Honey-Chipotle Chicken

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 330 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

A perfect base for tacos or burritos, these chicken breasts are made sweet and smoky in a slow cooker with honey, garlic, black beans, and chipotle peppers.

Ingredients

1/3 cup honey
6 cloves garlic
4 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, or more to taste
2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed

Directions

1 Blend honey, garlic, and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce together in a food processor until smooth.
2 Place chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker and mix in honey-chipotle sauce.
3 Cook in the slow cooker on Low for 5 hours.
4 Transfer chicken to a bowl and shred using 2 forks. Return chicken to the slow cooker and stir in black beans.
5 Continue to cook on Low until cooked through, about 30 minutes more.