Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos (+ Instant Pot Instructions)
Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos (+ Instant Pot Instructions)
Want the easiest way to make chicken tacos? We love this slow cooker version with salsa, taco seasoning, cilantro, and more. You’ll never find an easier way to enjoy a taco!
We love chicken tacos, but sometimes we leave in the middle of the day and these slow cooker tacos are just the thing. Make this with your favorite meat, substituting the chicken for pork or beef.
Chicken Tacos in a Crock Pot!
You guys know how much we love Mexican food!
We’ve been making and eating tacos for as long as I can remember, and we used to always have tacos. We wanted to come up with another recipe that was delicious but didn’t require deep frying and decided a slow cooker was the way to go.
With a sauce and seasoning mix and chicken cooked in a crock pot, today’s recipe happens to be so delicious and easy. This is definitely a great way to prepare dinner in no time, perfect for school days or even crazy days.
How to Make Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos
We love using our homemade salsa recipe for these Crockpot Chicken Tacos, but store bought works too!
Simply combine salsa, lime juice, taco seasoning and cilantro in the slow cooker. Place chicken breasts on top of salsa mixture and sprinkle with garlic salt and pepper. Spoon the salsa over the chicken breasts, cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 7-8 hours.
When done, remove the chicken from the slow cooker, shred with a fork, and serve back in the slow cooker, making sure to heat the slow cooker.
You can serve this delicious chicken in tortillas, flour tortillas, or even lettuce wraps.
To crisp up tortillas: Add olive oil to a frying pan. Heat the tortillas until they are hot and crispy. Put it on a paper towel.
Instant Pot Instructions: Easy and quick to make in the Instant Pot, chicken gets tender and delicious.
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- Cook manually and set timer to 5-8 minutes. (Check your manual for specific times) The pot will take about 10 minutes to pressurize and then start the countdown.
- When the pot beeps, let the steam out before removing the lid.
Recipe Notes, Tips + Toppings
Keep in mind some of these taco tips and do’s and don’ts:
- If you are using bones in chicken, be sure to remove the skin.
- Replace the chicken with an equal amount of beef or pork
- Use Homemade Taco Seasoning
- Add jalapeños to taste
- This chicken taco meat is also delicious in burritos, tacos, burritos, enchiladas, salads, nachos, soups
leftovers Taco can be stored in an airtight container for up to 5 days in the refrigerator or up to 6 months in the refrigerator!
Want some more big ideas and side dishes to go with these tacos. Check out these suggestions:
Taco Ingredients:
taco options
Here are some of our favorite side dishes to pair with tacos:
both sides:
main course
Mexico food
Prep time 5 minutes
7 hours cooking time
Total time 7 hours 5 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 221 kcal
by Lil’ Luna
- 16 ounces salsa
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1 package taco seasoning
- 3 tablespoons cilantro chopped
- 3 pounds chicken breasts (3 chicken breasts)
- garlic salt
- black pepper
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Combine salsa, lime juice, taco seasoning and cilantro in slow cooker. Place chicken breasts on top of salsa mixture and sprinkle with garlic salt and pepper.
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Spoon the salsa over the chicken breasts, cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 7-8 hours.
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When done, remove the chicken from the slow cooker, shred with a fork, and serve back in the slow cooker, making sure to heat the slow cooker.