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These slow cooker chicken tacos have the juiciest, most flavorful chicken. I love that you can make the chicken and prep the fixings ahead of time. It’s perfect for parties and is super family friendly. Have you tried my sweet and spicy baked chicken recipe? It’s been very popular with many of you and is always a winner at dinner parties plus it’s caveman EASY. Great news!!
This is the slow cooker (even easier) version! We love easy. Especially lately with being in my third trimester and starting to feel TI-RED!
P.S. Y’all are going to love this Wusthof Giveaway! It’s the exact set that I have. I wanted the best of the best for you! Keep reading to enter.
For the Crock Pot Sweet & Spicy Slow Cooker Chicken:
2 lbs (4-5 count) Chicken Breasts, boneless, skinless, trimmed of fat
1 cup very warm water
1/4 cup white vinegar
2 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
4 Tbsp melted butter
1/3 cup ketchup
1/3 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
2 tsp dry mustard
2 tsp salt
2 tsp chili powder
Toppings/ Taco accessories:
Small flour tortillas
Lettuce, chopped
Tomatoes, diced
Cheddar cheese, shredded
Guacamole
Cilantro
Sour Cream
Hot sauce such as Tabasco
How to Make the BEST Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos:
1. Whisk together all of the marinade ingredients: 1 cup water, 1/3 cup ketchup, 1/4 cup vinegar, 2 Tbsp lemon juice, 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce, 4 Tbsp melted butter, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 2 tsp dry mustard, 2 tsp salt, 2 tsp chili powder.
2. Add chicken to the slow cooker and pour marinade over the top. Turn a couple times to coat in sauce. Set slow cooker on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours then keep warm until ready to serve.
3. The chicken will be incredibly tender and easy to shred. Pull chicken with two forks and let it sit in slow cooker juices until ready to serve.
How to Assemble Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos:
1. To assemble tacos: dice, grate and chop all of your fixings (see ingredients list above).
2. Warm up your tortillas by placing a 5 or 6 a time between two lightly damp paper towels and microwaving for 30 seconds.
3. Add the chicken first, then load ’em up with the rest of the toppings. We love a drizzle of Tabasco hot sauce on top.
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Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos
Ingredients
For the Slow Cooker Sweet & Spicy Slow Cooker Chicken:
- 2 lbs 4-5 count Chicken Breasts, trimmed of fat
- 1 cup very warm water
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
- 4 Tbsp melted butter
- 1/3 cup ketchup
- 1/3 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
- 2 tsp dry mustard
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp chili powder
Toppings/ Taco accessories:
- Small flour tortillas, About 10-12
- Lettuce, chopped
- Tomatoes, diced
- Cheddar cheese, shredded
- Guacamole, click for yummy recipe
- Cilantro
- Sour Cream
- Hot sauce such as Tabasco
Instructions
How to Make the BEST Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos:
- Whisk together all of the marinade ingredients: 1 cup water, 1/3 cup ketchup, 1/4 cup vinegar, 2 Tbsp lemon juice, 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce, 4 Tbsp melted butter, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 2 tsp dry mustard, 2 tsp salt, 2 tsp chili powder.
- Add chicken to the slow cooker and pour marinade over the top. Turn a couple times to coat in sauce. Set slow cooker on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours then keep warm until ready to serve.
- The chicken will be incredibly tender and easy to shred. Pull chicken with two forks and let it sit in slow cooker juices until ready to serve.
Assembly Tips & Instructions:
- To assemble tacos: dice, grate and chop all of your fixings (see ingredients list above).
- Warm up your tortillas by placing a 5 or 6 a time between two lightly damp paper towels and microwaving for 30 seconds.
- Add the chicken first, then load 'em up with the rest of the toppings. We love a drizzle of Tabasco hot sauce on top.
These Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos are super yummy! Enjoy! 🙂
Made these tonight. They were really good but they had more of a bbq flavor than a Mexican flavor to me. Almost like a Korean taco type of deal. Very different and very yummy
They are different than what you would expect from a Mexican taco. I’m so glad you enjoyed them! This chicken is also amazing over rice 🙂
I would
It would be great to win this
Thanks for all the yummy recipes
God bless you and family
Thank you so much Inna! God bless you also 🙂
This looks wonderful! I only have chicken thigh fillets on hand right now, you think that should work fine as well?
Yes! Those would work great! 🙂
I have a question about the giveaway.
Do I have to submit all entries to be in the drawing, or can I just enter, lets say 3 out of 8 and be in?
(I don’t have facebook, instagram, or twitter. So just wondering.)
Thank you!
Olga, you don’ t have to submit all of them to qualify :), as long as you select at least one. I hope you’ll win.
I worked for Wusthoff Hospital lol so i think its meant to be that I win! haha
I’ve heard of this set and cutco as being the #2 best knives ever!!!! Would love to own this set and build up on it.
Love this recipe, thank you so much for sharing it.plus I would so be happy to win these knife set because I never had a good set of knifes so I would love to try these.
Thank you Irene 🙂
Thanks for another great recipe, I think it would be one of our favorites, kids love tacos and chicken is the only meat they eat, so have to try them ASAP!!!
I love that tacos are so kid friendly and fun for them to assemble 🙂
We ate these tacos after church today and the whole family loved them! The chicken is really delicious- thank you!
Thank you for the great review Lisa and you are very welcome :).
Hi, just a quick question is it 2tbsp of worcestishier sauce or 1/4 cup because in the recepie listing its 2tbsp and in the directions its 1/4 cup! Thanks for this awesome recipe!
Thanks for catching that Marianna :). It would have turned out just fine with 1/4 cup but the measurements in this recipe are 2 Tbsp. I updated the recipe to show the correct amount.
I think I’ll be planning a taco night soon. I would love to win the knives to give them to parents as a Christmas gift 🙂 they are fabulous quality.
Hi! Is there anyway to do some prep work to this? Like leave the chicken in the marinade overnight and then put it in the slowcooker in the morning?
I have the French knife and the bread knife. Hubby got them for me for Christmas a couple of years ago. The set would be neat also!
Also while I am here hubby loves Tacos! I think I could put spinach in a tortilla and he would eat it…
That first picture… wow! Makes you want to just grab a bite off the screen! and I just made beef for tacos yesterday and bought the tortillas today cuz I wanted to make tacos like the ones we had at the conference))
Thank you Marina :-). These were fun to photograph with so much color! Those were some good tacos at the conference, but I have to say this chicken tops theirs ;-).
Hi natasha! Great recipe! I will definitely be trying it out! For the knife set do I have to follow all 8 steps? I don’t have Facebook or pinterest :/
You can get up to 8 entries. You don’t have to do them all :-). I hope you love the tacos!
I would love to try this recipe ! Have a feeling it will be a family favorite !
I do hope it becomes a favorite for you! It’s so tasty and the kids love it too 🙂
These look sooo good-can’t wait to try them!
They sure are! I hope you love them too 🙂
Knives are the most important part of the Kitchen! Without good knives nothing runs well. I would love to have some of these wonderful knives!
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We understand each other 😉
Wow! My mouth is watering from just looking at the wonderful pictures! Definitely making these tomorrow!
Thank you for sharing your easy to follow recipes. I would love, LOVE this set for Christmas!
Hi Natasha, 8 steps did step by step. What else i nee to do? Thank you!
I would love to win this set. I really nee new knives at my kitchen 🙂
If you marked enter on all 8 steps, that’s all there is to it! You’ve entered 8 times 🙂
I need knifes, this will be perfect Christmas gift for me! I dont even have a big knife in my kitchen! Thats why I need this!