Submitted by Paulene Christie
Sombrero Chicken
Serving: 4
Ingredients
- 1kg chicken pieces of your choice (fillets, drums, wings whatever you like)
- 1 packet of taco seasoning
- 1 jar of apricot jam (approx 450g)
Instructions
- Place chicken in slow cooker.
- Combine jam and taco seasoning well then pour over chicken.
- Cover and cook on low for 4-6hrs depending on your slow cooker
- *This was SO yummy!*
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My family and I absolutely love this recipe…so quick and easy to prepare and very yummy with rice and salad
Quick, tasty and inexpensive meal. I served with new potatoes and salad
I did this tonight with whole chicken breast fillets and the shredded and added them back into the sauce for half an hour. Served in Taco Boats with lettuce, perino tomato halves, cheese, sour cream, avacado and Mexican salsa. Deicious!
Nice! 🙂
Had this tonight. It was soooo tasty and mighty easy to prepare. Had with mashed potato and the sauce was great with it. Definitely have again!!!
Such a quick and easy meal to make. We certainly liked it and will definitely make it again!
I love this recipe so much make it all the time my partner always wants seconds
Made this tonight and it was a big hit! So simple and easy.
Made it with chicken thighs then shredded it and added it back into the sauce. Served in tortillas with sour cream, tomato, lettuce and avocado.
This is great. We have it in tacos. It is great for lunches the next day too.
Will definitely be having again. Added 1/2cup cooking cream to thickened sauce. Served with fried rice. Yum yum yum
made this tonight it was delish kids loved it , we added a little sour cream and served like we would tacos , id add a little more taco seasoning if you like things a little more salty . will be def making again.
My daughter recommended this recipe to me. We loved it. Will definitely making it again. Plenty left over and lovely reheated.
Absolutely delicious! Such an easy dish and so much flavour. Thanks for sharing Paulene 🙂
how big a jar of jam do you use plz
A jar around 450g
How big is the jar of jam?
Around 450g
This is delicious, will be making it to take to work for lunch next wk because I can’t get enough
Very sweet added Dijon and parmasean thickened and served with rice, sweet potatoes chips and corn
Beautiful, I do mine with drumsticks and serve with rice or potato gems. Eat it about once a fortnight.
Made this a wee while ago. We enjoyed it, will make again for sure. Love chicken in our house and always nice to have a new chicken recipe.
Loved this so much, even my fussy kids loved this will definitely make this again.
All I can say is WOW!!! I have been wanting to make this dish for quite a while now and I’m super pleased I finally did ? Absolutely amazing flavour and this recipe is so very easy to make ?? We couldn’t eat this fast enough ? Thank you for yet another delicious recipe Paulene Christie, we just loved this one ???
Great on pork chops too
Can u use drumstick with thighs ?
Yes you can Lyn, I did it with drumsticks two nights ago 🙂
We absolutely enjoyed this. Hubby licked the slow cooker bowl clean. Well be making this again that’s for sure. Thank you Pauline for your yummy recipes
Love this recipe! Used chicken breast (I think thigh would be better though), shredded breast in cooker in last hour and used to make chicken tacos. Delicious and so easy!
My husband and I loved this. We made it with chicken wingettes, as that was all we had. Only three ingridents so it was simple and easy. I cooked it on high for about 4 hours in the slow cooker. Delish. Its been added to our fortnightly meal planner ?.
Great flavour, really simple, nothing needs to be added or altered in any way, cannot wait tthose this again under $10 to make with drumsticks ?
love this recipe make it all the time and it’s so easy to do when you don’t have many ingredients
Could you use a tin of apricots instead of a jar of jam? If I pureed them? Thank you
I think that would give you similar flavours yep 🙂 No juice though so it’s still a similar consistency to the jam 🙂
I love this recipe. It’s a favourite in my household!
I made it using a low sugar jam so it wasn’t as sweet.
I love this one, I have found different brands of jam changes the flavour. Some make it taste more apricot. I found Cottees or IXL is better. I’m not an apricot flavour fan.
Hi Paulene could you use beef steak instead of chicken…for something different??????
I’ven never tried that but if you do let us know how it goes 🙂
We just used 2 chicken breast and one packet of seasoning and one 250g jar of Cottees jam. Turned out really yummy and served in taco boats with cucumber, capsicum, red onion, avacado and cheese. Fed 4 of us easily ?
