Trying to eat healthier but hate how labor intensive it can be? What if I told you that with only a handful of ingredients and a few minutes of active time, you could have delicious taco meat that is under 150 calories for every 4 ounces and so delicious you wouldn’t even know it’s healthy! This recipe is it, just throw everything in a crock pot, and you have dinner in 4 hours! What could be simpler? This recipe is also perfect for freezing so don’t worry it makes 12 servings (though you probably wont have leftovers after tasting it)!
This recipe produces just the right amount of liquid so that the chicken is moist without liquid pooling at the bottom of the crock pot so you can say good bye to soggy tacos! But don’t limit yourself there, this meat would also be great in burritos, quesadillas, salads, and more!
Ingredients
- 3 lb chicken breast
- 6 tbsp taco seasoning
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- 3½ oz yellow onion about ½ small onion, thinly sliced
- ½ oz Serrano peppers about 2 peppers, finely diced
- 3½ oz jalapeno peppers about 3 large peppers, finely diced
- 1 lime juiced
- 14½ oz can Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes with Garlic any kind of diced tomatoes will work
Instructions
- Season chicken breasts with taco seasoning and place in a single layer at the bottom of a crock pot. Add garlic, onion, Serrano peppers, and jalapeno peppers. Top off with lime juice and diced tomatoes and cover.
- Cook on high for 4 hours. After 4 hours, shred chicken and return to crock pot, stirring well to ensure even distribution of vegetables and chicken. I like to shred the chicken in the crock pot with a hand mixer on low speed. This not only shreds the chicken in less than a minute, it mixes all the ingredients too! Use meat on tacos, burritos, salads, or quesadillas! Enjoy!
