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This was my first time making Slow Cooked Shredded Chicken Tacos<\/strong> and I don’t know why it’s taken me so long! A fantastic recipe to feed a crowd at a party for just dinner for your family. This is a super easy recipe but not quick. However, delicious so take a look!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Crock Pot Talk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Confession.  I’m 47 and have never used a crock pot<\/strong>.  Ever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lets\n go back a few years.  To be exact the spring of 2011 on a Wednesday \nmorning.  I was offered a crock pot, and  thought YES!  So after \nexchanging a second hand crock pot over coffee, I thought I was in the \nwin win.  Until I got home and had no idea what to do with the thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the time when I had just started on my recipe writing adventure and I had so many ideas of what I wanted to cook and create.  However, none of that involved a crock pot.  Nope.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I started thinking about ways I could incorporate my cooking to crock pot style.  Guess what?  I just couldn’t.  There was no way to sear fish and sautee vegetables in a crock pot.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that was pretty much my cooking style, so a crock pot just didn’t cut the mustard, so to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Later that week the crock pot was returned with it’s tail between it’s legs and I’ve never looked back.  Until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lately,\n and by lately I mean this whole past year, I’ve been seeing slow cooked\n crock pot style meals everywhere.  Okay, I know many of you are out \nthere laughing at me because crock pot cooking has been around since \nbell bottoms made their debut. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I’ve always been about fast \ncooking.  The idea of waiting for something to cook for say a lifetime, \nseemed senseless to me.  I just didn’t get it, like at all.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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On my quest to  figure out if I could use a crock pot, I \nstarted slow cooking in my oven last winter.  I’ve done ribs, beef stew,\n Mexican Carnitas, a few other things and then these tacos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I get it!  And I’m convinced, I need a crock pot.  So, Amazon will be hearing from me this pronto.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Coming up With New Ideas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week, Tuesday to be exact, I thought of making my same ol Loaded Quesadillas<\/em><\/a><\/strong> for dinner.  Everyone loves them, they are quick and easy so it ‘s an all around win.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s when I got to thinking about crock pots \nand all the success everyone raves about.  With not a crock pot in \nsight, I had a quick glance over to my oven and thought, bingo.  I’m \nmaking slow cooked tacos in the oven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is easy?  Yes.  It is \nquick?  No.  But I can vouch that they are delicious.  So, lets take a \nlittle look at these small bites of happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Everyone Loved These Tacos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First of all, everyone in my family loved these<\/strong>.  Everyone!  That doesn’t happen often so when it does, it gets filed in favourites.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this made a whole lot of servings<\/strong>.  Way more than I thought it was going to.  We had enough left over for the kids dinner the next evening when we had fishcakes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, don’t skip the sauce<\/strong>!  I made a special sauce to go with these tacos.  In my opinion they made them even better.  So if you look at it and think, ain’t gonna happen.  Think again.  It’s delish!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Notes about the tacos<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n