Crockpot Chicken Tacos

Top these Crockpot Chicken Tacos made with Rotel tomatoes, with your favorite taco fixings for an easy homestyle fiesta any night of the week.

Ingredients to Make Crockpot Chicken Tacos Recipe

The technique for making these slow cooker chicken tacos is homemade taco perfection. Tender seasoned chicken breasts simmered in the slow cooker results in pull apart taco goodness. The prep time couldn’t be simpler, it takes about 5 minutes to pull together and the slow cooker does the rest. This type of Mexican food is a regular dinner rotation at our house. Apart from the warm and earthy seasonings, it’s not difficult to pull together and a great way to get the kids to add veggies to their meal. Ingredients to make simple Rotel Chicken Tacos in a crock pot: (Scroll down for full printable recipe card.)

• Chicken Breasts: Four 8 ounce boneless skinless chicken breasts.
• Taco Seasoning: Use a really good quality of taco seasoning  that you enjoy.
• Olive Oil: Olive oil or vegetable oil to drizzle the chicken before seasoning.
• Canned Tomatoes: One can Rotel Tomatoes. I used Rotel Chili Fixins.
• Pantry Seasonings: Salt and granulated garlic or garlic powder.
• Tomato Paste: Tomato paste will thicken the cooking liquid.
• Tortillas: Warm tortillas or crunchy taco shells for serving.
• Assorted Toppings: Shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, salsa or diced tomatoes, sour cream, black olives or any of your favorite toppings.

How to Make the Best Crockpot Chicken Tacos Recipe

The beauty of tacos is, you can start with a flavorful pulled chicken, pork or beef and personalize the rest to your taste. Thanks to your crockpot, this pulled chicken has all of the makings of a weekday dinner fiesta ready in minutes.

• Prepare Slow Cooker -Spray the crock of a 6-quart oval slow cooker with cooking spray or fit with a disposable liner.
• Season the Chicken – Use a paper towel to pat dry chicken breasts, drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle chicken pieces with taco seasoning. Rub into chicken pieces on all sides.
• Transfer to Slow Cooker – Place chicken breasts in a single layer on the bottom of the crockpot. Drizzle lightly with additional olive oil.
• Rotel Tomatoes – Pour the rotel tomatoes over the chicken pieces. Season with salt and garlic.
• Cook – Place cover firmly on top. Cook on low for 5 hours or on high for 3-4 hours or until the chicken is fork tender.
• Shred the Rotel Chicken Breasts – Using 2 forks shred the chicken, stir into the tomato sauce.
• Serve – Serve on warm corn or flour tortillas or make chicken burritos or make burrito bowls with lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, diced avocado, sliced jalapeno, cilantro, tortilla chips or any of your favorite taco toppings.

Tips for Making Crockpot Chicken Tacos

• Kitchen Tools You’ll Need: One 6 quart slow cooker, measuring cup, measuring spoon, forks for shredding the chicken.
• Use Your Favorite Brand of Taco Seasoning: For the very best results and to get the greatest flavor, it’s important to start with a quality taco seasoning blend, as this provides the basis of flavor for the entire dish.
• Make Your Own Homemade Taco Seasoning: 5 teaspoons paprika, 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt, 1 1/4 teaspoons garlic powder or granulated garlic, 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cumin, 1 1/4 teaspoons onion powder, 1 teaspoon dark chili powder, 1 teaspoon oregano (Preferably Mexican), 1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper and 1/2 teaspoon ground ancho chili pepper or cayenne pepper. (Adjust to taste)
• How to Serve Chicken Tacos: To serve, warm a stack of flour or corn tortillas and, fill them with shredded chicken, cheese or a sprinkle of queso fresco then top with your choice of crisp chopped lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, Mexican corn, salsa, sour cream or any of your favorite taco toppings. Serve with fresh lime wedges on the side. You may like to drizzle your tacos with this recipe for cilantro-lime crema from My Recipes.
• Uses for Leftovers: You can use this Rotel chicken taco meat to make shredded chicken tacos, salads, burritos, enchiladas, tamales or scoop it over Mexican rice with a side of black beans or pinto beans.

Recipe Variations for Pulled Chicken Tacos

• Chicken: You could make these tacos using boneless, skinless chicken thighs.
• Tomatoes Substitutions: You can expand the flavor of this easy chicken taco recipe using any flavor of Rotel tomatoes that you enjoy. Should you choose to use classic Rotel tomatoes with green chiles you may need to adjust the amount of taco seasoning in the recipe to suit your taste.
• Chili Seasoned Tomatoes: Chili Fixin’s are a type of Rotel tomatoes that includes seasonings like cumin and chili powder. You can use another brand of chili seasoned diced tomatoes, instead.

Storage and Leftovers

• Leftovers: Store leftover Crockpot Shredded Chicken Tacos in an airtight container chilled in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Freezer Storage: Cool shredded taco chicken and freeze for up to 2 months. Thaw in the fridge and reheat just before serving.

More Crockpot and Slow Cooker Recipes to Make

The terms crockpot and slow cooker are used interchangeably. Crock Pot is a brand that’s become synonymous with slow cooking. Slow cookers, regardless of the brand, are a busy cook’s best friend. A few other Southern style recipes to try:

• Slow Cooked Spanish Chicken and Rice is a colorful and delicious one pot meal.
• Slow Cooked Italian Beef Hoagies are made with tender chuck roast.
• Crockpot Pasta Casserole for Italian night at home.
• Slow Cooked Pulled Pork Tacos for carnitas night at home are tender and succulent.
• Smothered Crockpot Pork Chops simmer in a delicious gravy with mushrooms and onions.
• For game day and those nachos for dinner kinds of nights, you’ll love my recipe for  Slow Cooker Queso Blanco Dip.
• Slow Cooked Cowboy Casserole is a one pot meal.
• Slow Cooked Fiesta Chicken and Rice packed with color and flavor, too.

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Helpful Kitchen Items:

• Crockpot
• Measuring Set
• Kitchen Utensils
• Tortilla Warmer