Bajio Chicken

Recipe source: realmomkitchen.blogspot.com

This chicken is so, SO good.  We LOVE to use it in taco salad, but I'm sure it would also be great in tacos or burritos.

5 chicken breasts
1/2 cup salsa
1 Tbsp cumin
1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp brown sugar
1 4 oz. can diced green chilies
3/4 cup Sprite (Sprite Zero works great! And it has NO calories.)

Salad dressing: mix 1 part ranch with 1 part salsa.  So good!  (I am usually not an advocate of fat free ranch, but I actually didn't mind it in this dressing since it is mixed with the salsa.) 

Combine all ingredients in a crock pot. Cook on low for 5-6 hours or high 2.5-3 hours. Remove chicken and shred. Return to crock pot and cook 1 more hour. Thicken the juices with a little cornstarch mixed in water. (I mixed 1/4 cup of cornstarch with 1/4 COLD water, and then mixed it in to the chicken, and it seemed to do the job.)

Serve with corn chips, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, olives, green onions, red or yellow bell pepper, and anything else you like on your taco salad.