Slow cooked chicken breasts or thighs in a crock pot with tomatoes, onions, peppers and spices. Similar to pork carnitas. Serve on corn or flour taco shells.
Prep Time: 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 8 hourshours
Total Time: 8 hourshours5 minutesminutes
Servings: 10
Ingredients
5chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
1candiced tomatoes, (28oz) can
1onion, diced
1red pepper, diced
2jalapeno peppers, minced (seeds removed)
1/2tbspcumin
1/2tbsppaprika
1tspcoriander
1tspcinnamon
1tspcayenne pepper
1tspsalt
Instructions
Place all the ingredients in a crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours.
Once the cooking time is done, take the chicken out of the crock pot dish and shred with two forks.
Strain the juice out of the crock pot into a bowl to reserve. Leave the cooked tomatoes, onions and peppers in the crock pot. Mix in the shredded chicken. If the mixture seems too dry, add a bit of the reserved liquid.
Serve the mixture on taco shells with desired toppings like: cheese, salsa, guacamole, sour cream, chopped jalapenos or fresh cilantro. Squeeze some fresh lime juice on as well!
This mixture is also great on salad or even nacho chips.