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This healthy chicken taco recipe is a throw-an-go crock pot meal that is perfect for busy nights. Simply add the ingredients to the slow cooker and dinner is ready!
Easy Chicken Recipes
I love easy chicken breast recipes. Bags of frozen chicken breasts are a convenient way to get dinner ready fast. This healthy chicken taco recipe can be made into chicken tacos, chicken taco salad, chicken enchiladas or even chicken nachos–they’re all crowd pleasers. (It also helps when they come with a heaping helping of guacamole.)
Healthy Chicken Taco Recipe: a Throw and Go Meal
I also love “throw and go” crock pot recipes. It’smy affectionate term for crock pot recipes that require very little preparation but still produce tasty results.This recipe for chicken tacos meets both requirements. As an added bonus, it eliminates the high sodium levels and mystery ingredients found in taco seasoning packets making them a healthy dinner choice.
It’s the perfect meal for nights when you’re too busy to cook. Maybe I should call these Never Too Busy To Cook Chicken Tacos.
Bonus tip: Make a double batch and freeze half of the chicken taco meat for an even easier dinner option.
Healthy Chicken Taco Recipe
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- Author: Bren
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 360 minutes
- Total Time: 365 minutes
- Yield: 10 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: crock pot
- Cuisine: Mexican
Description
This easy and delicious chicken taco recipe cooks in your crock pot (no defrosting) and eliminates taco seasoning packets. It’s perfect for busy days.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 –2.5 lbs bag of frozen chicken tenders or boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 tbsp chili powder
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp garlic or onion powder (not salt)
- ¼ tsp oregano
Instructions
- Place frozen chicken into the crock pot. Do not thaw!
- Dump the spices onto the chicken.
- Cook on high for 5-6 hours or low for 8-9 hours
- Stir to combine spices, shred chicken in crock pot
- Serve with your favorite taco toppings. We love our soft shell tacos with cheese, lettuce, diced tomatoes, salsa, and homemade guacamole.
- Enjoy your homemade dinner.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 cup
- Calories: 78
- Sugar: 0.1
- Sodium: 73.3
- Fat: 1.9
- Carbohydrates: 1.2
- Protein: 13.6
- Cholesterol: 43.1
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Stephanie
This is our go-to taco recipe now. It’s so easy and delicious! Thanks for sharing it!
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Bren
🙂
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Nicole
This is very good. I did add a little salsa as I used defrosted chicken and I didn’t want everything to stick/burn in the slow cooker.
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Bren
Thanks, Nicole! I’m glad you enjoyed the recipe. It is good with salsa!
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Amy
Bren, some time can you please share your favorite seasoning mix recipes? I think a set of them would make a great holiday gift set. Taco mix, dry rub, etc. I just love your simple but healthier alternatives!
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Dawn @ Reveal Natural Health
Thanks for teaching me the easiest way to cook chicken for recipes! I am planning to make a homemade chicken bacon ranch pizza for dinner tonight and I have got the chicken cooking in the crock pot right now so it will be ready when it comes time to add it to the pizza. I used to partially defrost chicken, cut it into chunks and then cook it in a pan stove top. This way using the crock pot is so much easier.
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Bren
I hope you are posting your pizza recipe, sounds delicious! Glad I could make the recipe a bit more simple.
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Anna
Making these for the second time!
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Bren
I’m glad you like them! They are such an easy option, we eat them once a week… or more.
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Patti Shaffer
Love your chicken tacos Bren. I added can of drained black beans and small can of tex-mex corn drained for full meal deal.
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Bren
I’m glad you liked the recipe, Patti. Your version sounds delicious! Did you add the beans and corn before cooking?
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Jennifer Miller
These were fabulous when we had them with you. I’m going to add it to my freezer dinner list.
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Bren
They are a go-to meal in this house. Glad you enjoyed them!
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