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The Easiest Taco Dinner Ever

January 30, 2013 By Alli 5 Comments

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The Easiest Taco Dinner Ever


Allow me to tell you about the easiest and most multi-use dinner I’ve ever made. I may have made up some words back there. I’ve never made a dinner that was so darn easy that I could use in so many different ways! We’ve been calling it Creamy Southwest Chicken Taco Filling, but you can call it whatever you want because it has so many uses!

 
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The Easiest Taco Dinner Ever

Ingredients

  • 3 frozen chicken breasts
  • 1 8 oz cream cheese
  • 1 taco seasoning packet
  • 1 can whole kernel corn drained
  • 1 can black beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 can Rotel If you’re new to Rotel, it’s tomatoes and green chilies. You don’t want to skip out on this ingredient! It holds all kinds of flavor!
  • taco shells

Instructions

  • Place the chicken in the crock pot and pour all other ingredients over the top.
  • Cover and cook on low for 5 1/2 to 6 hours. Then remove the chicken from the crock pot and shred with two forks.
  • Put the chicken back in the crock pot with the liquid and stir it all together. It will appear a little soupy at first, but if you give it about 15 minutes to cool it will thicken up just right.

 

 And all in one night we made the following with this one taco filling:

My husband and I made tacos. We used medium tortillas with some of the taco filling, topped with Mexican blend cheese, lettuce, and salsa. Delicious!
 Then we realized after getting out the tortilla chips how awesome this was as a chip dip!
For our toddler, two small flour tortillas with a little of this filling made a perfect sized quesadilla. He took one bite, said “Mmmm!” and we didn’t hear from him for about 5 minutes.
He loved it!
I’ve also heard this is good served over rice. Another option is to use burrito size tortillas and put the mixture in with rice, lettuce, cheese, sour cream, and salsa. The possibilities are endless!
 
(Recipe adapted from The Larson Lingo)
Looking for more great taco recipes? Here are two more favorites!

Mango Chicken Tacos

Mango Chicken Tacos

American Tacos

American Tacos

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Alli is the food blogger and photographer behind Cupcake Diaries. Nestled in Northern Utah with her four young boys, hubby, and a full pantry, she loves baking all kinds of treats as well as quick and easy meals for her family. What started out as sharing a few recipes with family members here and there soon turned into a full-functioning recipe blog with readers from all around the world! Alli is a full-time mom who enjoys music, holidays, and spending time with her family.
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Comments

  1. Our Pinteresting Family says

    January 31, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    Looks delicious! I’m a new follower from the GYB hop. 😉 Megan

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  2. Rachel@I Heart Crafty Things says

    January 31, 2013 at 8:33 pm

    Mmmmmm…I LOVE tacos and I LOVE easy crockpot recipes! Can’t wait to give this a try!

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  3. Melanie says

    July 2, 2014 at 9:25 am

    Yum! We just had tacos last night… and I may or may not be eating leftovers for breakfast right now.

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  4. Summer says

    July 2, 2014 at 8:07 pm

    Oh these look so easy and delicious and something my family will love – pinned!

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  5. Aimee says

    July 26, 2014 at 11:05 pm

    Brilliant! I am going to have to try this soon.

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