Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos with Chipotle Sour Cream Sauce
ShareEasy and flavorful slow cooker shredded chicken tacos served with a spicy chipotle sour cream sauce. An easy dinner for any night of the week!
We had an extra long weekend off from school. Not only was it a long 3 day holiday weekend, but a professional development day had been tacked on to that too! This gave us plenty of time to get almost all of our winter gear hunting and shopping out of the way. Bonus, weekend sales made things a bit cheaper! Yay! Perfect timing. I just need to track down some good winter gloves for the little one. I swear kids snow gloves never have a long enough wrist. I’m leaning towards trying something like this, with a giant cuff or “gauntlet” gloves, as I’m told they’re called. I have no idea if they’re any good and they look silly, but if they do the trick then I’ll be happy…and so will he! Have you tried any that worked really well?
Also, humidifiers… it’s that season again. I needed to replace one of ours after it gave out on us last year. Of course I got suckered into buying a cutesy kid one but it was cheaper, so I’ll call that a win.
And, I decided to give the new show Quatico a try. I’m hooked. I know it’s only a few episodes in but I can’t wait for the next one! I love how they flip back and forth between the current time and what happened in the past. It keeps you trying to figure things out and learning new details about the characters then and now. Normally I would hate that if it were in a book, but it totally works with this show.
I decided to change up our usual taco menu by whipping up these incredible and super easy slow cooker chicken tacos. I ate them for several lunches in a row and kept wanting more. They’re juicy, flavorful and are absolutely family friendly… not bland, not too spicy, just right. But, feel free to kick the spices up a notch if you want even more heat in the meat!
I topped off the shredded chicken tacos with a spicy homemade chipotle sour cream sauce… out of this world delicious! Add your favorite taco toppings or keep it simple. You’ll love these any way you decide to eat them!
Simple and flavorful. A must make and perfect for any night (or day) of the week!!
Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos with Chipotle Sour Cream Sauce
Ingredients
Tacos:
- 1 1/2 - 2 lb boneless chicken breast uncooked
- 1 Tb chili powder
- 1 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Chicken broth
Chipotle sauce:
- 1 C sour cream
- 2-3 chipotles in adobo sauce
Additional toppings:
- Shredded cheese
- Lettuce
- JalapenosÂ
- AvocadosÂ
- Tomatoes
- Salsa
- Limes
- Small tortillas
Instructions
- Place trimmed boneless chicken breasts in the bowl of a 5-6 quart slow cooker. Sprinkle spices over chicken breasts. Cover completely with chicken broth. Place lid on slow cooker, cooking on high for 4 hours or 8 hours on low.
- Meanwhile, in a small food processor blend together sour cream, chipotle peppers and a drizzle of additional adobo sauce. If a completely smooth consistency is desired, pour through a mesh strainer and discard any solids. Transfer sauce to a squeeze bottle or a clean bowl. Chill until ready to serve.
- Shred chicken, returning to the slow cooker to soak up additional juices.
- Layer shredded chicken with desired toppings on a small tortilla. Top off with a drizzle of chipotle sour cream sauce.
Notes
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Yay! Love sales :) Glad you were able to get your winter shopping out of the way! And oh my these tacos look delish and super easy!! Pinning!
Thanks so much Taylor!
I’ll have to add that show to our list, always on the hunt for something new :) And that chipotle sour cream, oh my!!
I’m pretty sure you’d enjoy watching it! Definitely give it a try :)
I love the chipotle cream sauce over this chicken! Slow cookers are lifesavers :)
They really are!
These chicken tacos look so delicious!
Thanks Marye!
I need to do some winter shopping too…now you’ve got me wondering if my son who is away at college up near the Canadian border has enough warm stuff…I heard they are supposed to get some cold weather up there this week! My favorite winter gloves are from a company called TrailHeads…they’re convertible mittens and I wear them nonstop all winter. They’re very warm and you can tuck the mitten part in when you’re not using it.
And Quantico…I haven’t watched tv in years…and when my son was home for a visit, he wanted to watch the first episode and I watched it with him. I am hooked now too. I’ve watched every week so far. :)
Anyway, now that I have written a book, your chicken tacos look fabulous! I am so addicted to chipotle so I love the idea of the chipotle cream sauce! I need to try this for sure!
I’m not sure what end of Canadian border he’s at, but if it’s above the Northeast, I hope he has plenty of warm clothes. They’re getting their first snow this weekend – eek! And you definitely need to give this a try. You’d love it! :)
I love the idea of making your own sauce! it gives it a different twist to regular tacos!
Thanks Ambar!
I have some cooked chicken in the fridge I didn’t know what to do with. I’m going to shred it, throw it in some tortillas and douse this chipotle sauce alllll over it for din tonight!
I hope you enjoyed it!
Ohhh! I love this combo so much! So cooker=super tender chicken. Chipotle=the base to the best sauces. Yum yum yum!
Thanks Whitni!
How much chicken broth
The recipe states to cover the chicken. The amount will vary depending on the size of your slow cooker.