Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos

Make it Mexican taco night at your table with this easy slow cooker chicken recipe, flavored with mango-peach salsa and sweet pineapple chunks.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 hr
• Total Time: 5 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 317 Calories

Ingredients

• salt to taste
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 1 teaspoon chili powder, or to taste
• 1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder, or to taste
• 1 (16 ounce) container mango-peach salsa
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained with juice reserved
• 1.5 (16 ounce) packages chicken breast tenderloins

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place chicken in a bowl and sprinkle with taco seasoning. Mix until coated and transfer into a slow cooker. Add salsa, cayenne pepper, chili powder, garlic powder, and salt; mix to combine.

Step 2

Cover and cook on Low until chicken is ready to shred, 4 to 5 hours. Remove chicken, shred with 2 forks, and return to the slow cooker.

Step 3

Break up the pineapple chunks and add them to the slow cooker with 1/4 cup of pineapple juice (or more to taste) and onion slices. Cook on Low until sauce is bubbling and fragrant, 1 to 2 hours.