Make the easiest Chicken Tacos ever in your slow cooker! This four-ingredient Mexican chicken is perfect for weeknights and incredibly flavorful.
Grab the tortillas because you want to make these slow-cooker chicken tacos! This is a super easy chicken taco recipe – all you need are four ingredients, a slow cooker, and your favorite taco toppings.
I have been making this slow cooker chicken taco recipe for years, but I never shared it with you before. I thought for a long time it was too simple – I mean, it’s literally four ingredients and you just dump everything in the crockpot and forget about it.
But then I shared it on my Instagram stories and I got tons of requests for the recipe. My daughter decided she wanted to make it but when she couldn’t find the recipe on my blog she was like, “mom, you need to post it!”.
So, here we are and I can’t wait for you to try it. Sometimes the best things in life are the simplest things, right? Well, it doesn’t get any simpler than this slow cooker chicken taco meat.
If you need super easy dinner recipe for taco night, be sure to save this chicken taco recipe! It’s saves me when life gets busy and everyone at our house loves it. Your family will, too!
Reader’s Review
“These tacos are so easy to make and oh so delicious! Perfect weeknight meal!” – Vikki
how to make 4-ingredient chicken tacos
Place all of the ingredients in your slow cooker. Set the slow cooker to the low setting, cover with a lid and cook the chicken for 4-6 hours; high for 2-3 hours.
Once throughly cooked, remove the chicken using a slotted spoon and either coarsely chop (as pictured below) or shred it. We prefer to serve this chicken chopped just for a visual appeal reasons.
Add the chicken back to the slow cooker and stir to combine it with the sauce.
You can serve this crock pot chicken with flour tortillas, corn tortillas, or crunchy taco shells.
Chicken Taco Toppings
There are so many ways to serve up these easy tacos! Here are some of our favorite taco toppings – mix and match them and let everyone help themselves.
- Chopped cilantro or parsley
- Squeeze some fresh lime juice over the top
- Sour cream
- Guacamole or diced avocado
- Salsa or pico de gallo
- Diced jalapenos or bell peppers
- Shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, and sliced black olives
Recipe Tips & Substitutions
more Ways to Serve Crock Pot Chicken
I’ve used this chicken taco recipe to make all kinds of dinner – it’s so versatile.
Salad: Make a chicken taco salad with lettuce, tomatoes, black beans, corn, and add your favorite dressing – we love taco ranch dressing! Sprinkle some crushed tortilla chips over the top for crunch.
Quesadillas: Sandwich the chicken between large tortillas with cheese and salsa. Cook in a hot skillet until the tortillas are crispy and golden in spots. Serve with salsa or queso on the side for dipping.
Nachos: Top tortilla chips with the meat, cheese, beans, and salsa. Bake until the cheese melts and then add your favorite toppings.
Burritos: Wrap it up in large flour tortillas with cilantro rice, pinto beans, salsa, and cheese. Or pile it on rice in bowls to make burrito bowls with all of your favorite veggies and toppings
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Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos
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Equipment
- Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast cubed
- 1 can Rotel Original Diced Tomatoes with Green Chiles 10 ounces
- 10 ounces salsa
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 7 ounces diced green chiles *Optional for flavor.
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients in your slow cooker.
- Set the slow cooker to the low setting, cover with a lid and cook for 6 hours.
- Remove chicken and shred. Turn off the slow cooker.
- Add the shredded chicken back into the slow cooker, stirring to combine and serve.
We love tacos at our house and I cannot wait to use my slow cooker for some amazing tacos!
Delicious and easy? Now you’re speaking my language! That looks so good!
These Chicken Tacos are just so adorable! Love it!
The flavors in here are absolutely delicious! Thank you so much for this easy recipe!
This stuff is so good. We love it on burritos.
Now I know what I will make for dinner tonight. Love the idea to make in the slow cooker!
This is our new favorite tacos recipe! Everyone in my house love these tacos!
These tacos are so easy to make and oh so delicious! Perfect weeknight meal!
Always my go to recipe for chicken tacos! A fan favorite in my home!
I love to use slow cooker and this is a must try recipe! I can’t believe I need only 4 ingredients!
Chicken tacos are so good! This recipe looks amazing
Wow these tacos were were so delicious and flavorful!
Looks so delish! Adding on our weeknight dinner rotation!
Looks incredibly delicious! Need to make this soon!
This is a dinner staple! Thanks for the easy recipe!!!
Do you think I could add sone velveeta or cream cheese to this mix and it would be okay??? Thanks.
Yes, to both and it would be so good!
Absolutely delicious! I’m making this for family again tomorrow. If I use 6 chicken breasts instead of 3 do you think I need to double the recipe?
Yes!
Can you cook on high instead? How long?
Yes, you can 2 2/2 to 4 hours; I have found that it really varies depending on the slow cooker and how big your chicken breast are.
Outstanding. Very simple to make. Whole family loved it. Used large boneless/skinless chicken breasts; cut back on adobo chiles. So yummy. Will definitely make again.
These slow cooker chicken tacos are a game-changer for weeknight dinners! The chicken comes out so tender and flavorful, and the convenience of using the slow cooker is fantastic!
It’s beyond delicious! That is definitely must make!
Looks so good! Can’t wait to have this for my dinner!
You simply can’t go wrong with tacos – especially when they are so easy and delicious like these.
This is one of my favorite go to recipes! So easy, so many things you can do with it, and everybody always loves it.
The chicken in this recipe turned out so good. Yum!
I tried the slow cooker chicken tacos with just four ingredients, and they turned out amazing! The simplicity of the recipe and the flavorful outcome—it’s a busy day lifesaver!