What I love about tacos is they are pretty customizable. While simple salsa will add a pop of freshness, you can add as many toppings/sides as possible. With some planning and effort, you can serve dinner for the family in under 30 minutes. Are you a fan of Mexican flavors? You can try my reader’s all-time favorite Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken Soup (a low-carb, keto, and creamy chicken soup), Mexican Fajita Stuffed Chicken Breast. For the quintessential salsa, I have three recipes with variations in flavors and tastes: – try out my Roasted Tomato Salsa, Pineapple Mango Salsa.You can even use salsa flavors to bake a chicken, like in Baked Salsa Chicken.
Tortillas – Corn/ flour/ Hardshell tortillas. Chicken – Shredded spicy chicken filling or diced grilled meat. Aromatics & herbs – Freshly chopped onion, cilantro, and lime juice. Sour cream – Used more in Tex-Mex cuisine, sour cream adds some tanginess Pico de Gallo – A common salsa topping that you can serve on the side or use Salsa. Avocado – You can get fresh avocado (instead, top it with Creamy avocado dip) Lettuce – For the green leafy crunch.
While cheese is not traditional, our chicken taco has some shredded Mexican cheese. You can certainly use chicken breast. In that case, I would marinate the chicken for at least a couple of hours for the chicken breast to stay juicy. And also the cooking time needs to be adjusted.
Marinate Chicken
Marinate the chicken thighs with the blend once the taco seasoning is done. Well, we are not exactly marinating the chicken here. Just mix and let it rest while you prepare the taco toppings. 10 minutes will be enough if you are short on time.
Cook Chicken
You have a few options here when cooking the chicken. You can cook the chicken on an open grill for that perfect charred, smoky flavor. Or you can cook it on stove top on a skillet in olive oil. Alternatively, you can also bake/air fry it. Make sure the internal temperature in the thickest part reaches 165°F. Once the chicken thighs are cooked, the next step is shredding or chopping the chicken.
Cook the filling
In a hot skillet, cook onion, tomato paste, and chipotle peppers in Adobo sauce. Add back shredded/chopped chicken back to the skillet. You have the most incredible Chicken Taco filling ready.
Assemble Tacos
We like our chicken tacos Birira Style ‘crispy.’ You can also serve the chicken taco on soft corn/ flour tortilla or hard shell tacos. Mexican rice, Corn chips, and Cilantro Lime rice are a few options for side dishes. If you want to try chicken Tacos with different fillings, try Cilantro lime or Instant Pot Mexican Shredded chicken.
More Taco Recipes to try
Slow cooker Chipotle Honey Tacos Tilapia Fish Taco Buffalo chicken taco Crispy Black Bean Taco Ground beef taco Shrimp Taco
