Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken

There are a million ways to use shredded chicken, especially shredded chicken that tastes this good. Go ahead. Start listing your million ways now.

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 3 limes, juiced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 lb. chicken breast
• 1 lb. chicken thighs
• Couple garlic cloves, crushed
• 1/2 bunch cilantro
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• Salt and pepper

Directions

1. Put all the ingredients in the slow cooker. Cook on low for 8 hours.

2. Once cooking is complete, use 2 forks to pull the chicken apart. Pull out any long cilantro stems, if necessary.
3. Serve Cilantro-Lime Shredded Chicken in favorite chicken recipes.
4. Portion out chicken into meal size portions and place in plastic freezer baggies and freeze for future use.
   

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