Slow Cooker Tomatillo Salsa Roja Chicken Tacos is a delicious authentic Mexican recipe made in your slow cooker. These are so easy to make and perfect for feeding a crowd!
Oh you slow cooked tacos with tomatillo salsa roja.
How many ways do I love you? Many.
I made these last week. We already had them twice. They are already being requested a 3rd time. They are out of this world tasty.
What makes them that special? They are slow cooked, they are made with fresh ingredients and they have that authentic taste. Yeah, they are really good.
For this recipe it’s full of fresh ingredients, down to the salsa which is made from just picked tomatillos, so let’s get started!
Salsa Verde Tacos
The salsa is a mixture of salsa verde + red mexican sauce. For the salsa verde I use my favorite recipe (found here) but I cut it in half. If you can’t make it homemade, just buy a jar of it.
The Red Mexican Sauce includes includes tomatoes, peppers, onions, salt, garlic and coriander. In other words, it’s delicious.
Slow Cooker Tomatillo Salsa Roja Chicken Tacos Recipe
Just mix these together and we have our Tomatillo Salsa Roja already made! I always take a spoonful of this right away. You know, just to check… 🙂
To give it a little bit of a extra kick I like to add green pickled jalapeno peppers to the slow cooker. Once slow cooked the pickled flavor isn’t strong, but instead it’s more about the spice of the jalapenos.
You’re also going to add some dry black beans to this recipe. See these gorgeous black bean? Yeah, we grew them. And yes, I’m totally proud of them.
When it’s almost ready for dinner time, start preparing your toppings and shells. I like to use tostadas. Tostadas are basically a flat taco shell. They are made with corn and extra crunchy. I can usually find a bag of 25 at the bodega for less than $2 so it’s also a steal.
For more toppings, we love cheese, tomatoes, cilantro and lettuce. Why not throw on some sour cream and avocados too?
I always love to have a little bit of salsa verde left so I can pour on a big spoonful on each. I’m a big salsa verde lover, I can’t get enough.
And hello beatiful, let’s eat these!
Crunch Crunch. Delicious!
Hope you guys enjoy these tacos! Make it for a Mexican fiesta one night this week!
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Slow Cooker Tomatillo Salsa Roja Chicken Tacos
PrintIngredients
For the tomatillo salsa roja
- 6 ounces tomatillos husked
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 jalapeno pepper chopped
- 1 tablespoon cilantro
- 1 tablespoon lime
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- pinch of pepper
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 chicken bouillon cube
- 7 oz can of La Morena Red Mexican Sauce
For the Slow Cooker Tacos
- Tomatilo Salsa Roja that you made above
- 2 pounds skinless boneless chicken breast - cut in half
- 1 cup dry black beans
- 8 oz frozen corn
- 1/3 cup of La Morena Pickled Jalapeno Peppers - drained
Other
- Tostadas
Toppings of Choice
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- Diced Tomatoes
- Lettuce
- Sour Cream
- Avocado
- Cilantro
Instructions
To make the salsa
- Place all ingredients except bouillon cube and Red Mexican Sauce in a blender. Blend until everything is combined and is salsa consistency.
- Pour salsa verde into saucepan and heat on medium high heat. Bring to a boil.
- Add bouillon cube and Red Mexican Sauce and stir into salsa verde.
- Once boiling simmer for 15 minutes.
To make the Slow Cooker Tacos
- Add salsa, chicken, dry black beans, corn and jalapeno peppers in slow cooker.
- Set on low for 7.5 hours.
- Shred chicken with 2 forks, put back in slow cooker. Cook for additional 30 minutes.
