Ready for one of the easiest recipes for healthy chicken tacos!?
If you love EASY meals, your hubby likes a little HEAT in his food, and if love having a healthy meal ready for your family without too much work…YOU HAVE TO MAKE THIS!! It’s delicious and simple!!! The chicken is so tender and all the flavors are really so perfect together. You could easily add or subtract ingredients to fit your palette.
I would probably add some roasted sweet potatoes and a little corn to this to give it more of a Mexican feel!
Slow-Cooker Jerk Chicken Tacos with Caribbean Salsa
Ingredients for Jerk Chicken Tacos:
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 tablespoons jerk seasoning
- Kosher salt
- 1.5lbs boneless chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- ½ cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
Ingredients for Caribbean Salsa:
- 1 large mango, diced
- ½ medium Hass avocado, diced
- 1 tablespoon chopped red onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
- 1.5 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
FOR THE CHICKEN TACOS: Combine the garlic, jerk seasoning, and ¼ teaspoon salt & spread it over the chicken. Put the chicken, the lime & orange juices, and cilantro in the slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 2 hours.
FOR THE CARIBBEAN SALSA: Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the mango, avocado, red onion, cilantro, lime juice, salt, and black pepper to taste. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Remove the chicken from the slow cooker and shred it using two forks. Pour any liquid in the slow cooker into a bowl, then return the chicken to the slow cooker. Add ½ cup of the reserved liquid, just enough to moisten the chicken, and season with 1/8 teaspoon salt and black pepper to taste.
Heat the tortillas in a skillet set over medium-high heat for about 30 seconds. Fill each with 1/3 cup of chicken and 2 tablespoons of salsa.
PS – like most corn tortillas, they CAN get a little crumbly/mushy with too much liquid – so heads up on that – or if you’re not too concerned – try them with flour tortillas!
ENJOY!!!
Recipe from: The Skinnytaste Cookbook
