Stewed Chicken Taco Meat

babyparentingguide's Note:

This meat is delicious and kind of like what's served in the soft chicken tacos at Taco Cabana

• Total Time: 6 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 -3 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 2 tablespoons low-sodium taco seasoning
• 1 garlic clove , passed through a press
• 1 (10 ounce) can Ro-Tel tomatoes
• 1 cup colby-monterey jack cheese
• 1 cup chicken broth or 1 cup stock

Directions:

1. Put all ingredients except cheese in crockpot and cook on low for 6 hours.
2. Use two forks to shred the chicken into chunks.
3. Add cheese and stir.
4. Serve immediately in tacos or use as a filling for enchiladas.
5. You can also use chicken breasts, but it turns out drier and not as tasty.

Reviews

[Chef floWer]

21 Feb 2007 - I don't have a crockpot and it would be unfair to rate it with stars as it's not a true indication to the recipe. What I did was added sliced chicken thighs and garlic in a heated an oiled pan. Cooked until the thighs were slightly brown, I added can tomatoes pieces with some jalapeno pepper (As I don't have Ro-Tel Tomatoes and read on Zaar Dictionary that this could be a substitute), taco seasoning and chicken stock. I cooked it until most of the liquid had evaporated. Then put together the taco shells with the chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, cheddar cheese (known as tasty in Australia). Topped it with some Verdi sauce. Thank you babyparentingguide the flavour was delicious - UPDATE: I finally purchased a crock pot and made this recipe. We really enjoyed it, the chicken was so tender! I sill substituted the Ro-Tel tomatoes and colby-monterey jack cheese because they both are not available in my region. I used flour tortillas instead of the taco shells - Thank you once again babyparentingguide

[camfan54]

Great! My fiance doesn't care for chicken and bit into his first taco and said 'oh, yeah'. He are them for the next 3 meals. Plan on making this a regular in our house. I did 1lb breasts and 1lb thighs with 1/2 cup 2% cheese. That made about 20 tacos worth at 2 Weight Watchers Points Plus per taco serving! It was about a 1/4a cup of meat too!

[yumyumum]

Thank you for sharing! I made this last night for our NYE taco bar....it was a big hit!