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Busy Girl Bites | FREE Meal Prep Guide | Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas Tacos

Slow Cooker Chicken Carnitas Tacos

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Servings 4
Author Sam - Busy Girl Bites

Ingredients

  • 2 large or 3 small boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • juice of 2 oranges (or ~1/2 cup OJ)
  • juice of 1 lime (or ~2T lime juice)
  • 1 can/bottle of beer
  • 2 tsp chili powder (divided)
  • 2 tsp cumin (divided)
  • 1 garlic clove or 1 tsp minced garlic
  • 6-8 corn tortillas
  • optional toppings: avocado (cilantro, salsa, sour cream, etc.)

Instructions

Chicken

  1. Add chicken, orange juice, lime juice, beer, garlic, and 1 tsp each chili powder and cumin to the crock pot. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours.
  2. Remove chicken from crock pot and shred. Mix in remaining 1 tsp each chili powder and cumin, along with salt & pepper to taste. Place chicken on greased cookie sheet.
  3. Drizzle chicken with 1/4 cup of liquid from crock pot.
  4. Place chicken under the oven broiler for 3-4 minutes, watching carefully to prevent burning. Broil until ends of chicken turn golden brown and crispy.

Tortillas

  1. Heat a nonstick pan to medium high heat. Spray lightly with cooking spray, place 1 corn tortilla in it, and spray the remaining side lightly with cooking spray. Heat ~30 seconds per side or until tortilla is lightly browned and crispy, using tongs or a spatula to flip. Tortilla may bubble or expand - this will go away once it is removed from heat.

Tacos

  1. Assemble tacos by evenly distributing filling and desired toppings in each tortilla. Enjoy!