Slow Cooker Mexican Cilantro Chicken Recipes

SLOW COOKER CILANTRO LIME CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place the salsa, taco seasoning, lime juice, and cilantro into a slow cooker, and stir to combine. Add the chicken breasts, and stir to coat with the salsa mixture. Cover the cooker, set to High, and cook until the chicken is very tender, about 4 hours. If desired, set cooker to Low and cook 6 to 8 hours. Shred chicken with 2 forks to serve.

SLOW COOKER CILANTRO LIME CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place the chicken broth, olive oil, lime juice, garlic, jalapeno, salt, cumin, paprika, and pepper into a food processor. Blend until the garlic and jalapeno are pulverized and the sauce is well incorporated.
• Lay the chicken in a single layer in the crockpot. Pour the sauce over the chicken.
• Cover and cook on low for 8 hours for best results (or high for 4 hours).
• Using two forks, shred the chicken. Add the cilantro to the chicken, and toss again. Serve immediately (see post notes for serving suggestions). Leftovers keep in a tightly sealed container in the fridge for a week, or in the freezer for up to 2 months.

SLOW COOKER MEXICAN CILANTRO CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, add the seasonings and mix well.
• Place chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker. Sprinkle Mexican seasoning over chicken, then cover with salsa, cilantro and lime juice
• Cook on high for 4 hours, or 6-7 hours on low.
• When chicken is cooked. Remove from slow cooker and shred with two forks. Add juice from slow cooker to chicken until you reach your desired finish.
• Serve chicken as taco wraps, or over bed of lettuce. Be creative with toppings including shredded cheese, sour cream, chopped tomatoes and olives.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN MOLE

Steps:

• Place onion, raisins, garlic, sesame seeds, chopped chipotle pepper, peanut butter and crushed tomatoes in slow cooker. Stir in sugar, cinnamon, chili powder, cumin, coriander, nutmeg, and cocoa powder. Place chicken in the sauce.
• Cover; cook on Low until chicken is very tender, about 5 hours.

MEXICAN STYLE LIME AND CILANTRO WHOLE CHICKEN (SLOW COOKER)

Steps:

• Wash and dry the chicken.
• Reserve the giblets and neck for another use.
• Season the chicken inside and out with salt and pepper.
• Place in the slow cooker breast side up.
• Squeeze the juice of the lime over the chicken.
• Put the remains of the lime, cilantro and garlic inside the cavity.
• Cover and cook on the low setting for 6-7 hours or until an instant read thermometer reads 180 degrees Fahrenheit in the thickest part of the thigh.
• Transfer the chicken to a platter.
• Pour the liquid from the cooker into a separate container and refrigerate for another use.

SLOW COOKER CILANTRO-LIME SHREDDED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients in the slow cooker. Cook on LOW for 8 hours.
• Once cooking is complete, use 2 forks to pull the chicken apart. Pull out any long cilantro stems, if necessary.
• Serve Cilantro-Lime Shredded Chicken in favorite chicken recipes.
• (Portion out chicken into meal size portions and place in freezer baggies and freeze for future use.).
• Cost me $5.56 for 3-4 meals worth of shredded chicken.