Oh the yumminess to be found in this simple crunchy corn tortilla shell...the happiness to be found in the crunchy crunch of my teeth biting into this yummy wonder. I just love tacos. LOVE THEM!! I love them in many varieties. My favorite Mexican restaurant is Lupe Tortilla!! They have the best of everything, but they have one thing I have never seen anywhere...a puffy taco!! Here is the description from the website: Puffy Taco Our homemade corn tortilla lightly fried y filled con your choice of tender braised beef or grilled chicken, guacamole, lettuce, shredded cheese y tomatoes. I love it with chicken and it blends so well with the guacamole. *sigh* I am hungry.
We make tacos a lot at home (what family doesn't?). I do not like those icky taco seasoning packets...it makes everything so salty and, well, I don't know...grody. When making traditional tacos, I just brown the meat with lots of good spices on hand like garlic salt and pepper. It's simple and tastes fresh.
BUT, sometimes, you must make tacos different. I have a couple chicken taco recipes I love (and I will surely post on here at some point) that I use soft taco shells for. My kids DIE when we have any of these taco varieties. THEY LOVE TACOS.......but not NEAR as much as I do.
There is one chicken ranch taco recipe, though, that I love more than any other. It cooks in a crockpot, which already moves it to a high mark in my book. It has so many flavors in one bite. AND, it tastes great in my yummy CRUNCHY taco shell!! OH MY GOSH...THIS RECIPE IS TO DIE FOR!!!!!! It is in a fairly regular rotation...as regular as I go....and each time I make it the family is MORE than happy!!
As usual, I make a slight change. As I stated in a previous post, when using the crockpot, I prefer to use frozen breasts. The breasts just do not seem to dry out as much. Because I use frozen chicken breasts, I increase the time. I do not pay attention to how long (sorry), but I just check...are they done?...why yes they are....you get the picture! Due to the liquid from the frozen breasts, I reduce the amount of chicken broth I put in....I cannot tell you by how much...I do not buy it in cans and, as always, I just eyeball what looks good to me!!
So, here is the recipe. I use Stand and Stuff taco shells (they're just easier) and top with shredded lettuce and cheese. That's it. You could add tomatoes, but Daniel is the only one who likes tomatoes here. I cannot emphasize the need for you to make this for your family. They will applaud your cooking genius even though there is no real work involved!!
Here is the original recipe via Pinterest (LOVE PINTERST!):
Chicken Ranch Tacos...These come out amazing in the crockpot! Use 2 lbs. of raw (not frozen) chicken breast, 1 packet of dry ranch dressing, 1 packet chicken taco seasoning & 1 can of chicken broth. Put that all in the crockpot and cooked on low for 3 hours then shredded the chicken and let it cook on low another 30 min. Heat the taco shells and assemble your tacos and oh my tasty eats!!!
We make tacos a lot at home (what family doesn't?). I do not like those icky taco seasoning packets...it makes everything so salty and, well, I don't know...grody. When making traditional tacos, I just brown the meat with lots of good spices on hand like garlic salt and pepper. It's simple and tastes fresh.
BUT, sometimes, you must make tacos different. I have a couple chicken taco recipes I love (and I will surely post on here at some point) that I use soft taco shells for. My kids DIE when we have any of these taco varieties. THEY LOVE TACOS.......but not NEAR as much as I do.
There is one chicken ranch taco recipe, though, that I love more than any other. It cooks in a crockpot, which already moves it to a high mark in my book. It has so many flavors in one bite. AND, it tastes great in my yummy CRUNCHY taco shell!! OH MY GOSH...THIS RECIPE IS TO DIE FOR!!!!!! It is in a fairly regular rotation...as regular as I go....and each time I make it the family is MORE than happy!!
As usual, I make a slight change. As I stated in a previous post, when using the crockpot, I prefer to use frozen breasts. The breasts just do not seem to dry out as much. Because I use frozen chicken breasts, I increase the time. I do not pay attention to how long (sorry), but I just check...are they done?...why yes they are....you get the picture! Due to the liquid from the frozen breasts, I reduce the amount of chicken broth I put in....I cannot tell you by how much...I do not buy it in cans and, as always, I just eyeball what looks good to me!!
So, here is the recipe. I use Stand and Stuff taco shells (they're just easier) and top with shredded lettuce and cheese. That's it. You could add tomatoes, but Daniel is the only one who likes tomatoes here. I cannot emphasize the need for you to make this for your family. They will applaud your cooking genius even though there is no real work involved!!
Here is the original recipe via Pinterest (LOVE PINTERST!):
Chicken Ranch Tacos...These come out amazing in the crockpot! Use 2 lbs. of raw (not frozen) chicken breast, 1 packet of dry ranch dressing, 1 packet chicken taco seasoning & 1 can of chicken broth. Put that all in the crockpot and cooked on low for 3 hours then shredded the chicken and let it cook on low another 30 min. Heat the taco shells and assemble your tacos and oh my tasty eats!!!
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