Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos with Avocado-Cilantro Sauce

Simple chicken tacos topped with an easy and flavorful avocado-cilantro sauce. Awesome for a weeknight dinner or for a crowd.

Chicken Taco Meat

• 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 cup salsa
• 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
• salt if your taco seasoning doesn’t contain it

Avocado-Cilantro Sauce

• 1 avocado peeled and seeded
• 1 medium jalapeno stemmed and quartered
• 1/2 cup cilantro leaves
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 cloves garlic peeled
• 2 teaspoons white vinegar
• salt to taste

Toppings

• 8 tortillas flour or corn
• queso fresco crumbled
• red onion diced
• fresh cilantro chopped
• avocado sliced or diced
• other toppings as desired

INSTRUCTIONS

• In a slow cooker, combine all ingredients and stir. Don’t add water. Cover. Cook on low for 5 to 6 hours, or cook on high for 3-3 1/2 hours.
• Shred the chicken breasts with a hand mixer or with two forks. Return the shredded chicken to the Crockpot if you shredded it by hand. See Note for more detail.
• Stir shredded chicken together with the sauce. Cook uncovered on high 30 minutes or on low 60 minutes.
• Make the avocado-cilantro sauce: combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender and process until very smooth with additional salt to taste.
• Heat tortillas. By microwave: wrap all tortillas in a couple of very lightly damp paper towels and microwave about 20 seconds or until warm. By skillet: heat a medium or large skillet, preferably cast iron, over medium heat until warm. Working one at a time, add a tortilla and cook until light brown spots appear on the bottom side, about 15 seconds. Flip and repeat, cooking about 15 seconds. Repeat with remaining tortillas, covering in a clean kitchen towel to keep warm.
• Make tacos: use tongs to portion shredded chicken into warm tortillas. Drizzle avocado-cilantro sauce over. Top with crumbled queso fresco or shredded cheese, chopped red onions, or other toppings, as desired.

Nutrition, per one serving. Recipe makes 4 servings.

Calories: 382

Carbs: 40 g

Protein: 24g

Fat: 13g