Crock Pot Mojo Chicken Recipe

If you are looking to jazz up plain chicken, this Mojo Chicken Recipe is a must try! It is simply amazing and just bursting with flavor. One of our favorite slow cooker recipes.

The orange and lime juice combine with all of the seasonings for the most tender and delicious chicken. I love that family dinner is actually easy now. The stress of dinner is gone once you toss amazing meals like this in the crockpot. You may also love Cilantro Lime Chicken Crockpot Recipe and Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs Recipe.

What is Mojo Chicken?

Mojo flavor typically refers to Cuban cooking that has a sauce with garlic and citrus. It is delicious on chicken but can also be used on pork and other types of meat.

Ingredients

• Chicken Breast – Chicken thighs are also delicious
• Orange Juice – You can use any type of citrus juices such as lemon juice
• Limes – We like to add in orange zest or lime zest for more flavor in the mojo sauce
• Cilantro – See The Best Cilantro Substitutes if you do not like fresh cilantro
• Minced Garlic – Learn How to Mince Garlic Cloves if using fresh garlic
• Oregano – You can also use Italian Seasoning Recipe
• Cumin – See Best Substitute for Cumin if you are out

Scroll to the bottom for the full recipe and ingredients in the recipe card.

How to Make Mojo Chicken Breast Recipe

• Step 1 – Place all the ingredients in the crock pot. It is that simple!

• Step 2 – Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours or on high for 3 hours.
• Step 3 – Remove the chicken, shred and mix it back into the sauce in the crock pot.
• Step 4 – Serve as is or over rice and enjoy!

Expert Tips

• Chicken – You can cook this recipe with frozen chicken or fresh chicken. You may need to adjust cooking time if frozen.
• Shredding Chicken – You can easily shred the chicken with two forks. But we like shredding chicken with a mixer.

Serving Suggestions

This meal is delicious served over white rice.  We actually cook rice in the slow cooker. This is so handy and I like to cook a ton of rice in my crock pot and then freeze it for recipes like this one.

Freezing rice is so easy and saves me tons of time in the kitchen. If you aren’t freezing rice, you should be! It is a huge time saver.

Pair this dish with a green veggie and you are ready to go!  We love these delicious roasted green beans with this chicken.  They only take a minute to prepare and they are so yummy.

This recipe is also good with  oven roasted asparagus.   Steamed Broccoli is also delicious and easy. You can even make Slow Cooker Black Beans for another easy side.

How to Use Leftovers

Slow Cooker Mojo Chicken is even better leftover. We like shred the chicken and make tacos or even quesadillas. The possibilities are endless with this recipe. We have even shredded it made Chicken Oven Nachos.