Crock Pot Chicken Baked Tacos
A weekend Mexican dinner. Ready in about 4 hours 40 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.
- 25 minPrep (about)
- 4 hr 15 minCook (about)
- 4 hr 40 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- More effortDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 4 chicken breasts
Fresh & other
- 1 tsp garlic
- 1 can refried beans
- 12 hard taco shells
- 2 cups shredded mexican cheese
- Halved grape tomato
- Sliced and Seeded jalapeno
- Peeled and Sliced avocado
- 3 tbsp sour cream
- 1 tbsp milk
Sauces & oils
- 1 vinaigrette dressing
- 2 tbsp green salsa
Spices & seasonings (2): cumin, smoked paprika
- 1 ½ tbsp cumin
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Put your uncooked chicken breasts in the crock pot.
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Pour your full bottle of salad dressing over your chicken.
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Sprinkle the rest of your ingredients over the top.
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Mix them in a bit using a spoon.
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Cover your crock pot with the lid.
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Cook on high for 4 hours.
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Remove all your chicken breasts from the crock pot.
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Let cool.
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Shred the chicken breasts.
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Move to a glass bowl.
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Pour most of your liquid over the shredded chicken.
- FOR THE TACOS
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Make your guacamole sauce by mixing your avocado and green salsa together.
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Pour the guacamole mix through a strainer until smooth.
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Move to a squeeze bottle.
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Cut your tip off your lid of your squeeze bottle to make your opening more wide if needed.
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Make your sour cream sauce by mixing your sour cream and milk together till you get more liquid sour cream sauce.
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Move to a squeeze bottle.
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Fill all 12+ tacos with a layer shredded cheese, cooked chicken and of refried beans in a 9x 13 glass baking dish.
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Bake at 450 for 10-15 minutes until the cheese is melted and bubbling.
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Out of the oven top all your tacos with cilantro, jalapeno and the sliced grape tomaotes.
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Finish using a drizzle of guacamole and sour cream.
On the side: Rice and beans
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (25 min)
- Rinse the rice. Simmer it covered in 2 cups of water for about 18 minutes.
- Warm the refried beans in a small pot, stirring, until hot.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.