Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, shredded chicken. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
I love the crockpot method because it's SO simple. Place your chicken breasts in the crock pot, drizzle with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. An easy, fast and flavorful shredded chicken recipe that's incredibly versatile.
Shredded chicken is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Shredded chicken is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have shredded chicken using 4 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients
The ingredients needed to make Shredded chicken:
- Prepare 3 each chicken breasts
- Prepare 1 cup chopped, canned tomatoes
- Take 1 box chicken broth
- Make ready 2 tbsp olive oil
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Instructions
Instructions to make Shredded chicken:
- Season chicken breasts liberally with salt, pepper, and/or spice mix of your choice on both sides.
- Heat oil in a pan until shimmering.
- Add chicken to pan, and sear for 5 minutes on each side.
- Add the tomatoes and 1 cup of the broth to the pan, cover with a tight-fitting lid, and reduce heat to medium low.
- Cook for about an hour, checking at 30 minutes for broth evaporation. Add more when bottom of pan is almost dry.
- After an hour, pull chicken apart with 2 forks. Mix the shreds with the sauce in the pan, add more broth if needed, and continue cooking until desired tenderness (I usually go another hour and a half or so).
- Use shreds in pasta, on salads, in tacos, pizza, BBQ sandwiches, etc.
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