How to Make Shredded Chicken

Shredded chicken is one of the most favored fillings for sandwiches, salads, tacos, etc. Naturally! Who wouldn't love a juicy chopped chicken filled soft or hard taco as a quick snack or as a tasty meal? Once you learn the basic recipe of shredded chicken, you can use it for making other scrumptious dishes. So, let us take a look at some easy recipes.

Making Shredded Chicken in a Crock Pot

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts (boneless and skinless)
• 14.5 oz chicken broth
• 2-3 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon of poultry rub of your choice

Method of Preparation
Rub the poultry rub all over the chicken and place chicken at the bottom of the crockpot. Put the chicken broth and bay leaves in the crockpot and cover. Cook for 4 hours. After the prescribed time, open the lid, remove the bay leaves and take the chicken out of the broth. Shred using two forks or bear paws meat handlers. This is one of the easiest crockpot recipes which you can use for making tacos, sandwich filling, etc.

How to Make Mexican Shredded Chicken

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts (boneless and skinless)
• 3 cups of chicken broth
• cup of salsa sauce
• 2 jalapeo peppers
• 1 quartered onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 teaspoon of chili powder
• 1 lime
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 teaspoons of cumin
• 2 teaspoons of dried oregano
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method of Preparation
Rub lime all over the chicken and leave it for 15-20 minutes so that the flavor sets in. Now in a pot, bring chicken broth, oregano, bay leaves, peppers, onion and garlic to boil. Add chicken to this mixture and heat for 15-20 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked. Drain the chicken. Next, take salsa sauce in a bowl and mix cumin and chili powder to it. Put chicken in the salsa mixture. Shred using forks or bear paws meat handlers. Lastly, add salt and pepper to taste.

Shredded Chicken Taco Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts
• 1 cup of chicken broth
• 1 minced onion
• 6 minced tomatoes
• 2 teaspoon of oregano
• 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
• 4 chopped garlic cloves
• 4 chopped jalapeo chillies
• Salt to taste (about teaspoon)
• Taco shells

Method of Preparation
Follow the above mentioned method on making chicken in a crockpot. Now, in a skillet, pour the olive oil and saut onion, chilies and garlic until soft. Add the shredded meat, tomatoes, chicken broth, oregano and salt to the sauted mixture. Continue heating and simmer until a mixture of desired consistency is formed. Fill in taco shells and serve hot.

Shredded Chicken Sandwich Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 finely chopped onion
• 2 finely chopped cloves of garlic
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Sandwich bread / buns

Method of Preparation
Firstly you need to season the chicken with your favorite poultry rub or salt and pepper. Place the chicken in a crockpot and pour cream of chicken soup, onion and garlic over it. Add 1-1.5 cups of water, cover and bring to boil. Cook for 20-25 minutes. Then remove it from the pot and let it cool. Shred it using forks or bear paws meat handlers. At the same time, let the remaining mixture in the pot boil to form a thick sauce. Put the shredded meat back in the pot / in the sauce and heat for 5 minutes. You can serve it with sandwich bread / buns along with sliced tomatoes or onions.

You can try these chicken recipes to make exciting snacks and meals for your family. Good luck!