This slow cooker Mexican chicken is so easy to make and can be used in tacos, with rice, or in wraps, so versatile.
You’ll find that slow cooker or crockpot pulled chicken like this is one of the easiest dishes to throw in the pot in the morning without fuss.
Fajita spices make this a dish the whole family will love!
Great family option
I decided to make this slow cooker Mexican chicken as I needed a family friendly slow cooker meal.
If you have a sachet of fajita spice mix and chicken breasts, then you only need tinned sweetcorn, butter beans and passata from your store cupboard.
Adding in the pulses and sweetcorn makes this more filling and makes the chicken breast go further.
It is delicious served in corn taco shells with salad and salsa.
Lovely too when you add sour cream, guacamole and grated cheese to make it even more indulgent if you like!
Pile on the toppings to make it your own!
Ingredients
Here’s what you will need for this recipe. Note that you’ll find the measurements in the recipe card lower down the page.
- chicken breasts
- passata (sieved tomatoes)
- butter beans – you can replace these with other types of bean like kidney beans, black beans, or even chickpeas, as you prefer.
- sweetcorn
- fajita seasoning sachet
- salt and pepper
- optional – fresh coriander as garnish
Instructions
Step 1. Place the chicken in the slow cooker, then top with the sweetcorn and butter beans. Sprinkle over the fajita seasoning sachet.
Step 2. Pour over the passata.
Step 3. Mix gently then cook on low for 5-6 hours (or on high for 3 hours).
Even before cooking this already looks thick and delicious.
Step 4. Once cooked through (check with a food thermometer to ensure the chicken is fully cooked through), shred the chicken using two forks.
Step 5. Mix the pulled/shredded chicken in with the sauce again, then garnish with chopped coriander.
Step 6. Serve in tacos or with rice or as desired!
Recipe variations
If you want to change up how you serve your crockpot Mexican chicken, as well as making crockpot shredded chicken tacos as I’ve shown here, it is also great served with rice, or combined with rice and rolled in tortillas and baked to make burritos, or as an enchilada style filling.
So easy too to switch the seasonings for a different flavour!
- Swap for Indian spices (cumin, coriander, turmeric, chilli powder) for an Indian pulled chicken.
- Add in chorizo and swap for smoked paprika for a Spanish style pulled chicken.
- Replace the passata and fajita seasoning with barbecue sauce for barbecue shredded chicken.
How to shred your chicken in the crockpot
The chicken shreds down easily in the sauce once cooked, so you only need to use two forks to pull it apart.
If you want an even easier option, you can use a hand mixer to shred it!
Recipe
Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts large
- 200 g (7 oz) sweetcorn tinned
- 400 g (14 oz) butter beans tinned
- 500 g (2 cups) passata (sieved tomatoes)
- 30 g (1 oz) fajita seasoning sachet I used mild, vary to suit your tastes
- 1 tsp fresh coriander (cilantro) chopped
Equipment
Instructions
- Place the chicken in the slow cooker, then top with the sweetcorn and butter beans.4 chicken breasts, 200 g sweetcorn, 400 g butter beans
- Sprinkle in the fajita seasoning then pour on the passata. Mix gently.30 g fajita seasoning sachet, 500 g passata
- Cook on low for around six hours.
- Shred the chicken and mix it again with the sauce. Garnish with chopped coriander (optional).1 tsp fresh coriander (cilantro)
- Serve in tacos, with rice or wraps and a green salad.
Notes
- Swap for Indian spices (cumin, coriander, turmeric, chilli powder) for an Indian pulled chicken.
- Add in chorizo and swap for smoked paprika for a Spanish style pulled chicken.
- Replace the passata and fajita seasoning with barbecue sauce for barbecue shredded chicken
Abi Baker says
Hi, I have taco seasoning mix and a sachet of salsa I am wondering if it would work to put both of these in this instead of the fajita mix? Looking forward to trying it anyway tonight 🙂 (From a slow cooked wonders super fan 😀 )