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Mexican Shredded Chicken Recipe

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Last week I posted a recipe for shredded beef for tacos, here is another great taco filling recipe, this time for shredded chicken. This recipe combines flavors such as tomato sauce, salsa, cumin, garlic, chili powder and taco seasoning to create some delicious shredded chicken for tacos. If you don’t want to simmer the chicken in a pan, you can do this whole recipe in the slow cooker as well. This makes some great Mexican shredded chicken for your tacos or burritos. Enjoy.
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(Makes 4 Servings)

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  • Author: Bobby

Ingredients

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  • 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
  • 1 (4 ounces) can tomato sauce
  • A ¼ cup of salsa
  • 1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 2 garlic cloves (minced)
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • hot sauce (to taste)

 

Instructions

  1. In a medium saucepan add chicken breasts and tomato sauce. Bring to a boil; add salsa, taco seasoning, cumin, garlic, and chili powder.
  2. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
    Start pulling chicken apart with 2 forks into strings. Cover and cook for another 5 to 10 minutes.
  3. Add hot sauce. At this point, you can add water if needed as well if the sauce becomes too thick. Cook until chicken is fully cooked.

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Megan

Friday 5th of October 2012

LOVE this recipe! I use your homemade taco seasoning recipe for this and cook it in the slow cooker. I then make flautas with it! I get flour tortillas, put a little of refried beans down the middle, then put a bit of the shredded chicken over the beans, and I put a final layer of cheese on top of the chicken. Roll it up, spray with cooking spray and bake it in the oven till its crispy and serve with guacamole .....sooo good! Hubby raves about it!

Richard

Sunday 19th of August 2012

We're making quesadillas and thought we'd try this recipe for the chicken. It's cooking right now. Because of the sauce we're using in the q's we didn't put in the Chili Powder or hot sauce. We're also using a slow cooker. . . it is delicious. I love flexible recipes. Thanks for posting!

charles

Monday 18th of June 2012

My wife and I love this. She cooks it at least once a week. Very versatile.

cheyenne golding

Friday 1st of June 2012

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS RECIPE!!! :)

Carolyn

Friday 6th of April 2012

This was so flavorful and easy! Thanks for posting!!