August 4, 2024 7 Comments
This easy slow cooker chicken tacos recipe is popular on Snack Girl.
Why? Because you just put the ingredients in a slow cooker and you get healthy food that people love (and there are no points in Blue and Purple for WW members).
For other low-point chicken breast recipes, check out: Grilled Chicken Breasts and Healthy Slow Cooker Butter Chicken.
Robin asked me to repost it and I have to say that I am taking requests. I like to revisit popular recipes because new people join Snack Girl every day.
I make this recipe often for my family, so I redid the photos for this post. It’s not easy to make it look as good as it tastes.
I purchased taco seasoning for this recipe, but I chose one that has less sodium than the cheaper brands. I also included a homemade taco seasoning recipe below.
I use fresh salsa because I like the flavor, but you can use whatever you have on hand. This recipe can be a great pantry staple since all the ingredients can be kept on hand.
All you have to do is put the chicken in the pot and add the garlic and taco seasoning. Cover with everything else and turn the pot on. Go outside! Take a nap! Come back and eat dinner 3-6 hours later.
How easy is that?
The great thing about this slow cooker chicken tacos recipe is that it combines corn and beans with the chicken, so you get a “stew” type filling with lots of flavors.
Plus, you can add some corn and beans to the chicken meat (which is very lean), making it low in calories compared to cooked ground beef.
This made enough for my family of four and then some. We froze more than half of it for another night.
Do you have an easy slow cooker chicken tacos recipe? Please share.
Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos Recipe
Makes 24 servings (1/2 cup)
Preparation time: 5 min.
Cooking time: 3 hours
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Ingredients
3 chicken breasts, skinless and boneless (about 3 pounds)
1 packet taco seasoning or homemade taco seasoning (see below)
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 15-ounce cans black beans, rinsed
1 pound frozen corn
16 ounces jarred or fresh salsa
Instructions
Place chicken in the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker and sprinkle seasonings and garlic over the top. Add beans, corn, and salsa and cook for 6 hours on low or 3 hours on high.
Once the filling is ready, take two forks and shred the chicken. Serve with taco shells, chopped avocado, tomato and lettuce.
homemade taco seasoning – Combine 2 teaspoons cumin, 1 tablespoon chili powder, 1 minced garlic clove, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and use in place of the packaged seasoning.
nutritional information
A ½ cup serving of taco filling is 103 calories, 1.8 grams fat, 0.5 grams saturated fat, 10.8 grams carbohydrates, 1.4 grams sugar, 11.3 grams protein, 2.5 grams fiber, 173 mg sodium, 2 green, 0 blue, 0 purple WW SmartPts
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