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Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Lettuce Wraps

These slow cooker chicken taco lettuce wraps are going to be your new favorite taco recipe. Make the chicken taco meat in the slow cooker and substitute iceberg lettuce leaves for tortilla shells! 

These slow cooker chicken taco lettuce wraps are going to be your new favorite taco recipe. Make the chicken taco meat in the slow cooker and substitute iceberg lettuce leaves for tortilla shells! | honeyandbirch.com

Taco Tuesday came and went over here and for all of you that are trying to eat healthy – good luck. I am unable to resist the lure of tacos, whether it’s Tuesday or any other day. So, I figured it was time for me to make a slightly healthier version.

Enter the lettuce wrap.

It is definitely the friend of sandwich lovers everywhere on a gluten free diet. Also, I bet it is quite popular amongst those cutting calories or carbs.

My grilled chicken salad lettuce wraps are so popular that it’s time for their friend, the slow cooker chicken taco lettuce wrap to be introduced to you.

These slow cooker chicken taco lettuce wraps are going to be your new favorite taco recipe. Make the chicken taco meat in the slow cooker and substitute iceberg lettuce leaves for tortilla shells! | honeyandbirch.com

Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Lettuce Wrap

Begin with the slow cooker chicken taco mix. There is so much smoky flavor in this recipe that you won’t even know what to do.

Chicken and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce are where it starts. This goes into your slow cooker and then, when the chicken is cooked, you shred the chicken and add the remaining ingredients.

Fire roasted tomatoes. Mild green chiles. Garlic, cumin and oregano.

When you remove the cover from your slow cooker, the smell will hit you and you may find it intoxicating. I did at least.

Luckily, I had already prepped all of my taco fixings, so I was ready to eat.

These slow cooker chicken taco lettuce wraps are going to be your new favorite taco recipe. Make the chicken taco meat in the slow cooker and substitute iceberg lettuce leaves for tortilla shells! | honeyandbirch.com

Taco Lettuce Wraps

I make my lettuce wraps using iceberg lettuce because it is more sturdy and yet, still can be rolled up a little bit so that your ingredients are contained.

I usually trim a little bit of the lettuce leaf so that it’s less floppy. You can dice that up and add it to your taco too.

You can use whatever lettuce type you would like – as long as it makes the taco into a wrap, you’ve won.

My go-to taco toppings for chicken taco lettuce wraps includes shredded red cabbage, cilantro, green onions, shredded cheddar cheese and a little sour cream.

I very sparingly sprinkle on the last two toppings – I believe in moderation but if you decide to leave out the dairy, you will not be missing anything. The chicken itself has so much flavor on its own.

This definitely needs to be the next easy chicken lettuce wraps recipe you try! If you’re a fan of PF Chang’s lettuce wraps, I bet you like these better. Just saying….

These slow cooker chicken taco lettuce wraps are going to be your new favorite taco recipe. Make the chicken taco meat in the slow cooker and substitute iceberg lettuce leaves for tortilla shells! | honeyandbirch.com

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Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Lettuce Wraps

These slow cooker chicken taco lettuce wraps are going to be your new favorite taco recipe. Make the chicken taco meat in the slow cooker and substitute iceberg lettuce leaves for tortilla shells!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 40 minutes
Course: Dinner | Lunch
Cuisine: Mexican
Servings: 8
Calories: 176.8kcal

Ingredients

Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Meat

  • 2 pounds chicken breasts boneless, skinless
  • 7 ounce chipotle chiles in adobo sauce chopped
  • 28 ounce diced fire roasted tomatoes
  • 4 ounce mild green chiles
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon oregano

Taco Lettuce Wraps

  • iceberg lettuce leaves
  • shredded red cabbage
  • diced green onions
  • diced cilantro
  • shredded american cheese
  • sour cream

Instructions

  • To make the chicken taco meat, place the chicken breasts in the bottom of your slow cooker. Top the chicken with the chopped chipotle peppers and the adobo sauce. Cook on high for 2 ½ hours.
  • Use 2 forks to shred the chicken and return to slow cooker. Add the fire roasted tomatoes, green chiles, garlic, cumin and oregano to the slow cooker. Stir well. Cook on high for an additional 1 ½ hours, until the liquid has been slightly absorbed by the chicken. Stir again and salt if desired. Serve hot.
  • To prepare a chicken taco lettuce wrap, put some of the shredded chicken mixture in the center of a lettuce leaf. Top with your desired toppings, then roll the corners of the lettuce leaf around the taco and eat.

Nutrition

Calories: 176.8kcal | Carbohydrates: 10.2g | Protein: 25.2g | Fat: 3.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 72.6mg | Sodium: 342.4mg | Potassium: 456.7mg | Fiber: 3.7g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 463.9IU | Vitamin C: 8.4mg | Calcium: 53.6mg | Iron: 2.3mg
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Richard

Sunday 10th of July 2022

Eager to try these. However, the cooking time you give is 2.5 hours; which in the recipe is comprised of 2.5 hours + 1.5 hours which is... 4 hours. Can you say where the error is? Thanks!

Amber

Friday 11th of August 2017

How many servings would the recipe make?

Jenny

Friday 11th of August 2017

Hi Amber - I would say this serves 8-10.

Brittani Chesterfield

Sunday 26th of June 2016

I made these the other night and they were Fantastic! I went without the cheese, and made a sauce out of the sour cream. I mixed low fat sour cream with some sriracha hot sauce, some honey, and lime juice. Was AMAZING!!!

Frugal Hausfrau

Sunday 24th of January 2016

This looks so fresh and gorgeous and the photos! Wow! Plus I love anything with chipotle and green chili! Thanks for bringing this by Throwback Thursday and we're looking forward to next week's post already! I'll be pinning it to our board, so please follow us there! :)

Mollie

Create With Joy

Sunday 24th of January 2016

P.S. IF you could add us to your list of link parties, that would be fabulous! :-)

Jenny

Sunday 24th of January 2016

Done! :)