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Shredded Chicken. If you'd like extra moist chicken, you can add any remaining liquid from the pan to the shredded chicken and toss to combine. Use the shredded chicken in your favorite recipes or freeze in storage containers for future use. Shredded chicken is perfect for adding to chicken tacos, chicken enchiladas, chicken casseroles, and any other recipe calling for cooked chicken.

Shredded Chicken Once chicken is cool enough to handle, use two forks and pull breasts apart. If you want smaller pieces of shredded chicken, you can shred the larger chunks with your hands. You can add it to salads, soups, tacos, enchiladas, nachos, pasta…the list goes on! You can cook Shredded Chicken using 7 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Shredded Chicken

  1. It's 3 large of chicken breast.
  2. It's 1 medium of onion.
  3. You need 1 clove of garlic minced.
  4. Prepare 1 cup of chicken broth.
  5. It's 2 tbsp of cumin.
  6. It's 1 of salt.
  7. You need 1 of pepper.

There are so many easy ways to use it. I love Mexican food, but not the high calorie count that often comes with it. This easy dish is healthy, delicious and a definite crowd pleaser! I like to serve the chicken with warm tortillas, rice, beans and salsa.

Shredded Chicken instructions

  1. Spray crock pot with cooking spray..
  2. Rough dice the onion and put in the bottom of crick pot..
  3. Throw in garlic..
  4. Place chicken breast on top of onion and garlic..
  5. Season chicken breast with seasoning, salt and pepper to your taste..
  6. Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 4 hours..
  7. Once chicken is done. Shred with a couple of forks..
  8. Add shredded chicken back to pot. Add the chicken broth..
  9. Stir to help make chicken most..
  10. Can be used for anything. I used it to make Philadelphia Cheese Steak..
  11. Also used it for chicken tacos..

For an equally awesome dish, you can substitute beef or pork for the chicken. Return shredded chicken to the pan with the tomato sauce. Shredded chicken, barbeque sauce, cheddar cheese squares, and bacon are stacked on top of a flat pretzel. Reviewer Elizabeth says, "Really easy to throw together and a good way to use up some leftover BBQ chicken. I used an aged white cheddar and some cherry wood thick smoked bacon and it turned out great!" The very best thing about cooking up a batch of shredded chicken is all the possibilities it brings to mealtime.


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