Taco Seasoned Shredded Chicken

This recipe utilizes an instant pot to make the shredded chicken. It is by far my favorite way to make shredded chicken now. It also only needs four ingredients: my taco seasoning, the juice from 1/2 a lime, 1/2 C cilantro(or more if you like a lot), and a little olive oil.

This recipe is perfect for enchiladas, tacos, nachos, the protein for your salad, and on and on. When my college kids come home for the weekend, if we have extra of this in the fridge, they want to take it home!

I hope you will enjoy making this easy shredded chicken.

Taco Seasoned Shredded Chicken

Chicken breasts are cooked in an instant pot, shredded, then seasoned with olive oil, fresh lime juice, fresh cilantro, and my homemade taco seasoning.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 3 hours hrs 21 minutes mins

Stove Top Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 46 minutes mins

Course dinner, Main Course, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine American

Equipment

• 1 Instant Pot
• 1 skillet
• spoons, forks, measuring spoons

Ingredients

  

• 3 lbs chicken breast, cut into smaller pieces 4-5 large chicken breasts
• 1 C Chicken broth
• 1 C water may need more, just to cover chicken
• salt/pepper/parsley
• 2 TBSP olive oil Use a good quality with a bit of flavor- not light
• juice 1/2 lime
• 1/2 C fresh cilantro, chopped
• 2-3 TBSP Emma's homemade taco seasoning

Instructions

 

• Trim and cut chicken breasts into smaller chunks. I like to make mine smaller than the palm of my hand and the thicker part of the chicken breast, I cut in half also. I use frozen chicken breasts from Costco. So I partially thaw them before cutting into smaller pieces.
• Place in Instant Pot. Sprinkle with salt/pepper/parsley. Pour chicken broth and water over the chicken. Make sure the chicken is almost fully covered. This prevents the top pieces from drying out. Close IP lid so it is sealed. Set the time to manual for 11 minutes. When this is done, let is de-pressure for 10 additional minutes. Then quick release the extra pressure.
• Remove the chicken to a plate and cover loosely with foil. Let rest for 5-10 minutes. Then using 2 forks shred the chicken.
• In a large skillet, pour 2 TBSP good quality olive oil and set it to medium heat. Add the lime juice, the chicken, cilantro, and taco seasoning.
• Stir together and cook until warmed through again. If you need more taco seasoning, then just add a little more.
• Use this for tacos, nachos, enchiladas, or whatever you can think of.

Keyword cream of chicken soup, dinner ideas, easy dinner recipe, instant pot, shredded chicken, taco seasoned, taco seasoning

This recipe is so good in my Leftovers Taco Bake too.

I hope you have fun with this recipe.

Emma