Overwhelmed with Joy sponsors this recipe meme every Friday. Last week, she very kindly invited me to play along. I don’t have a lot of recipes that are 5 ingredients or less, but I do have one that I make all the time. It’s so easy, it’s not even really a recipe, more of an idea 🙂
It’s called Crockpot Shredded Chicken and it’s just 3 ingredients. Boneless, skinless chicken breasts, taco seasoning and salsa. We use this for all sorts of meals – I use it for enchiladas, we make Mexican wraps or soft chicken tortillas with the meat, and my favorite, a salad. Instead of using ground meat or ground turkey for a taco salad, I’ll use this chicken meat, and we’ll layer the salad the same way (lettuce, fat free tortilla chips, beans, salsa, avocado if I have it, cheese, sour cream, etc). We call it a chicken taco salad, and we like it! 🙂
Crockpot Shredded Chicken
2 boneless skinless chicken breast — frozen (2-3)
1/2 package taco seasoning mix (more if using more breasts)
1 cup salsa (enough to cover if using more meat)
Directions
Spray crockpot liner. Place 2-3 frozen boneless chicken breasts in bottom and sprinkle taco seasoning over the top of them. Cover with salsa. Cook on high 2-3 hours until done. Remove breasts and shred using 2 forks or knife and fork. Return meat mixture to pan to mix with salsa mixture and heat through.
Doubles or triples easily!
Yeah! I can’t wait to show this one to my husband. Yet another reason I need a crock pot for Christmas. He looooves tacos and such. Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful to have such a flexible useful recipe! We love mexican, it is our favorite! Thanks! 🙂
This looks delicious and simple. I love mexican food! Thanks bunches for a great recipe!
Ohh girl…I am already planning on making this something this weekend. Also going to try the Cheesebuger Soup 🙂
Thanks! Gotta love the easy ideas, they make the week a breeze 😀
Jenn
Thanks! I was just talking yesterday about making chicken tacos instead of beef so I’ll try this next week.
Yet another excellent recipe that you’ve shared. Thanks so much for participating in my Five Ingredient Friday recipe exchange!
Going forward, here’s what I think I’m going to do. I’m going to change the name to “Favorite Ingredients Friday” and allow my participants to decide how many ingredients they want to post, while encouraging them to keep it as simple as possible. 🙂 What do you think?
I am so going to make this.
Yum, this sounds good. I have to try it soon. Thanks for sharing! =)
Sounds delicious. Thanks!
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