Happy Taco Tuesday everyone! Today I decided to share one of mine and Austin's favorite recipes. We have this almost once a week, it's so good and easy! If you're a college student, someone who doesn't like to cook or someone with a busy schedule and you don't use a crock pot....what are you doing?! Since I've lived on my own my Crock Pot has been one of my favorite kitchen essentials. I love being able to pot everything in there in the morning and dinner already being done by the time I get home in the afternoon. My Crock Pot is nothing fancy, I think we got it for about $35 at Mejier (best $35 we've spent) and it's perfect. I want to say it's a 6-quart but I could be wrong. However it is the perfect size for two people but when you pick one out you obviously want to get whatever size fits your situation best!
I originally got this recipe from one of my favorite YouTubers, Becca Bristow, then tweaked it just a little. Hope you try it out and enjoy!
First, I always start out with making a batch of homemade taco seasoning. I like to make mine simply because store bought seasoning usually contains a lot of unnecessary salt.
For the taco seasoning you will need: 2 teaspoons of chili powder
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon of onion powder
1 teaspoon of cumin
1/4 teaspoon of salt (couple of grinds)
For the Crock Pot, I always give mine a quick spray with olive oil (nonstick spray) to prevent anything from sticking. Then I add the chicken. I usually use about 1 1/2 pounds of chicken. Then you will also need a can of corn and a can of rotel...that's it!
First, put the chicken in. Then add the can of corn on top. I use about half of the liquid that is in the can to make sure the chicken doesn't dry out.
Next, add the rotel. I always keep the lid on a little and drain as much as the liquid out as I can before I dump it in because you will see when they are finished that there is PLENTY of liquid to keep the chicken from drying out.
Finally, I pour my taco seasoning all over the top of everything. To cook the tacos set the Crock Pot on high for 6 hours. A feature of this Crock Pot that I love is the warming feature. After the 6 hours is up it automatically turns to warm, so that the meat doesn't get over cooked.
Once were ready for dinner I use some tongs or a fork to break up the chicken and mix everything up. As you can kind of tell in the photo there is a lot of liquid left over. I'm trying to figure out how to eliminate that without drying out the chicken but Austin and I have just gotten used to it.
I love tacos because they are so customizable. Austin loves to put sour cream, salsa and cheese on his, while I load mine with cilantro, cheese and lime juice! Sometimes we like to make some kind of rice to put on them as well which is super tasty!
Hope you all enjoy this recipe! :)