Delicious! I used a jar of Beerenberg Apricot jam for this and I made a cheesy mashed potato to serve with it. Sauce was lovely..
3 simple ingredients, so glad I found this recipe, I done this for my kid’s dinner tonight, served in taco shells with salad, my 5yr old devoured it, along with 4 teens. The term they used “dinner was banging”
Could you do it as a dump bag
Yep
I have made this so many times and it never fails to please. Sometimes I slice up an onion and put that on the base for a little extra boost. I have passed this recipe to so many people to try and never had a single complaint about it. Super easy, not expensive to make and so tasty.
I have made this so many times and it never disappoints. Super tasty and so easy to make. I have given this recipe to so many people and have never had a complaint. Sometimes I slice up an onion and put it on the bottom just for a little bit more kick. Easy to make, not expensive but so delicious ??
Omg I loved it will definitely make it again
Loved this meal! I added sour cream, a tin of apricots, and lessened the jam. Also put in carrots and beans! Delicious!
I used apricots that I had stewed and added an onion. For the last half hour I added Asian greens. Totally agree with what everyone says this is simple and so tasty, will definitely be making again.
Would love to try this, is the taco seasoning hot at all? , can’t eat hot spicy food. If so can I sub for something else?
No heat to worry about Curley 🙂 Especially once it’s mixed with the sweet jam. You’ll be fine – our little kids love it no probs
This is so quick, so easy and so tasty! The family loved it ?
I’m wondering if anyone has done it with beef? I absolutely love it with chicken.
I’m not certain but I feel like some have 🙂
Doing a quick search on our FB group might bring up these results
So this recipe is becoming a favourite so I have made this for a BBQ and I have changed it from apricot jam to orange marmalade and had a little taste test it is yummy tastes a bit sweeter
Made this today, wasnt sure about it as Im not a fan of apricots and my hubby isnt a sweet tooth but OMG, it was delish, I only had home made jam and I added Cayenne pepper as my hubby likes a kick and it was of so good, I think it will certainly be a part of our regular feeds. Love that its so simple, we had ours with veggies. Thanks
I made this tonight and it was fab, I wasnt sure about making it as Im not a fan of apricots and hubby isnt a sweet tooth but so glad I did we both really loved it, I only had home made apricot jam and I added Cayenne pepper as my hubby likes abit of spice, I will definately be making this a regular in our house, so quick and inexpensive. Thanks
This was incredible, I used wings. It was so so good. The only regret I have is not trying this sooner
This meal was absolutely delicious even the kids had empty plates most definitely will do this one again for sure
5 star for sure. Hubby repeatedly said, yum, delicious and amazing ???
I cooked with 10 drumsticks and served half with Microwave Mexican rice, carrots and beans. Shredded the remainder for tomorrow nights tea – sombrero chicken , mex rice , lettuce, tomato/ cucumber, sour cream on burritos.
Thanks Pauline, super great recipe!
I’ve made this a few times now and it’s delicious every single time. I only use either breasts or tenderloins and it never fails. I serve it with mashed potato, sweet potato and mixed veg. So good.
My absolute favourite dish! It’s my go to for dinner guests. I serve it with mash and greens. I also line the sc with an opened oven bag so no sticky cooker to clean! Forever grateful to Pauline for recipes.
This was amazing and loved by our family of 6. I used 4 chicken breasts and shredded before serving. We had it in wraps with salad. I’ll try with chicken drumsticks next time. So easy and tasty!
Love this recipe, add zucchini, capsicum and carrots at the beginning. Crowd pleaser
Super Yummy!
I have to be honest…. I really didn’t have high hopes for this one, but hey…. 3 ingredients, I’m super lazy sounds like it’s at least worth a try!
Well geez…. I was just so wrong! This very simple 3 ingredient yummy bomb of flavour is such a winner in our house, I looked up from licking my bowl out, to see my husband doing the same thing!
Nom Nom Nom ?
really enjoyed this and my friend in Texas loved it too
really enjoyed it very tasty my friend over in Texas love it
My family and I had this for dinner last night and was a huge win. My fussy teenager son even enjoyed without any complaints.
Will definitely be making it again. Ticks all the boxes. Simple, affordable and absolutely delicious
Bloody nice got the approval of the little minions
This is my new favourite chicken dish- it’s absolutely delicious! I made it with 2kg of chicken drumsticks and used 2 jars of jam and 2 packets of taco seasoning. I pulled the meat off the bone, mixed it in with the sauce and served in tacos one night and in burritos the next. Hubby and my 2 year old licked their plates clean!
