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Cilantro Lime Chicken Tacos In The Slow Cooker Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Keni / All my dishes 7 months, 1 week ago An easy, healthy, flavorful chicken recipe that's great as a taco filling. Prep:10m Cook:480m Servings:6	Keni
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Ingredients

2 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 1/2 cups salsa

2 limes

2 T chili powder

1/2 t cumin

1/2-1 cayenne pepper

salt and fresh ground pepper

about 12 full sprigs fresh cilantro

2 cups Pepperjack or Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

3 green onions, chopped

sour cream

flour tortillas

Directions

Place rinsed chicken in crock pot and add juice from both limes, chili powder and salsa.

Tie or band cilantro together and drop on top of chicken along with lime halves(don't worry, these will all be fished out, later :)

Cook on low about 8 hours or so.

When tender enough to shred, remove lime halves and cilantro, and shred in pot using two forks. Stir well and add remaining seasoning.

Set your slow cooker to lowest setting(I use warm) and continue to simmer about 30 minutes. (I use this time to prepare rice)

To serve, warm tortilla in dry skillet until just beginning to toast but are still flexible.

Add a spoonful of chicken mixture to tortilla and add cheese, sour cream, green onions, and more cilantro, as desired.

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Comments

5thsister 7 months, 1 week ago said:
Oh yeah! I can taste it already!

myrna 7 months, 1 week ago said:
This looks great and so easy!

binky67 7 months, 1 week ago said:
Yummmers!

juels 7 months, 1 week ago said:
Mmmmm....looks and sounds delicious! Great spices here, too!

justjakesmom 7 months, 1 week ago said:
Sounds great, Keni! ;') (how ya been?)

tupelohoney17 4 months, 1 week ago said:
A keeper! 5 forks-thanks for the great post!

lilliancooks 3 months, 3 weeks ago said:
This sounds great! I just have one question...you mention lemons in the directions but I only see limes in the ingredients list. Should we use both?

keni 3 months ago said:
Nope, Lillian, you should just point such mistakes out for me, so I can fix them! :) Thanks, darlin'...I changed it. It's just limes. :)

larkspur 2 weeks ago said:
I made these the other night and they were great! Because I needed some lime zest for a recipe, I peeled some off of the lime halves before putting them in the crock pot...that wasn't such a good idea, because they made the chicken slightly bitter. But that was my own fault for doing something stupid, and I can tell that this is a great recipe because the meat was still so tender and tasty even with my dumb mistake! Other than that, I made it exactly as written. The meat was delicious with sour cream, lettuce, olives, and cheese in a whole wheat tortilla. Thanks for sharing!

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