Crock Pot Baked Beans & Taco Chicken

I really enjoy doing at home Mexican. You can have all the flavor, without all the grease. We were having a few friends over on Saturday night, so I decided to put together a little fiesta.

I made pulled taco chicken in the crock pot (recipe below):

 

I served the chicken with tortillas and all the toppings, including bell peppers, shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, corn:

Salsa, tomatoes, jalapenos (love the bottles and bottle cleaner in the background ;)):

 

Chobani Greek yogurt and avocados:

 

I also made a batch of vegetarian crock pot “refried” pinto beans (recipe below):

and desserts:

 

My friends brought over a big, delicious salad and chips with salsa and guacamole. MMmmm

Crock Pot Pulled Taco Chicken: 

 

I started with this recipe, and made lots of adjustments. This makes a lot of chicken, enough to feed 8:

Ingredients:

• 2 limes
• 4 teaspoons chili powder
• 3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breast
• 16 oz container of taco sauce

Directions:

Place chicken in the bottom of a large crock pot. Squeeze limes over chicken and then sprinkle chili powder on top. Cook on low for 4-6 hours (my chicken was PERFECT at 4 hours).

Drain crock pot, shred chicken and return to crock pot. Mix in taco sauce and cook on low for another 1/2 hour.

Crock Pot Vegetarian Baked Beans:

Refried beans may not look pretty, but they’re so yummy.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups dried pinto beans (cleaned/rinsed and gone through)
• 9 cups water and 4 vegetarian bouillon cubes (alternatively, you could use 5 cups water and 4 cups vegetable broth)
• 1 sweet onion (cleaned and cut in half)
• 2 cloves of garlic, diced
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon paprika

Directions:

Add all ingredients to crock pot. Cook on high for 8 hours. Remove onion. Drain beans (RESERVE liquid). Use an immersion blender (or other mashing device) to mash beans ( you can either completely mash them or leave them somewhat lumpy as I did. Add reserved liquid to achieve desired consistency.

I think everyone had a blast. The ladies attempted to take a couple pictures after dinner (even Kay!):

 

 So much fun!

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