Crockpot Crunchy Chicken Tacos
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 1
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 2,380.0
- Total Fat: 48.3 g
- Cholesterol: 402.5 mg
- Sodium: 6,455.0 mg
- Total Carbs: 317.0 g
- Dietary Fiber: 36.0 g
- Protein: 157.0 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Crockpot Crunchy Chicken Tacos calories by ingredient
Introduction
I like overstuffed tacos (the messier, the yummier!) and my recipe makes about 24 overstuffed tacos. The nutrition info provided is the recipe in it's entirety but each individual taco is about 100 calories!I'm a busy mom who doesn't have time to slave over a hot stove but I want to make healthy, delicious meals for my family. I love crockpots for that very reason. You throw the chicken into the crockpot in the morning and with minimal effort when you get home, dinner is served! 15 minutes prep time is all you need...the rest of the time is in the crockpot!
I love crispy taco shells but frying the corn tortilla to get them that way is not as healthy. I bake mine and they are just as good. The first time you make the taco shells, you will need a little more prep time to construct your shell forms but they are reusable!
I like overstuffed tacos (the messier, the yummier!) and my recipe makes about 24 overstuffed tacos. The nutrition info provided is the recipe in it's entirety but each individual taco is about 100 calories!
I'm a busy mom who doesn't have time to slave over a hot stove but I want to make healthy, delicious meals for my family. I love crockpots for that very reason. You throw the chicken into the crockpot in the morning and with minimal effort when you get home, dinner is served! 15 minutes prep time is all you need...the rest of the time is in the crockpot!
I love crispy taco shells but frying the corn tortilla to get them that way is not as healthy. I bake mine and they are just as good. The first time you make the taco shells, you will need a little more prep time to construct your shell forms but they are reusable!
Number of Servings: 1
Ingredients
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24 oz boneless, skinless chicken breasts, frozen
1 can Campbell's Cream of Chicken Soup 98% fat free
1 cup Swanson Chicken Broth 33% less Sodium
1 package McCormick Chicken Taco Seasoning Mix
1 package McCormick Hot Taco Seasoning Mix
24 Mission White Corn Tortillas
Olive Oil Cooking Spray
Tips
I garnish tacos with homemade salsa and fat free cheddar cheese and serve with fat free refried beans (not included in nutrition info).
Note: the tortillas can be hit or miss when you drape them over the shell forms. I always make a few extra to make up for any that crack or split after put in the oven.
1 taco:
99.2 calories
2g total fat
0.3 saturated fat
16.8 mg cholesterol
269 mg sodium
73.4 mg potassium
13.2 carbohydrate
1.5g dietary fiber
1.5g sugar
6.5g protein
Directions
Chicken:
Place the frozen chicken breasts at the bottom of the crockpot. In a bowl mix 2 tablespoons of the Hot Taco seasoning mix, the entire package of Chicken Taco seasoning mix, Cream of Chicken soup, and chicken broth in a bowl and pour over the chicken. Cook on low for 8 hours. When you get home, shred the chicken with a fork and it is taco ready!
Taco Shells Forms:
I bought 3 disposable baking pans from the dollar store and cut out 12 rectangular pieces 5" x 4" each. Bend them in half along the longer side, and you will have a "pup-tent" taco shell form. Hang each form on a thin rod of your center oven rack. *You may be tempted to skip this step and just drape the tortillas on the oven rod itself, but that will cause the tortillas shells to form too close together and you won't be able to put anything inside of them.
Crunchy Baked Taco Shells:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Wrap 4 tortillas at a time in a damp paper towel and microwave for 45 seconds. It's important that they be steamy hot when you remove them so that they will bend without breaking or cracking when you place them on the shell forms. Quickly spray both sides of the tortillas with the Olive Oil spray and drape them over each shell form on your center oven rack. Bake for 10-12 minutes depending on your oven and how crunchy you like your tacos. I like mine extra crunchy...when the edges of the tortillas turn golden brown, they are perfectly crunchy (just like the ones you can buy in a box but yummier AND healthier!)
Stuff each shell and you are ready to chow down!! Enjoy!
Serving Size: Makes 24 overstuffed tacos
Number of Servings: 1
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JPB4110.
Place the frozen chicken breasts at the bottom of the crockpot. In a bowl mix 2 tablespoons of the Hot Taco seasoning mix, the entire package of Chicken Taco seasoning mix, Cream of Chicken soup, and chicken broth in a bowl and pour over the chicken. Cook on low for 8 hours. When you get home, shred the chicken with a fork and it is taco ready!
Taco Shells Forms:
I bought 3 disposable baking pans from the dollar store and cut out 12 rectangular pieces 5" x 4" each. Bend them in half along the longer side, and you will have a "pup-tent" taco shell form. Hang each form on a thin rod of your center oven rack. *You may be tempted to skip this step and just drape the tortillas on the oven rod itself, but that will cause the tortillas shells to form too close together and you won't be able to put anything inside of them.
Crunchy Baked Taco Shells:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Wrap 4 tortillas at a time in a damp paper towel and microwave for 45 seconds. It's important that they be steamy hot when you remove them so that they will bend without breaking or cracking when you place them on the shell forms. Quickly spray both sides of the tortillas with the Olive Oil spray and drape them over each shell form on your center oven rack. Bake for 10-12 minutes depending on your oven and how crunchy you like your tacos. I like mine extra crunchy...when the edges of the tortillas turn golden brown, they are perfectly crunchy (just like the ones you can buy in a box but yummier AND healthier!)
Stuff each shell and you are ready to chow down!! Enjoy!
Serving Size: Makes 24 overstuffed tacos
Number of Servings: 1
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JPB4110.