- Serve on tostadas and top with your favorite toppings (I do cheese and tomatoes!).
laurasmess says
It’s really hard to find La Morena products in Australia (or at least where I live!) but whenever I see the chpotles in adobo, I stock up (as in seriously stock up!!!). I have a few remaining treasured cans at home but I’m so jealous that you have so much variety where you are!!! These tacos look amazing. As in, ah-mazing (worth the extra pause for the serious deliciousness). I want to make them asap! Great photos too Pamela xx
Choc Chip Uru says
These tacos look so indulgently delicious! Good Mexican food is hard to come by in Australia so guess I have to rely on making it 😛
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Stephanie says
So jealous!!! The mexican food in Canada is terrible. In fact, my fiance thought that he didn’t like Mexican food until he finally tried some good stuff in the ‘ol USA. I should really try this recipe so that we can have good mexican food more than once a year
Kelly says
Mexican food is one of our favorites – love it and these tomatillo chicken tacos! They look amazing and cooked in the slow cooker too? Sounds perfect to me 🙂
Juliana says
Wow Pamela, the tomatillo salsa just sounds and looks delicious…I sure would love this tacos for dinner…yum!
Enjoy your week 😀
Renee@Two in the Kitchen says
Mexican is my favorite food type as well. And I especially love salsa verde! This recipe looks fantastic!! 🙂
Joanne says
I don’t think I’ve ever seen this brand! THough I would love to dive into these tacos. Mouth-first.
ela@GrayApron says
Looking all good! I would love to bite on a couple of those tacos!
Marcie says
I’ve never heard of this brand, and the products look delicious! I’d be all over these tacos!
Bam's Kitchen says
Love that sauce and so easy to put together. My boys would love this tomatillo salsa roja as you know they love it spicy. By any chance does La Morena also have canned tomatillos, then this would be even easier to throw together. Delicious.
Pamela says
Hey Bam, here is a list to their products: http://padillagroup.com/la-morena/products/. Unfortunately there is no canned tomatillos! Hope you enjoy these tacos!
dailycurlz says
I love recipes with authentic flavors, thanks for sharing, and yes you should be proud of your beans lol #client
anna@shenANNAgans says
Mmmm, Mexican slow cooked – now your talkin’ 🙂 I list the zingy twist you’ve got going on here with this recipe too.
Cailee says
YUM!! What a fun recipe!! Love it! 🙂 Looks so simple, tasty and healthy! WIN!
Carol at Wild Goose Teaw says
I love Mexican food. I eat it frequently. BUT I’ve always said that wherever I move better have a library and a Chinese restaurant. So there you have it. But having said that, I love tacos. I have never done
any slow cooking in regard to fixing them either. Looks good.
Norma Chang says
I use a lot of black beans but never thought of growing them, must do so next year. Your tacos are making me hungry and I just had dinner.
Ashley says
Mexican food is definitely my favorite! I could seriously eat it every single night. These sound fantastic!
Shashi @ runninsrilankan says
Pamela – that tomatillo salsa roja sounds amazing – I think I could just eat it by the shovelful – oops, I mean spoonful! I could imagine how good that chicken cooked in salsa verde and Tomatilo Salsa Roja must be!
Chris @ Shared Appetite says
Yessss… I knew I would see those tomatillos on the blog soon enough! Yum! Love me some good tacos!
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
I love my slow cooker too, and this is such a great meal with lots of flavours and goodness!
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says
I’ve never made slow cooker tacos before…I definitely need to change that! This dish looks incredible! My husband will love this, so pinning to try out!
Jen @ Baked by an Introvert says
This looks completely delicious! We eat a ton of mexican food in my house. I can’t wait to add these tacos to the menu.\!
Fareseason says
Yum! I already have a tomatillo recipe in my queue for next week. Great minds think alike 🙂
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
I LOVE tacos and I seriously think you can never have too many taco recipes. I’m trying these for sure.
Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen says
These tacos look amazing Pamela! I don’t know if we have that La Morena brand here, but I’m definitely going to look for it when I go to the store today. You’ve inspired me!
Kelly @ Trial and Eater says
Mexican food has definitely grown on me as I’ve gotten older! It’s my moms favorite and she would always beg me to eat it. I love that you grew these black beans! I’ve been thinking about buying them in bulk instead of in cans, but it’s super cool you have them in your own backyard (/rooftop) ! 🙂
Ashley | Spoonful of Flavor says
Great way to use up some tomatillos! I’ve been craving tacos lately so I definitely need to try these soon!
Sues says
Yes, Mexican food is my favorite and I love everything about this post!