If you like your dinner to have a little kick to it then you’ll appreciate this recipe for spicy chipotle chicken made in the slow cooker and then served on top of King’s Hawaiian Jalapeño Rolls.
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There is a bit of heat in this meal but it’s not out of control. My whole family ate it…but we did have a glass of water handy 🙂 We all loved the new King’s Hawaiian Jalapeño Rolls that the chicken was served on. These rolls have that delicious sweet flavor that you’re used to with the original King’s Hawaiian Rolls but then also a spicy jalapeño kick. Who’s going to be the one in your family to eat all the rolls? You can customize your own commercial here…it’s pretty fun. In my family it’s definitely my 10 year old daughter. She had three rolls after school yesterday!
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If you’re not familiar with King’s Hawaiian Rolls, it’s a 60 year old family owned company that is dedicated to making irresistible Hawaiian foods. I mean I would rather be in Hawaii personally but I guess for now the jalapeño rolls will have to do 😉
You’ll start this recipe by piling chicken into the slow cooker and then blending your own chipotle barbecue sauce. You’ll leave the slow cooker for several hours to do its work and then shred the meat up and serve on the jalapeño rolls. Really easy recipe! Probably only takes 10 minutes to get it going.
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Another idea is to serve my Sweet and Tangy Pulled Chicken Sliders with Cucumber Slaw with the King’s Hawaiian Jalapeño Rolls! Or you can get some recipe inspiration here. I’m going to be trying the Spicy Jalapeño Philly Cheese Steak Sliders or the breakfast sliders with sausage eggs and cheese…yum!
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Spicy Chipotle Chicken with Hawaiian Sweet Jalapeno Rolls
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Total Time: 4 hours 15 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
Description
Saucy shredded chicken with a bit of a kick served on top of sweet and spicy jalapeño rolls. This is an easy meal for a summer dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 cup diced yellow onions
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled
- 2 (14.5 oz) cans diced tomatoes
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 3 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (if you want it less spicy use only 1 or 2 peppers)
- 2 Tbsp minute tapioca*
- 3 Tbsp brown sugar
- 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs (or breasts)
- 1 package King’s Hawaiian Jalapeño rolls
Instructions
- In a blender combine the onions, garlic, tomatoes, salt and chipotle peppers. Blend until smooth.
- Stir in the tapioca and brown sugar.
- Place the chicken in the bottom of a 5-6 quart slow cooker. Pour the sauce over the chicken.
- Cover the slow cooker and cook on LOW for 4-6 hours or until chicken is very tender.
- Shred the meat on a cutting board and then return back to the slow cooker and stir together with the sauce.
- Serve the saucy meat on top of the rolls**.
Notes
*Tapioca is a thickener. It will keep the sauce from getting too runny.
**I toasted my rolls under the broiler, but it’s up to you if you want to do that or not.
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of King’s Hawaiian. The opinions and text are all mine.
my kids LOVE these rolls, I cannot keep them in hte house, they disappear, and that sauce sounds SO delicious
I know! Mine get eaten so fast too 🙂
Love my dinner to have some kick–so YUM! And anything made in the crock-pot is a winner for my busy life!
Yes, a little kick is always fun!
Is there a substitute if I do not want to use the tapioca? We don’t eat it and wanted to see if something else could be used.
Just leave it out…it will just be a little runny! If you want you can thicken with cornstarch too 🙂