This recipe is brilliant and on our fortnightly rotation. Serve with rice, mash and veg or take the chicken off the bone and use in wraps. I have to double or triple (3 x taco seasoning but only 2 x jam is our preference) as the kids love it!
Thanks Ange! 🙂
We absolutely loved this.. .I tried it for the first time today and I’ll definitely be cooking this again
Absolutely delicious
Made it for the first time today added 1 diced onion, 1 diced red capsicum, diced celery, and spinach leaves. Served with hash browns. Will definitely be making it again. Yummo!
Cooked this using chicken thigh fillets and made nachos with the shredded chicken. Family loved it!
Delicious! Not being apricot fans, I wasn’t sure what my kids would think of this but it was a hit and so easy to make. I used stir fry chicken breast and served with salad, I think next time we will have it on rolls.
This is a keeper recipe. Everyone loved it. I added a diced onion and some garlic. Wow, what a great recipe.
Had Sombrero chicken for dinner last night enjoyed by all with rice and fresh beans from the garden did have to thicken sauce a little .
That’s such great feedback! Thanks Christine 🙂
Have just found this recipe Am wondering if a marmalade would work in this recipe?
The original recipe looks so nice will be trying it this coming week
Just thought I would ask re the marmalade
Thank you for all your work
You could swap to another jam – I’ve found marmalade a little tart in cooked recipes but if you try it I’d love to hear your thoughts on it Wendy 🙂
Delicious & easy. Thickened the yummy sauce at the end.
Thanks Jill 🙂 🙂
Try this on family after my daughter said no after hearing it use a jar of apricot jam also used chicken fillets well they all loved it even my daughter side serve of jasmine rice 😋
We love to surprise people Mandy 🙂
This recipe NEVER fails in ny house.
However I did finish it off by placing the chicken in the oven just long enough to ‘dry/crisp’ up the skin before serving.
I highly recommend trying this one if you haven’t and are undecided
So pleased you love it too Tammy! 🙂
made this yesterday for tea I added more jam and 2 pkts of taco seasoning family loved it will be a another favourite thanks for sharing
That’s so great to hear that you enjoyed it Cyn! 🙂
You didn’t find it too salty with two packets of taco mix?
Sooo good! Opted for fillets. Cooked on low 5hr. Sweeter than spicy!
Awesome feedback – thanks Tracey!
SO SO tasty, but I did end up with way too much sauce. Most enjoyable dinner.
Christine you may like to sear yoru chicken first to limit the amount of liquid it will release in your dish. Another option is using the Tea Towel TrickThe ‘Tea Towel trick’ 🙂
Brunch birthday tea celebration for a wotk colleague! Cue my contribution:
However, my local WW did not have any apricot🍑 jam on the shelves this time around. So, I substituted with a 1x jar of orange🍊marmalade & 1x jar cranberry sauce, with 2x packs WW taco seasoning mix I opted to use 2kg chicken drumsticks, approx 16 pieces & cooked on low for 6hr, I added a cornflour slurry and did tea towel trick under the lid for last 1hr to reduce too much liquid.
Chicken literally fell off the bone, delicious & oh so simple!
Thanks Tracey! 🙂
It’s really hard to find a recipe my son ( who has ASD) likes, but he did like this one. I served with mash but he thinks rice would go better.
That’s wonderful to hear Nicole! 🙂
Three ingredients, one big flavour hit. 🌮🔥 Chicken breast, taco seasoning, and apricot jam shouldn’t work this well—but they absolutely do. The sweet jam melts into the smoky spice, turning simple chicken into a masterpiece. Easy to make, impossible not to love. Served on Street Tacos 😍
Thanks Meagan taking the time to come back and leave your lovely feedback! They always bring me JOY! 🙂
I made this and was extremely dubious but it was absolutely delicious and will be a regular on my menu
Thank you so much for your feedback Norma! 🙂
Made this a few days ago. Followed the recipe exactly. Hubby found it a little bit too sweet….Next time I might add a little lemon juice to cut the excessive sweetness of this dish.
Sweetness & subtle spice. Very nice meal. I used chicken breast fillets as thats what I had on hand. Added cornflour slurry at the end to thicken & shredded the chicken once cooked. SC low for 6hr
Thanks Tracey 🙂