Pineapple Chicken Tacos
Cabbage Slaw, Tortilla Chips & Green Salsa
- Milk
- Soy
- Wheat
- Sesame
Sizzle, mix, serve: Three easy steps to our fastest and freshest weeknight meal yet. Thanks to a few clever time-savers from our chefs, you’ll be savoring sweet, savory, and satisfying tacos in just 15 minutes! You’ll pan-sear chicken, pineapple, corn, scallions, and garlic with blackening spices, and tuck it all into warm tortillas with crisp, tart cabbage slaw and smoky chipotle crema. Finish with fresh lime and a side of blue corn chips and green salsa for a fresh, colorful dinner in a flash!
Ingredients
4 ounce
Pineapple
1 unit
Corn
2 unit
Scallions
10 ounce
Chicken Breast Strips
1 clove
Garlic
1 tablespoon
Blackening Spice
1 unit
Lime
4 ounce
Shredded Red Cabbage
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
1 teaspoon
Chipotle Powder
6 unit
Flour Tortillas
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
1.5 ounce
Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
(Contains: Sesame)
7.06 ounce
Green Salsa
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
1 teaspoon
Olive Oil
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. Drain pineapple. Drain half the corn (all for 4). Thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. • Pat chicken* dry and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle oil in a hot pan; cook chicken, pineapple, corn, and scallion whites until cooked through, 6-7 minutes. • Grate garlic directly into pan, then add Blackening Spice and cook until fragrant, 1-2 minutes.
• Cut lime into wedges. In a bowl, toss cabbage, scallion greens, a drizzle of olive oil, a big squeeze of lime, salt, and pepper. • In a bowl, mix sour cream, half the chipotle powder (all for 4), and a squeeze of lime.
• Wrap tortillas in damp paper towels; microwave for 30 seconds. • Spread chipotle crema over tortillas; fill with chicken filling and slaw. Serve with chips, salsa, and any remaining lime wedges.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the sweet-and-spicy combo, though some found it too spicy; consider adjusting spices to taste 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy to make in just 15-20 minutes, with simple instructions and minimal cleanup.
- Suggestions: Add more pineapple for stronger sweetness; consider using fresh pineapple instead of canned for better flavor.
- Portions: Generous servings that often provided leftovers; some wished for more chips to match the salsa amount.
- Texture: Some preferred smaller chicken pieces; others enjoyed the crunch from adding crushed chips to tacos.
Reviews from our home cooks
Chicken really tasty and good quality, all the produce is good quality and fresh as well! The tortillas were so good, and my skeptical husband was pleased with the ratio of pineapple in the mix. It was easy to leave the crema off of picky hubby's tacos (more for me!)
The pineapple tacos were bursting with flavor and super quick and easy to make!
My husband thought these were the best tacos from Hello Fresh. I think he especially likes the pineapple and slaw aspects.
This was great! We love tacos and the chicken and pineapple are a refreshing choice compared to our regular beef tacos. We loved how flavorful they were. Simple and easy to make, thank you!
A fantastic blend of flavors! The sweet pineapple and tart cabbage make the taste so interesting and delicious.
A little excess of cabbage slaw that took away from the pineapple flavor. Also, between the blackened spice and Chipotle cream this has some kick to it!
The slaw needed more sour cream or even some mayo for more creaminess and more liquid acid like more lime juice or vinegar. Other than that, the combination of corn and pineapple with the spice blend was so balanced and juicy! It was easy to make and the verde salsa was very flavorful!
So these tacos are really good but if I can recommend one thing: Palo Alto Firefighters hot sauce. If that's not in your region maybe you have a good go-to sweet smoky hot sauce but wow, the tacos are good but a little hot sauce really lights up the flavors of the pineapple sweetness and it's fireworks
Very tasty! We really liked the cabbage and corn combined with the chicken. Tacos were simple, but flavorful!
This was our 2nd Hello Fresh recipe and we all loved it! Even the kids, who are sometimes picky. The corn/pineapple mix is something I need to make again on my own, so good! Hope to see this one on the menu again!
