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Three Easy Recipes for Shredded Chicken Tacos (Slow Cooker or Pressure Cooker)

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Shredded Chicken Tacos are a perfect option to put on your Taco Tuesday menu for tomorrow, and you can make the spicy chicken taco meat in the slow cooker or the pressure cooker! Which cooking method would you choose?  

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Shredded Chicken is the perfect thing to eat in a taco and spicy chicken like this is so easy and versatile and we’re updating this post to include Three Easy Recipes for  Shredded Chicken Tacos using both the slow cooker and pressure cooker. Easy is the key word here for chicken that is juicy, healthy, and full of flavor.

Of course you can use the shredded chicken to make tacos, but you could also make lettuce wrap tacos, taco salad, burritos, or mix the spicy chicken with black beans and rice. And if you make lettuce wraps or Taco Salad with the shredded chicken it’s a meal that’s low-carb, low-glycemic, gluten-free, dairy-free, South Beach Diet friendly, and can even be Paleo with the right ingredient choices!

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Four Fabulous Orange Chicken Recipes Your Family Will Love! (Instant Pot or Slow Cooker)

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All of these Four Fabulous Orange Chicken Recipes Your Family Will Love are going to be healthier, less expensive, and maybe even tastier than the take-out version. 

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Orange Chicken is definitely a family-friendly dinner idea, and we think you should try all of these Four Fabulous Orange Chicken Recipes and see which one your family likes best! There are delicious orange chicken options here for the Instant Pot or the Slow Cooker, and all of them are going to be healthier than the take-out orange chicken you get from a Chinese restaurant. And making Orange Chicken at home is going to be a lot less expensive too.

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The BEST Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Fajitas from Food Bloggers

This round-up has The BEST Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Fajitas from Food Bloggers, and Fajitas are always perfect for a Summer Dinner! There’s a fajita variation here for everyone, so you might want to try more than one! 

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Today we’re celebrating the arrival of warmer weather by updating this collection of The BEST Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Fajitas from Food Bloggers. This post was originally a popular collection of Slow Cooker Fajitas, but now that many people are into the Instant Pot, we’ve added tasty options for Instant Pot Fajitas as well. It did seem there are still more bloggers using the slow cooker than the Instant Pot to make Fajitas, but there are plenty of options for both methods.

And Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Fajitas are definitely a delicious meal any time of the year, but I especially love to make them in the summer because fajitas just seem like summer food and using the slow cooker or the Instant Pot keeps the kitchen cool! And fajitas are so versatile! Whether you combine beef and veggies, chicken and veggies, or just plain veggies you’ll have a dish that’s perfect for a weeknight dinner or entertaining guests on the weekend.

And if you have low-carb eaters in the family you can offer them low-carb tortillas or lettuce wraps, or just serve the meat and veggies on a plate with melted cheese, sour cream, or avocado! Scroll through the recipes below and you’ll see the serving options are endless.

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Mexican Pulled Pork from Simply Recipes (Slow Cooker or Pressure Cooker)

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Mexican Pulled Pork from Simply Recipes starts with pork shoulder roast that’s marinated in an amazing spice rub and then browned. And it can be cooked in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot! This sounds fabulous for Taco Tuesday, don’t you agree? 

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It’s Memorial Day in the U.S. so you’re probably not thinking about Taco Tuesday just yet, but tomorrow you’ll need dinner ideas, and I love everything about this Mexican Pulled Pork from Simply Recipes. And using the slow cooker or the pressure cooker to make this tasty pork for tacos or burritos will free up your time for other activities, making this perfect for the day after a holiday when you’re trying to get back into the family dinner routine!

I know there are many recipes for pulled pork with Mexican flavors that’s made in the slow cooker and pressure cooker, but what caught my eye about this Mexican Pulled Pork from Simply Recipes is the amazing-sounding spice rub the pork marinates in before it cooks.  Then Elise browns the meat, which brings out the flavor of the spices even more.  Everything about this recipe sounds like a winner to me, and it can cook all day while you’re at work or out having fun, or cook quickly in the pressure cooker, so take your choice on that! No matter which method you use, I think this sounds like a winner for a dinner the whole family will enjoy!

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Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps from Skinnytaste (Slow Cooker or Instant Pot)

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Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps have all the flavors of Buffalo Chicken in a lettuce wrap and this is perfect for a warm weather meal! Just choose whether you want to use the slow cooker or the Instant Pot; this recipe has instructions for both.

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I’m thinking that anyone who loves Buffalo Wings but wants a healthier option is going to love this idea for Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps from Skinnytaste. And this recipe can be made in the Slow Cooker or the Instant Pot, so take your choice on that!

The recipe starts with boneless, skinless chicken breasts cooked in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot with chicken broth and hot sauce and some seasonings. Then the spicy chicken is shredded and served in lettuce cups with celery and carrot slivers and some blue cheese or ranch dressing. If you’d like to make this even lower in carbs, just omit the carrots.

This site has a LOT of tasty recipe ideas, but on Fridays we spotlight the most popular ones for a feature we call Friday Favorites, and this would definitely be a favorite at my house. Yes, I am drooling. Do you like this idea for an easy and healthy summer dinner?

Ingredients for Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps:

  • boneless, skinless chicken breast
  • celery
  • onion
  • garlic
  • fat free low sodium chicken broth
  • hot cayenne pepper sauce (Gina used Franks.)
  • lettuce leaves (for serving)
  • shredded carrots (for serving, or omit for lower carbs)
  • celery matchsticks (for serving)
  • dressing of your choice (for serving)

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