Make your next Taco Tuesday even cheesier with this Easy Creamy Chicken Tacos Recipe! Can be made in the Crock Pot, Instant Pot, or stove top! Your family with looooove these!
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Easy Creamy Chicken Tacos Recipe
Stop what you’re doing and straighten up in your chairs, friends! This easy-to-make dinner recipe is simply MAGICAL! ✨ Absolutely mouthwateringly magical, my darlings! I cannot even begin to explain to you just how special and incredible it is! Not just because of the delicious flavors making your taste buds dance, but because of the ease in preparation!
The flexibility of this easy chicken taco dinner dish cannot be overstated enough – you can make these in the Crock Pot, Instant Pot, or on the stove!
Where Can I Find The Actual Recipe Card?
If you’d rather skip all of my cooking tips, important information for this recipe, and similar recipe ideas – and get straight to the Easy Creamy Chicken Tacos recipe, just scroll down to the bottom, where you’ll find a printable recipe card.
Equipment Needed to Make Easy Creamy Chicken Tacos Recipe
This easy dinner recipe is so versatile, you get to choose how you’d like to prepare it! Utilize the Instant Pot, the Crock Pot, or a stock pot stovetop if you wish!
- Instant Pot 10-quart (if preferred)
- Crock Pot (if preferred)
- Stock pot (if preferred)
- Rubber spatula
- Colander
- Blender
- Tongs
- Teaspoon
- Tablespoon
Ingredients Needed to Make Easy Creamy Chicken Tacos Recipe
To make this Easy Creamy Chicken Tacos Recipe, you will also need the following ingredients gathered and ready:
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts, thawed
- Mild taco seasoning packets
- Frozen onions and peppers
- Minced garlic
- Cream cheese
- Fresh ground salt
- Fresh ground pepper
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Smoked paprika
- Chicken stock (only needed if using an Instant Pot)
In addition to the above, you’ll need some or all of the following (depending upon your favorite taco fixings):
- Flour tortillas
- Hard taco shells
- Shredded cheese
- Guacamole
- Salsa
- Jalapeños
- Queso
- Shredded lettuce, tomato, etc.
Keep in mind, all of the ingredient amounts you’ll need are in the printable recipe card below.
How to Make Easy Creamy Chicken Tacos
NOTE: There are three different ways you can prepare these Easy Creamy Chicken Tacos that’s outlined in great detail in the printable recipe card below, but for the sake of not making this recipe eleventy-billion pages long LOL I’m going to show you the steps I took to prepare it utilizing the stove top/stock pot method (although I did prepare it in my Ninja Cooker which has stovetop settings lol)
Spray your pot and place your chicken breasts inside.
Turn the heat to medium-high.
Using some of the taco seasoning, generously sprinkle your chicken breasts with the seasoning.
Ensure both sides of the chicken breasts are thoroughly covered.
Add the minced garlic and frozen onions and peppers to the pot, mix thoroughly and cover with the lid.
Set this temperature to medium-high and cook for about 10 minutes, then flip your chicken breasts.
Continue to cook your chicken breasts and onions/peppers mixture flipping constantly until the chicken is fork tender and begins to fall apart.
Once your chicken is cooked thoroughly, remove one breast at a time to shred. For the best possible shredded chicken ever (and easily), I prefer to shred using my Blendtec but you can use a hand mixer or two forks, whichever you’d like!
While shredding the chicken, drain most of the liquid from your pot using a colander, reserving some in a bowl in case it’s needed again later.
Once all your chicken breasts are all shredded, return the shredded chicken to the pot and blend well with the onions and peppers remaining.
Add your cream cheese to the chicken mixture and mix well.
Important note at this step: As you mix the cream cheese chicken mixture, if you find the chicken mixture seems like it might need a bit more liquid to make it easier to blend, this is where you might want to add back in some of the broth we set aside!
Add your remaining taco seasoning packet and mix well, then add to this mixture the other seasonings and taste test to determine how much more of the spices are needed.
From here, continue to stir well and season accordingly to taste.
