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four bbq chicken tacos covered with easy coleslaw on a plate with pickles

BBQ Chicken Tacos

Annie Holmes
These easy slow cooker BBQ Chicken Tacos are the perfect dinner for a busy weeknight! This healthy dump-and-go crockpot recipe is made even better with a quick 5-minute coleslaw!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 5 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 8 servings
Calories 287 kcal

Ingredients
  

BBQ Chicken

  • 1 cup BBQ Sauce low carb if keto
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

  • 2 tablespoons sweetener brown sugar, honey, or monkfruit if keto
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic

  • 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts

Slaw

  • 3 cups cabbage slaw mix
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped green onion
  • 1-2 tablespoons finely chopped pickled jalapeno
  • 2-3 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon lime juice
  • salt and pepper to taste

Misc.

  • 24 street taco tortillas corn, flour, or low carb
  • Dill pickles optional

Instructions
 

  • Combine the BBQ sauce, vinegar, sweetener, and garlic.
  • Lay the chicken breast in the bottom of the slow cooker. Pour the sauce over the chicken.
  • Secure the lid and cook on low for up to 8 hours or on high for up to 4 hours.
  • When the chicken has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees F. shred the chicken and place back in the sauce, stir to coat.
  • To make the slaw, combine all of the ingredients and toss to coat.
  • Assemble the tacos by adding the shredded BBQ chicken to a tortilla and top with slaw.

Notes

G. Hughes sugar-free BBQ sauce, monkfruit, and Carb Balance Street Taco tortillas were used to calculate the low-carb nutrition below.
**If using lettuce wraps instead of tortillas 3 lettuce taccos with fillings has 182 calories, 4.6 carbs, 0.9 grams fiber, 3.7 net carbs.
***using low carb street taco tortillas, there are 7.6 net carbs per serving

Nutrition

Serving: 3 Tacos (nutrition calculated using the low carb ingredients listed above)Calories: 287kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 35gFat: 10.9gCholesterol: 84mgSodium: 774mgFiber: 26.4gSugar: 1.2g
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