Wholesome Rooster Tacos (sluggish cooker!)

Wholesome Rooster Tacos are a simple weeknight meal made in a sluggish cooker. They include a sneaky serving of veggies, and the taco filling is so flavorful that nobody would guess they’re more healthy.

This slow-cooker rooster taco recipe is of course gluten-free and can grow to be your go-to technique for making shredded rooster tacos. 

It’s additionally the proper possibility for meal prep! Add this cooked rooster to taco salads, lettuce wraps, and extra. Paired with sliced avocado and salsa, it’s a scrumptious strategy to sneak extra vitamins into your life.

Substances You’ll Want

As an alternative of utilizing store-bought taco seasoning, this recipe depends on just a few pantry spices. Smoked paprika, chili powder, and cumin will provide you with loads of taste. It’s the proper strategy to season the skinless rooster breasts.

The key ingredient on this recipe is shredded cabbage, which blends proper into the shredded rooster. (Severely, it’s arduous to inform it’s there!) 

To save lots of time, you should use a bag of shredded cabbage from the shop, or use half a head for this recipe and save the opposite half for a cabbage salad. 

Methods to Make Wholesome Rooster Tacos

Grease your sluggish cooker with a drizzle of olive oil. (I’ve an outdated 7-quart sluggish cooker, much like this mannequin.) Prepare a layer of shredded cabbage on the underside of the pot, utilizing about 8 to 12 ounces.

To arrange the home made taco seasoning, mix:

• 2 teaspoons floor cumin
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• ​1.5 teaspoons tremendous sea salt
• ​1/4 teaspoon floor black pepper

Stir the spices collectively in a small bowl. 

Then place roughly 1.5 kilos of rooster breasts on high of the cabbage. Squeeze 1 tablespoon of recent lime juice excessive of the rooster.

Then season each side generously with the taco seasoning. Add 3 minced garlic cloves to the pot, sprinkling them over the rooster. (You may swap this for a 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder when you choose.)

When you’ve got any additional seasoning within the bowl, sprinkle it excessive of all the pieces within the pot, then safe the lid.

Set the sluggish cooker to prepare dinner on low warmth for 3 hours.

You’ll know the rooster is finished when it reaches an inner temperature of 165ºF, but it surely’s okay if it goes a bit greater than that as a result of the cabbage will assist maintain it moist. (In reality, my rooster typically reaches 200ºF in 3 hours on low, but it surely nonetheless seems tender and shreds superbly.)

Use two forks to shred the rooster. The ultra-tender cabbage will naturally combine in with the shredded rooster, so that you received’t discover you’re getting additional veggies in every chunk. 

Serve the shredded rooster tacos in heat tortillas. Use corn tortillas or almond flour tortillas for a gluten-free possibility. Then add your favourite toppings, like pico de gallo, Greek yogurt, guacamole, shredded cheese, diced tomato, and pink onion.

Strive my creamy cilantro sauce on high for much more taste and protein. 

On the lookout for extra rooster recipes? Strive Instantaneous Pot Shredded Rooster, Wholesome Rooster Burgers, or Rooster Vegetable Soup.