kitchentrialanderror.com – Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos

So this week’s blog review starts with a silly story. A few months ago I did a catering event for a church. It was a Valentine’s dinner buffet for 120 people. I had never been in charge of catering an event this large before so I was a little out of my league and had to simply guess how much of each ingredient I would need to buy. Well I guessed a little high on a few things.

I bought 3 cases of chicken 50 pounds each. I ended up with over 200 pieces of chicken which was obviously way too much. Since then I have had a freezer full of chicken and my mission is to figure out what to do with it all. So far I have baked it and broiled it, chopped it and shredded it, but today we are slow cooking it and making chicken tacos from a recipe I found on a blog called kitchen trial and error. This blog is run by a young woman named Kate and her resident taste tester Jason from Rochester NY. She started the blog in 2010 after a few of her kitchen trial and errors got some positive feedback on her facebook page. She soon decided that a blog would be a good way of keeping track of what she made and all of the notes that went with it. She started with a point and shoot camera and a loaf of bread and only  a couple of years later she has turned that into a successful website with tons of great recipes and great photos! Like this one…

1. pour the diced tomatoes into the bottom of your slow cooker. spread the tomatoes around to make an even layer.
2. lay the chicken breasts over the tomatoes.
3. in a small bowl mix the taco seasoning and chicken stock. pour over the chicken.
4. cover and turn the slow cooker on low. cook for about 6 hours, or until the chicken is cooked all the way through.
5. remove the chicken from the slow cooker, leaving the liquid behind. shred the chicken with a fork. add liquid to the chicken, a tablespoon at a time, until the desired wetness.
6. serve with your favorite taco fixings. freeze leftovers.