Serve with your favorite taco fixings and tortilla chips and enjoy!
Other Chicken Dinner Recipes to Try
Check out a few of my other family-friendly kid approved chicken recipes for dinner that I’ve created in the past! These tried and true chicken dinner recipes are huge favorites in our household!
- Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadillas
- Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe
- Instant Pot Chicken Taco Bowl Recipe
- Chicken Bacon Ranch Cheddar Wreath
- Chicken Broccoli Spinach Artichoke Wreath
- Instant Pot Lemon Butter Chicken Recipe
- Jalapeño Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadillas
- Instant Pot Pulled Barbecue Chicken Recipe
- Chicken Fajita Queso Dip
- Barbecue Pulled Chicken Nachos
- Buffalo Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadillas
- Slow Cooker Herbed Barbecue Chicken Legs
- Clean Eating Chicken Muffins
- Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeño Popper Chicken
- Creamy Chicken Enchiladas Verdes with Tomatillo Sauce
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Easy Creamy Chicken Tacos Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts thawed not frozen (approximately 6 chicken breasts)
- 3 packages mild taco seasoning packets (or 2.25 cups from the canister)
- 1.5 bags frozen onions and peppers 30 ounces total
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic heaping
- 2 packages cream cheese 8 ounce packages/blocks
- 2 tbsp fresh ground salt to taste
- 2 tbsp fresh ground pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp garlic powder to taste
- 2 tbsp onion powder to taste
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika to taste
- 1-2 cups chicken stock* *Only needed if using an Instant Pot
Instructions
For stove top preparation
- Spray your pot and place your chicken breasts inside; turn the heat to medium-high.
- Using 2 packages or 1.5 cups of taco seasoning, generously sprinkle your chicken breasts with the seasoning, using only about 1.5 cups or 2 packages. Ensure both sides of the chicken breasts are thoroughly covered.
- Add the minced garlic and frozen onions and peppers to the pot, mix thoroughly and cover with the lid.
- Cook on medium-high for about 10 minutes, then flip your chicken breasts.
- Continue to cook your chicken breasts and onions/peppers mixture flipping constantly until the chicken is fork tender and begins to fall apart.
For Crock Pot preparation
- Set your Crock Pot to high, then spray your Crock Pot and place your chicken breasts inside.
- Using 2 packages or 1.5 cups of taco seasoning, generously sprinkle your chicken breasts with the seasoning, using only about 1.5 cups or 2 packages. Ensure both sides of the chicken breasts are thoroughly covered.
- Add the minced garlic and frozen onions and peppers to the pot, mix thoroughly and cover with the lid.
- Set on low for 4 hours or low for 6 hours.
For Instant Pot preparation
- Spray your Instant Pot and place your chicken breasts inside.
- Using 2 packages or 1.5 cups of taco seasoning, generously sprinkle your chicken breasts with the seasoning, using only about 1.5 cups or 2 packages. Ensure both sides of the chicken breasts are thoroughly covered.
- Add in the chicken stock to the pot.
- Add the minced garlic and frozen onions and peppers to the pot, mix thoroughly and cover with the lid.
- Press "Poultry" on your Instant Pot and pressure cook for 12 minutes.
- Once the timer is finished, release the pressure.
Final Preparation before serving
- Once your chicken is cooked thoroughly, remove one breast at a time to shred. I prefer to shred using my Blendtec but you can use a hand mixer or two forks, whichever you'd like!
- While shredding the chicken, drain most of the liquid from your pot using a colander, reserving some in a bowl in case it's needed again later.
- Once all your chicken breasts are shredded, return them to the pot and blend well with the onions and peppers remaining.
- Add your cream cheese to the chicken mixture and mix well.
- As you mix the cream cheese chicken mixture, if you find the chicken mixture seems like it might need a bit more liquid to make it easier to blend, this is where you might want to add back in some of the broth we set aside!
- Add your remaining taco seasoning packet and mix well, then add other seasonings and taste test to determine how much more of the spices are needed. Continue to stir well and season accordingly.
- Serve with your favorite taco fixings and tortilla chips and enjoy!
