Slow Cooker Chipotle-Honey Chicken Tacos
- Total Time
- 3 to 5 hours
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Ingredients
- 1½pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 3tablespoons honey
- 1teaspoon onion powder
- 1teaspoon garlic powder
- ½teaspoon ground cumin
- 1teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 to 4chipotles from a can of chipotles in adobo, finely chopped, plus 2 tablespoons adobo sauce
- 1(15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
- Juice of 1 lime
- Warmed tortillas, for serving
- Pickled onion, for serving (see Tip)
- Sliced or cubed avocado, for serving
Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)
407 calories; 9 grams fat; 2 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 4 grams monounsaturated fat; 2 grams polyunsaturated fat; 40 grams carbohydrates; 10 grams dietary fiber; 16 grams sugars; 41 grams protein; 890 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Combine the chicken, honey, onion and garlic powders, cumin, salt and chipotle chiles and adobo sauce in a 5- to 8-quart slow cooker. Stir well. Cook for at least 3 hours and up to 5 hours on low. If it’s more convenient, you can let the slow cooker switch to warm after 5 hours. The dish will hold on warm for about another 3 hours before the chicken starts to become quite dry.
- Step 2
Using two forks, coarsely shred the chicken in the sauce. Stir in the black beans and lime juice. Cover and let the beans warm through, about 5 minutes. Taste and add more salt or lime juice if necessary. Serve in tortillas with pickled onion and avocado.
- To make quick-pickled onions, thinly slice a red onion and put the slices in a bowl or container. Bring about 1½ cups cider or white vinegar to a boil, and add about 3 heaping spoonfuls of sugar and a big pinch of salt to dissolve. You can also add a pinch of red-pepper flakes, a bay leaf or some dried oregano, if you like. Pour the hot vinegar over the onions and let them cool. They’re ready to use right away, and can be stored in the refrigerator for 2 weeks.
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I made my own adobe sauce, and wanted to share this in case it helps anyone! I mixed 1 tablespoon tomato paste, 1 tablespoon cider vinegar, 1 teaspoon chipotle powder*, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, a pinch of oregano, a pinch of garlic powder, and a pinch of salt. **Since I did not have chipotle powder on hand, I did 1 tsp of paprika and 1 tsp of cayenne. If you want less heat, you could scale back to a 1/2 tsp of each spice.
For dutch oven equivalent I use 200 degree oven for low and 300 for high. So bake about 3 hours at 300, 4 hours at 250 or or 5 hours at 200. I usually stir every once in a while, add liquid if it gets too dry, and turn temp up or down depending on how fast it looks like it's getting done and my schedule.
I used 4 chicken breasts instead of the thighs and they turned out fantastic.
This was good but it definitely was not a sticky caramelized sauce as the author wrote in the description, so that was disappointing. Mine came out very watery.
I used rotisserie chicken already cut up to make it quicker. I also made the pickled onions which are really tasty! Next time I’ll put more spices in the chicken as it just wasn’t quite flavorful enough for me. But using some Tabasco Chipotle pepper sauce on the tacos helped fix that. Otherwise I’d do it again for sure.
On a whim, and because I had some, I used date syrup in place of the honey. It complemented the smoky taste of the adobo and was delicious.