Easy Shredded Chicken Crockpot Recipe (To Use For Other Recipes)

This is an easy shredded chicken recipe that you can use to make chicken pot pie, chicken enchiladas, chicken Alfredo, chicken tacos, chicken salad, etc!

Make this shredded chicken and let it serve you for the rest of the week with your chicken dinners!

What You Need:

  • 3-4 Pounds of boneless chicken thighs
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • 1 can of chicken broth
  • cooking spray or unsalted butter (plus 1/4 of a stick for the crock pot)

Steps:

1. Spray the bottom and sides of your crock pot with cooking spray or you can substitute with butter.

2. Slice your onion into round circle slices.

3. Lay your chicken thighs on top of the onions, fatty sides up.

4. Drizzle olive oil over the top of the chicken.

5. Sprinkle garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, salt and paprika over chicken. Give it a quick rub to ensure that the spices are distributed evenly (optional).

6. Add the chicken broth and the butter to the crock pot.

7. Close and cook the chicken in your crock pot on LOW for 6 hours or on HIGH for four hours.

Now make something yummy with it! 🙂