So maybe this column comes a little late to you, but I have discovered the golden key to chicken tacos.
This probably would’ve been better for the Super Bowl, but I feel extremely confident that my readers can find multiple other excuses to make chicken taco meat.
Who doesn’t love nachos? Who doesn’t like tacos? Who doesn’t love eating nachos or tacos while watching anything on television? I rest my case.
This is going to be easy, and after that complicated cheesecake I made last week, it made me extremely happy.
The recipe is the perfect addition to any college student or busy person’s cookbook.
Grab all your friends, plan a game day or movie night and, most importantly, plan on consuming some great chicken tacos.
Leave the laboring to your Crock-Pot and get on with it.
Taco Nachos
Here's what you'll need:
1 or 2 pounds of chicken breasts
1 jar of salsa of your choosing
1 package of taco seasoning
Here's what you'll do:
1. Make sure the chicken breasts are thawed and chop them up in large chunks of about two inches each.
2. Get out your Crock-Pot and add the chicken. For each chicken breast of large proportion (about 1 pound), add one jar of salsa. The same rule works for the taco seasoning. For each pound of chicken, add half a package of taco seasoning. (Note: If you would like spicier meat, use spicier salsa and spicier taco seasoning).
3. Cook the meat on low for three hours or until the chicken breaks apart with a fork.
4. Once the chicken does break apart easily, use the fork to shred the chicken and mix together with all the sauce in the Crock-Pot.
5. Serve on top of tortilla chips or in tortilla shells.
6. Pairing the chicken with the right toppings is what will bring this dish to the next level. Top it with sour cream, shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese or any of your other typical and nacho toppings.
7. When preparing tortillas for the meat, warm them for 15 seconds in the microwave or warm over the flame on your stove's burner. I even warm tortilla chips if I am going to be eating them as nachos. Warm the chips for 15 seconds as well.
