chopped tomatoes, fresh cilantro, shredded cheese, sour cream and salsa.

We use 0% Greek Yogurt for the sour cream, you cannot tell the difference at all when it’s mixed with other flavors.

This stuff was SO good that I actually think I will be able to eat chicken with some quinoa and veggies for dinner when I want to be super healthy and not hate it. I hate eating a plain chicken breast… I can’t do it – it just grosses me out.

and just so you truly believe me that it’s delicious, I’ll tell you about something that I made that is not.

I made those PB+J cookies I posted about.

They were NOT so good.

I even made a second batch using a different kind of oats because I thought maybe I did it wrong…. but no…. they were just bad.

skinny taste recipes are always so good, so I don’t know what happened?

I’ll stick to these healthy peanut butter cookies instead which are delicious.

Comments

Gracie ( withstyleandalittlegrace ) says: March 4, 2014 at 4:30 pm

That looks so delicious. I am always looking for easy weekly crockpot recipes!
Shelby {Recent Somethings} says: March 4, 2014 at 5:18 pm

Holy moly, 4 chicken breasts would feed us for days, too! I always just do one and it's perfect for tacos, but I'll be doubling up (and adding green chiles) next round.
Madison {Madison Elizabeth Designs} says: March 10, 2014 at 5:40 am

just got a slow cooker and made chili last week. totally going to try this chicken taco with the greek yogurt this week! thanks for the idea:)