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Shredded Chicken Soft Tacos

Shredded Chicken Soft Tacos are incredibly tasty. Soft flour tortillas are filled with flavorful pulled chicken, shredded cheddar cheese, shredded lettuce, and diced fresh tomato.

They are super easy and cook low and slow in your Crockpot slow cooker.

This lazy chicken recipe has just a few ingredients.

Easy Weeknight Chicken Tacos on a plate.
Easy Weeknight Chicken Tacos

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How to make Shredded Chicken Soft Tacos:

Add the chicken broth to a 4 quart slow cooker crock pot.

Sprinkle half the seasoning over the broth.

chicken broth and taco seasoning in a crock pot.

Place the chicken into the slow cooker.

boneless chicken and taco seasoned broth in a slow cooker.

Then sprinkle the rest of the seasoning on top of chicken.

more taco seasoning sprinkled over chicken in a crockpot.

Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours.

Once it’s ready, take two forks and shred chicken inside the slow cooker. Be careful because the pot is hot.

shredded chicken taco filling in a slow cooker.

Stir to combine with the juices.

Serve the chicken in the taco shells with your favorite toppings such as shredded cheddar, shredded lettuce, and diced tomato.

3 Lazy Tacos on a plate.
Lazy Tacos
3 Lazy Tacos on a plate.
Yield: 8 Tacos

Shredded Chicken Soft Tacos

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours
Total Time: 8 hours 5 minutes

Shredded Chicken Soft Tacos are incredibly tasty. They are super easy and cook low and slow in your Crockpot slow cooker. Soft flour tortillas are filled with flavorful pulled chicken, shredded cheddar cheese, shredded lettuce, and diced fresh tomato. This lazy chicken recipe has just a few ingredients.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound of boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1/4 cup of low sodium chicken broth
  • 1 package taco seasoning
  • 8 soft taco tortillas (or hard taco shells)
  • Optional toppings - shredded cheddar, shredded lettuce, diced tomato, sour cream, salsa, taco sauce, hot sauce, Pico de Gallo, etc.

Instructions

  1. Add the chicken broth to a 4 quart slow cooker crock pot.
  2. Sprinkle half the seasoning over the broth.
  3. Place the chicken into the slow cooker.
  4. Then sprinkle the rest of the seasoning on top of chicken.
  5. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours.
  6. Once it’s ready, take two forks and shred chicken inside the slow cooker. Be careful because the pot is hot.
  7. Stir to combine with the juices.
  8. Serve the chicken in the taco shells with your favorite toppings such as shredded cheddar, shredded lettuce, and diced tomato.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 253Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 53mgSodium: 389mgCarbohydrates: 25gFiber: 2gSugar: 1gProtein: 22g

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This recipe is adapted from my other site Zona Cooks and serves just 2 people.

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