Healthy Crock-Pot Meal: Mexican-Style Chicken Taco

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast is lower in fat and calories

Put the family pack of chicken breasts into the crock pot.

Spread salsa on top of the chicken breasts.

Sprinkle taco seasoning over the chicken and salsa.

Chop the jalapeno and add it to the crock pot.

Set the crock pot timer for 4 hours on high.

After 4 hours, remove the chicken breasts from the crock pot and place them in a pan.

Use two forks to pull apart the chicken into shreds.

Ladle out some jalapeno peppers from the crock pot.

Mix the pulled chicken back into the crock pot after emptying out the juices, keeping some on reserve if desired.

Add the charro beans to the mixture in the crock pot.

Let everything cook for an additional 20 to 30 minutes in the crock pot.

Prepare the tortillas for assembling the tacos.

Sprinkle cheese on top of the meat mixture and microwave for 15 seconds to melt the cheese.

Assemble the tacos using the tortillas and the chicken mixture.

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