Crockpot Chicken Taco Bowls
Published 4/11/2019 • Updated 9/6/2022
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Make these clean eating Crockpot Chicken Taco Bowls to serve a crowd, or whip them up at the beginning of the week as meal prep for the days to come! This recipe is full of flavor as well as gluten and preservative free. Enjoy!
All my meal prep people, where you at?! You’re going to love love love these Crockpot chicken taco bowls. They’re flavor-packed, nutrient dense and easy peasy lemon squeezy to whip up a batch for the week or your upcoming dinner party.
Crockpot Chicken Taco Bowls:
3 Recipes in 1
Of all of the recipes that we make for FFF each week, many of them are not complete meal status, meaning they need to be combined together with other things to create a complete meal. Cue: this crockpot chicken taco bowl recipe because BOWLS ARE THE BOMB. And that’s why this recipe rocks…because it is actually 3 recipes in 1. First, you’ve got the chicken, then the sweet potatoes, and then the rice n’ beans. Let’s get into it:Crockpot Taco Chicken
Place your chicken breasts and minced garlic in a large slow cooker and set to high. Cook for 3.5 to 4 hours, or until the chicken is no longer pink inside. After the chicken is cooked, remove it from your crockpot and use two forks to shred it. Then place the shredded chicken back in the crockpot (keep the liquid that is in there). Then, season with chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, paprika, onion powder, salt, and pepper before finally adding tomato paste and water and place on top of chicken and mixing it all together. Now let’s talk taco seasoning for a sec. Making a double or triple batch of our DIY taco seasoning is a great way to have the perfect taco spice combo on hand any time you want to make this recipe or fajitas or nachos or really anything you want to add a Mexican twist to. If you are feeling lazy or don’t have all the taco spices for the chicken, feel free to use an all-natural taco spice pack that has as many real ingredients as possible.Easy & Delicious Sweet Potatoes
How gorgeous are these purple sweet potatoes? Thank you Whole Foods! The second I saw them, I knew I had to stock up on them. Why? For the photo….duh! Davida and I always laugh because we do some strange stuff….” for the photo”. If you run a food (or any) kind of blog, I think you can relate. What’s great about these flavor roasted sweet potatoes, is that this recipe would actually work for the vegans and vegetarians out there. These guys as your main. I’d stock up on the toppings to make sure you get enough protein in there, though! Roasted sweet potatoes….I made them twice last week.
Put It All Together
So in addition to your shredded chicken and sweet potatoes, we also put together a limey black beans + brown rice side for this recipe. It’s sort of a sister recipe to our Copy Cat Chipotle Cilantro Brown Rice. In case you are wondering, we used short-grain brown rice. It’s my jam…and has a WAY better texture than long grain (IMO). The next time you are at the grocery store, pick some up and try it! I promise you’ll never go back to long grain. Toppings for this bowl included:- gluten-free corn tortilla chips
- avocado slices
- sprouts
- fresh lime juice
- cilantro
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Crockpot Chicken Taco Bowls
Make these clean eating Crockpot Chicken Taco Bowls to serve a crowd, or whip them up at the beginning of the week as meal prep for the days to come! This recipe is full of flavor as well as gluten and preservative free. Enjoy!
Ingredients
For the Chicken
- 6 large chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 3 tablespoon chili powder
- 2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste + 1/4 cup water
- juice from 1/2 lime
- salt and pepper to taste, generous
For the Sweet Potatoes
- 3 large sweet potatoes, or ~5 medium-size
- 2-3 tablespoons EVOO
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
For the Rice
- 2 cups short-grain brown rice
- 4 cups water
- 1 15-oz. can black beans, rinsed
- juice from 1.5 limes
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
For the Chicken
- Place 6 large chicken breasts and 2 tablespoons of minced garlic in a large slow cooker and set to high. Cook for 3.5 to 4 hours, or until the chicken is no longer pink inside.
- Remove chicken breasts from slow cooker and use two forks to shred it. Place shredded chicken back in the slow cooker (leave the liquid that is in there). Then, season with chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, paprika, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
- Mix together tomato paste and water and place on top of chicken. Mix.
For the Sweet Potatoes
- First, preheat oven to 400ºF. Then, dice sweet potatoes into bite-sized pieces. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and pour on about 2-3 tablespoons of EVOO. Place sweet potato pieces on baking sheet. Then, season, and toss with your hands. Roast at 400ºF for 25-30 minutes or until desired texture.
For the Rice
- Place 2 cups of brown rice and 4 cups of water in a medium-size pot. Bring to a boil, then lower heat to low and cover. Let simmer until all of the water has absorbed. Once the rice has cooked, add in black beans, lime juice, and sea salt.
Tips & Notes
Feel free to omit the chicken spices and use an all-natural taco spice pack!
Nutrition
Calories: 443 kcal, Carbohydrates: 54 g, Protein: 33 g, Fat: 11 g, Fiber: 8 g, Sugar: 5 g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This looks delicious buddy, and I’d eat sweet potatoes for them (in their puuurty colours).
Thanks, buddy 😛
Love this! So easy, so fresh. I’ll definitely be making this for me and the boyfriend.
Also, I love purple veggies…like broccoli, carrots, etc. Turns out they have more iron than their non-purple counterparts! They kind of taste different too.
I need to find me some purple cauliflower ASAP. So pretty.
Can you recommend how to make this without a crock pot? Don’t have one but it sounds delicious.
I’ve only ever done it in the crock-pot, but I asked a few of my food blogger friends and they suggested poaching it (boiling it), and then shredding it! They suggested boiling the chicken for about 20 minute to cook it all the way through, and then it should be tender enough to shred! GOOD LUCK!
I just bought my first crock pot and it’s still in the box… I haven’t figured out what to make other than bone broth (and I don’t have any bones yet!).
But, I have 4lbs of chicken breasts in the fridge so this is gonna be dinner tonight! Thanks for the recipe, it looks delicious.
OMG. Open that sucker up. Shredded chicken in the crock pot is SO EASY!!!!
This looks delish and I NEED some purple sweet potatoes in my life!!!!
YES. Omg they are gorgeous and so tasty!
I love that you added purple sweet potatoes to this recipe – so good! Looks like the perfect healthy dinner.
I seriously need to get on this short grain brown rice shenanigans!
And I TOTALLY get doing it for the picture ha! Those purple taters (and this whole bowl) are gorg! Pinned!
Tanks lady!! And yes. Once you go short, you’ll never go back!
Please give this to me…right now!
RIGHT! I savored every bowl of this I ate. SO GOOD.
This looks so perfect for prepping ahead for the week! I way prefer the texture of short grain brown rice too. A local vegan cafe uses it and for the longest time I couldn’t figure out what made their rice bowls so good – and then I realized it was the short grain brown rice! So I bought myself some and I haven’t been able to go back to the long grain kind.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! It makes such a difference!
I love some shredded chicken, and this looks spectacular!
I feel like shredded chicken in the crock-pot is like magic. People are always stunned when I tell them how easy it is!