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Instant Pot Honey Sriracha Chicken Tacos

Instant Pot Honey Sriracha Tacos - just a handful of simple ingredients for these juicy, spicy chicken tacos. Wrapped in a warm corn tortilla and topped with avocado, blue cheese crumbles and cilantro.
It’s rare that my husband gives me a “gold star” for dinner. Let me explain.

He always eats the food I cook for him. He thanks me, helps with the clean up, and makes sure I know he appreciates my efforts. But it’s rare that he gets excited about food (unless it involves chocolate chip cookies or churros.)

He’s just not a foodie like I am. He likes bread, cheese and cereal.

Instant Pot Honey Sriracha Tacos - just a handful of simple ingredients for these juicy, spicy chicken tacos. Wrapped in a warm corn tortilla and topped with avocado, blue cheese crumbles and cilantro.
But occasionally, I’ll make something that he loves. He raves about it. He asks me to make it again the next night. He wants me to make it for his friends and his family, to spread the foodie love to everyone else. These occasions are rare. But when they happen, I know I’ve hit a jackpot.

One of those recipes is our Steakhouse Filet Mignon, and these Instant Pot Honey Sriracha Chicken Tacos just made the list as well.

Instant Pot Honey Sriracha Tacos - just a handful of simple ingredients for these juicy, spicy chicken tacos. Wrapped in a warm corn tortilla and topped with avocado, blue cheese crumbles and cilantro.
The other day, I was thinking about our Roasted Buffalo Cauliflower recipe, and I had an idea. Why not take those same simple ingredients, and turn them into a delicious chicken taco recipe? I gave it a shot, and it worked beautifully.

Instant Pot Honey Sriracha Tacos - just a handful of simple ingredients for these juicy, spicy chicken tacos. Wrapped in a warm corn tortilla and topped with avocado, blue cheese crumbles and cilantro.
One note on this recipe. It’s SPICY!!!! Spicy hot. Watery eyes, runny nose SpIcY.

At least it is for me, which isn’t saying much. I’m a bit sensitive to spice. But my husband was barely affected by the spice in this recipe, so it really depends on your taste preferences. But keep that in mind. If you’re not a lover of spicy, you may want to skip this recipe and go straight for our shrimp tacos instead. Or maybe our vegetarian tacos if you’re not a seafood lover.

Or maybe you just need to train your tastebuds to be open to a lil’ spice, because “spice is the spice of life.” Or something like that. 😉

Instant Pot Honey Sriracha Tacos - just a handful of simple ingredients for these juicy, spicy chicken tacos. Wrapped in a warm corn tortilla and topped with avocado, blue cheese crumbles and cilantro.

Instant Pot Honey Sriracha Chicken Tacos

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Yield: 4-6

Ingredients

  • 1.5 lbs. chicken breast
  • Salt and Pepper
  • 1 Tbsp. butter or clarified butter
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup sriracha sauce
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup corn
  • Toppings: leafy greens, bleu cheese crumbles, bleu cheese or ranch dressing, cilantro, avocado, lime
  • 12 corn tortillas

Instructions

  1. Generously salt and pepper both sides of chicken.
  2. Place butter, honey, sriracha sauce and chicken broth in Instant Pot and mix. Add chicken and swirl to coat with sauce.
  3. Secure the lid and set the Instant Pot to manual for 8 minutes. Once the 8 minutes is up, let it cool down until the pressure valve drops. (Called natural release, this should take about 10-15 minutes).
  4. While meat is cooking, place corn in a skillet and heat until one side of the kernels begin to blacken. Gently stir and continue heating until kernels are slightly charred on all sides. Remove from heat and set aside.
  5. Once pressure valve drops, remove chicken and shred or cut into small pieces, and place back in the Instant Pot. Swirl it around to absorb all the juices.
  6. Warm corn tortillas on a skillet or in the microwave wrapped in a damp paper towel.
  7. Assemble tacos and enjoy!
https://www.kiwiandcarrot.com/instant-pot-honey-sriracha-chicken-tacos/

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Instant Pot Honey Sriracha Tacos - just a handful of simple ingredients for these juicy, spicy chicken tacos. Wrapped in a warm corn tortilla and topped with avocado, blue cheese crumbles and cilantro.

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9 Comments

  • Reply Whitney Whipperman January 24, 2018 at 1:41 pm

    WOW!!! This recipe was so easy and tasted amazing! My hubby loved it too and we will be making this all the time now! Thanks for the awesome recipe!!

    • Reply Sarah January 24, 2018 at 5:33 pm

      Yay! We’re so glad you tried it and liked it 🙂 And if it was husband-approved, even better haha.

  • Reply Sarah July 2, 2018 at 8:25 pm

    Served this over salad instead of in tacos. Didn’t bother with the butter or salt. There’s enough salt in the broth. Topped with avocado and a good drizzle of lime juice and extra sriracha. Yum!!!

    • Reply Sarah July 2, 2018 at 11:39 pm

      So glad you enjoyed it! And LOVE your idea of serving over a salad. 🙂

  • Reply Katie July 29, 2018 at 6:19 pm

    I just made this with pork instead of chicken and in a slow cooker instead of an instant pot and it worked beautifully!! I also emitted salt and butter and it was fab. We had it on a salad with beans, corn, cheese and dressing! Thanks for the delish recipe!!!

    • Reply Sarah July 30, 2018 at 1:23 pm

      Oooh I LOVE that idea to use pork instead of chicken! Good to know it works 🙂 Thanks for your feedback!

  • Reply Emily December 12, 2018 at 7:35 pm

    My family LOVED this! Thank you for the recipe! Some of us aren’t too keen on spicy so I only used half the sirracha and it was perfect. Those that wanted spice added extra sirracha to their own taco 🙂
    We added Cilantro Lime rice to the taco as well- it was delish!

    • Reply Sarah December 12, 2018 at 11:34 pm

      Yay!! So glad your family liked it 🙂 That’s a great idea to serve it with cilantro lime rice…yum! And good to know it’s still yummy with not as much spice. Thanks for the feedback! It’s always helpful for us to hear which recipes people like.

  • Reply Hannah January 16, 2019 at 10:44 am

    I loved this! I didn’t think it was too spicy at all. I made it for some friends after trying it myself and they loved it too!

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