It only takes 2 ingredients to turn this ordinary chicken into a tasty dinner

John Jasins

Contributing Writer

Aloha! This Hawaiian Chicken Taco recipe doesn't get any easier than this! Chicken breast, BBQ sauce, and fresh pineapple. Done.

Serve up this super easy-to-make dish at your next Super Bowl Party, birthday extravaganza or anytime in between! Delicious. Your family and friends will be doing the hula dance after eating these yummy tacos.

Cooktop Cove

Slow Cooker Hawaiian chicken tacos

5 minutes

3 hours

3 hours and 5 minutes

2 pounds chicken breasts, boneless, skinless

2 cups fresh pineapple, 1 inch dice

1½ cups BBQ sauce

Arrange chicken breast in a 6-quart slow cooker.

Add pineapple.

Pour in BBQ sauce over top.

Cook on high and cook for 3 hours.

Once chicken is tender, shred with 2 forks right in slow cooker. Mix well into bbq sauce and pineapple chunks

Serve with warm flour or corn tortillas, shredded cabbage, salsa, sour cream and onions & cilantro.

Pro tip: Mango salsa would be a great addition to this dish. Mix or blend together the following ingredients: Diced mango, green onion, red onion, cilantro, lime juice, jalapeno and a pinch of salt. Enjoy!

Note: All slow cookers are a little bit different in temperature and calibration. This recipe was tested in Cooktop Cove's Test Kitchen using this slow cooker, which is available for purchase here.

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