Name: Slow Cooker Honey Chipotle Chicken Tacos Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1½ lbs chicken breasts; ½ cup tomato sauce; ¼ cup honey; ½ white onion; 1 lime; 1 tsp garlic powder; ½ tsp kosher salt; ½ tsp black pepper; 3 chipotle peppers; 2 tbsp adobo sauce; 1 pkg flour tortillas; For Toppings:; queso fresco; red onion; radish; cilantro

Slow Cooker Honey Chipotle Chicken Tacos Recipe

Levin Helmus Modified: April 17, 2024

How To Make Slow Cooker Honey Chipotle Chicken Tacos

Made with juicy shredded chicken, spicy chipotle peppers, and sweet honey, this slow cooker chicken tacos is a wonderful dish for every meal.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 4 hours

Total: 4 hours 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1½lbschicken breasts,boneless, skinless, thighs, or a mix
½cuptomato sauce,plain
¼cuphoney
½white onion,chopped
1lime,juiced about 2 tablespoons
1tspgarlic powder
½tspkosher salt
½tspblack pepper
3chipotle peppers,from a can of Chipotles en Adobo, chopped stems and seeds removed
2tbspAdobo sauce,from a can of Chipotles en Adobo
1pkgflour tortillas,soft

For the Toppings:

queso fresco,crumbled
red onion,diced
radish,diced
cilantro,fresh

Instructions

Combine the chicken, tomato sauce, honey, onion, lime juice, garlic powder, salt, and pepper to your slow cooker. Add 1 to 3 chopped chipotle peppers and 1 to 2 tablespoons of Adobo sauce, depending on your preferred level of heat.
Mix together well.
Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 to 8 hours.
At the end of cooking time, use two forks to shred chicken in the pot. Mix the shredded chicken with the sauce.
At this point, the chicken can be held in a warm setting, covered, for 1 to 2 hours. Stir additional water as needed if the pot starts to become dry.
Set out a stack of tortillas and all the toppings. Assemble and serve the tacos from the slow cooker.