Add all ingredients to a 4 quart or larger slow cooker, stirring to combine.
Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 hours or on LOW for 6 hours. If your chicken is frozen add an additional 60 minutes to the cooking time.
Once chicken is fully cooked, carefully drain off any extra cooking liquid into a bowl and set aside.
Shred chicken meat with two forks and stir in a little bit of the reserved cooking liquid to help keep the meat moist.
Serve shredded chicken in taco shells or tortillas with your favorite taco toppings.
Notes
This recipe is gluten-free when using both of our homemade taco seasoning mix and ranch dressing mix or a gluten free store bought brand.Nutrition information based on using boneless skinless chicken breasts adjust accordingly if using chicken thighs.Freezer Meal Instructions:
Place all ingredients into a 1 gallon size zippered freezer bag OR FoodSaver bag.
Place bag on flat surface and seal bag closed while pressing out as much excess air as possible OR use your FoodSaver sealing system to vacuum seal the bag closed.
Label bag with date prepared, name of recipe, ingredients and cooking instructions.
Lay bag flat in freezer and allow to freeze for several hours. At that point you can stand the bags upright in your freezer if desired.
To Cook Freezer Meal:
Remove freezer meal bag from freezer and place either in refrigerator overnight OR in a clean kitchen sink filled with cool water for several hours just until the freezer meal is partially thawed enough to dump the contents of the bag into the slow cooker.
Cook according to the recipe directions adding 1 additional hour cooking time (in this case 4 hours on LOW or 7 hours on HIGH from the partially thawed state ).