Green chicken tacos for lazy cooks with no time

Tacos are one of the staples of our dinner menu every week. We mix up the type of protein and flavors to keep it fresh. When I am in the mood for chicken tacos, here is one of my go-to recipes.

Originally from Skinnytaste.com, I have adapted this green tomatillo chicken recipe to make as tacos, and changed steps for lazy people with little time to cook.

Here are my ingredients.

• 6-8 chicken drumsticks, skin removed. Thighs work too.
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp salt
• Pepper
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1.5 cups green tomatillo salsa. Any salsa works actually. Get a great one. Your favorite. Just do not expect green tacos from a red salsa (duh)
• fresh cilantro (optional)
• fresh jalapeno, halved and seeded (optional)

First step

Put chicken with vinegar, salt, pepper, oregano. I do not measure; just eyeball it. Mix well. You can marinate it. I do not. (This is a lazy cook's recipe.) You could brown the chicken. Not me. Lazy.

Second step

Pour the salsa over the chicken. Did you get cilantro and jalapeno, or were you too lazy? No judgment. But add em if you got em.

Third step

Pressure cook your ingredients for 20 minutes and let the pressure come down naturally. No pressure cooker? No problem. In a slow cooker on the high setting, slow cook it for four hours. No slow cooker? You are not a lazy cook. Either stop reading this recipe, or go to Amazon and order either a slow cooker or pressure cooker.

None of the above steps should take more than 20-30 minutes of active work time. Now sit down, write on your blog, or do nothing. Lazy.

Fourth step

You could eat this now and be done with the work. But if you want tacos, this is the hard part. Take out the drumsticks one by one and use 2 forks to scrape the meat off the bone. It literally falls off. Yummy.

Be careful not to get the squishy top of the drumstick, little toothpick-shaped bone, or tiny knuckle-shaped bone in your food.

When you are done, put the meat back in the pressure or slow cooker to keep it warm.

Eat

Do I have to spell this part out? Obviously you need tortillas. We use yellow corn. Cheese: I suggest mexican shredded cheese blend, but I am not picky--any cheese will do. Some tomatoes and lettuce are good. Salsa, yes. Guacamole, absolutely. Add some juice from the pot; it is liquid gold.

Enjoy! The chicken is flavorful, moist, and delicious.