Fall= crock pot season. My crock pot has been living on my counter these last few weeks. I love how easy it makes my life! Throw a bunch of crap in the pot, turn it on, and come home to a delicious dinner. How awesome would it be if there were crock pots for other things in life? Like…cleaning your house, paying bills, jury duty, you know, pretty much one for everything you hate doing in this world.
Let’s talk tacos. Tacos are rad. I could eat tacos every day…maybe….
These ranch chicken tacos are pretty flippin’ awesome! The chicken is so flavorful, I could just eat it with a fork and totally skip the tortilla. Aside from tasting awesome, they are also low in fat! Choose your toppings wisely and you will have yourself a healthy and seriously tasty meal! We make this at least once a month in our house.
The ranch flavor isn’t too overwhelming in these, but you can definitely taste it. If you want a stronger ranch flavor, you can use less of the taco seasoning and/or extra ranch seasoning. Or you could also drizzle some ranch dressing on your tacos in place of sour cream!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 to 2 lbs. boneless chicken breasts
- 2 cups low-sodium, fat-free chicken broth
- 1 package taco seasoning
- 1 package ranch seasoning mix
- Flour or corn tortillas
- Suggested toppings: shredded cheese, salsa, sour cream, lettuce, diced avocado
Instructions
- Place the chicken into the slow cooker. In a bowl, whisk together the chicken broth, ranch seasoning mix, and taco seasoning. Pour the mixture over the chicken.
- Cook the chicken on low for about 3 1/2 hours. Remove the chicken and shred with a fork. Place the shredded chicken back into the slow cooker and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Spoon some of the chicken into a tortilla and top with desired toppings.
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I will vote for you my friend I absolutely love your dish today
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Choc Chip Uru
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This looks absolutely incredible! I’m going to hop over and vote for you right away
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I love the flavors of ranch with meat… and these tacos fit that bill!! I love your description of a crockpot..”throw a bunch of crap in and turn it on”. LOL! I know what you mean.
Have a wonderful weekend. ~ Ramona
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I love chicken in a crockpot, it’s one of my favorite ways to have it. My Husband on the other hand doesn’t like it that way at all!! Your tacos look amazing and i love that you used the Ranch dressing seasoning!
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Crock pot recipes are the best! I love the ranch seasoning!
So easy. Definitely bookmarking this for next week’s dinners. And ranch seasoning–I freaking love the stuff.
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I voted for you on Skinny Scoop!!
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I love tacos and my slow cooker…definitely time I combined the two like this
Congrats on the Skinny Scoop nomination too, you absolutely deserve it!!
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I’ve never made tacos in a slow cooker before! I’m not sure why b/c crock pot recipes are a LIFESAVER! You’re going to rock it on skinny scoop for sure.
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I love how simple crockpot meals are, and this one looks fantastic! I’ve made chicken like this with taco seasoning before, but never thought to add ranch. So smart!
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Sadly, I have been living without a crockpot for the last year and a half as no one uses them here! I love how simple this recipe is though! I’ve got some homemade ranch mix at home that I need to use before we move and this would be perfect! My kids would love this too!!!
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Thanks for sharing this recipe! Dumb question, but do you put the chicken into the crock pot raw or already cooked? I’ve never cooked meat in the crock pot before, so I wasn’t sure if it would be enough to cook the chicken. Thanks!
Not dumb at all, Lin! You put the chicken in raw. If it’s defrosted, it should take about 3 hours to cook. You can also put the chicken in frozen, but it will take longer to cook.
This was ok but I don’t see why the ranch seasoning is it in as the taco seasoning took over and I couldn’t taste the ranch at all…seems like a waste of ranch mix.
Sorry to hear you didn’t love the recipe, Karen. The ranch flavor is definitely not overwhelming in this one. If you want to try it again sometime, you can try adding additional ranch seasoning and/or maybe less of the taco seasoning and that might help the ranch flavor come through a little more.
Stephie! I made these tacos tonight and my husband and I loved them like crazy! Lets just say I made a whole recipe and we finished it all. My only problem was that the tortillas got super soggy and fell apart, but I just took out my tortilla chips and ate the chicken with the chips. I also added a can of corn in when I shredded the chicken, it was great.
I’m so glad you guys liked it, Kimmy! Sean has the same issues with the sogginess. I use a fork to get the chicken out so that it drains some of the juice away and it doesn’t make the tortilla get too soggy.
What a great recipe idea to prepare taco’s on crock pot with simple ingredients too.
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These look incredible. I love the crockpot idea, brilliant.