• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Daisy's Kitchen

  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Breakfast and Brunch Recipes
      • Homemade Bread Recipes
      • Muffin Recipes
    • Drink Recipes
      • Cocktail Recipes
      • Coffee Recipes
      • Juice Recipes
      • Smoothie Recipes
    • Main Dish Recipes
      • Fish Recipes
      • Lasagna Recipes
    • Meat and Poultry Recipes
      • Meatloaf Recipes
    • Quick and Easy Desserts
      • Easy And Quick Cake Recipe
      • Homemade Cookie Recipes
    • Side Dish Recipes
      • Dips and Spreads
    • Soup Recipes
  • Featured Recipes
    • Cracker barrel meatloaf recipe
    • Vitamix Peanut Butter Recipe
    • Sitemap
  • Contact Form
  • Privacy Policy
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Email
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
You are here: Home / Recipes / Main Dish Recipes / Chicken Taco Recipe

Chicken Taco Recipe

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

How about a tasty chicken taco recipe that’s ready in no time at all? This is easy Mexican food with a killer good taste. Leftover chicken becomes a hero in this recipe. Try it for quick tacos that your family is sure to love.

I love chicken tacos. But, whenever I wanted to make them, I would have to defrost chicken pieces and cook them prior to every getting into the making of the tacos. Then, I discovered the grocery store roasted chicken. Well, I knew it existed, I just didn’t realize that I could use it to make my chicken tacos and burritos in a flash. Now, I make chicken tacos a lot more often and with a lot more ease.

You can also use this recipe to make taquitos.

Chicken Taco Recipe
Print Recipe

Chicken Taco Recipe

How to make Chicken Taco Recipe ?
Yum
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time20 mins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: international
Servings: 4
Calories: 400kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups of left over chicken, legs and thighs work best (for ease, I sometimes buy a roasted chicken from the grocery store, they are handy for all kinds of meals)
  • 2 tbls canned chopped green chiles
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 1/2 cup canned green chili sauce
  • 1/2 cup crushed Mexican style stewed tomatoes,canola oil for deep frying

Instructions

  • Place all the ingredients in a frying pan. Cook over low heat until the chili sauce is absorbed and chicken is heated through, about 10 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, place a small frying pan over medium high heat. Place a tortilla in the heated pan. When you see steam coming out from the sides of the tortilla, flip it over. Once again, when steam starts to come out from the sides of the tortilla, remove it from the pan. It will then be ready to be filled with the chicken. Heating the tortillas this way makes them more pliable and they are not as likely to crack when you bend them.
  • At this point you can top the soft tacos with lettuce, cheese and tomato, onions or cilantro and serve them as is.
    Or, you can fry them in your fryer for a crispy traditional taco. Either way, they are quite tasty.
  • If you are going to deep fry the tacos, you will need to secure the top and both sides with toothpicks. Use the flat toothpick as opposed to the round ones. the flat ones work better. They are less likely to cut through the shell and cause the shell to open and have some of filling be lost in the fryer. Fry a couple at a time and turn them upside down in a bowl filled with paper towels to drain. The, fill with chicken and your choice of condiments.
Chicken Taco Recipe

About Daisy

I'm 41 years old. I love cooking. I like to make my guests and my family happy by making delicious food.

You Might Also Like

Home made buns recipe

Homemade Bun Recipe

SWEET POTATO FRIES RECIPE

You Must Try This Delicious Sweet Potato Fries Recipe

Grapefruit Breakfast Muffins Recipe

Grapefruit Breakfast Muffins Recipe

Delicious lentil soup recipe

The Timeless Delicious Lentil Soup Recipe

Delicious Bread Pudding recipes

Easy Delicious Bread Pudding

Pork Carnitas Recipe

Mouthwatering Pork Carnitas Recipe

Previous Post: « Mouthwatering Pork Carnitas Recipe
Next Post: Easy Chicken Enchilada Recipe »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Categories

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Most of the time, I claim to have no sweet tooth. I do not drool when there is a bowl full of chocolates sitting right in front of me. But come holidays, my sweet tooth magically appears from nowhere. I am not sure if it is the festive atmosphere or the yummiest variety of chocolates…

Read More

Crockpot Roast Chicken

Moist and succulent crockpot roast chicken. Let your crock pot do the cooking for a change. The tomato gravy it yields is great over mashed potatoes or rice. I must say this chicken dish travels well. Once I was invited to a potluck. I decided to make this crock pot chicken. Well, I miscalculated the…

Read More

The Most Delicious Biryani

This popular dish is one of a kind. All the amazing spices and flavours will have you craving for this! It isn´t hard to make and doesn´t take long but has a few steps but is totally worth it! This dish is made in multpile parts of the world and everyone have their own interpretation but this…

Read More

Zucchini Stuffed With Chicken And Broccoli Recipe
Grilled Vegetable Lasagna Recipe

Here comes the veggie sneaking time again. These aren’t quite so hidden, but they are mixed in with some other things to help disguise the taste for your non-veggie lovers.  I used some zucchini and asparagus for this recipe, but you can use whatever vegetables are in season at the time you make it.  This is also…

Read More

Featured Posts

Candyland Recipe

Candyland Cake Recipe

Kunafa recipe

Kunafa Recipe – Delicious & easy

Lumpia-isda-recipe

Lumpia isda Recipe – Delicious And Easy

Artichoke with Olive Oil Recipe

Artichoke with Olive Oil Recipe – Yummy and Easy

Yummy RECIPE FOR CINNAMON COOKIES

Recipe For Cinnamon Cookies & Easy Yummy

Footer

My Favorites

Whole Wheat Java Chocolate Cake
Wheat Berry Caramel Smoothie Recipe
ROASTED TOMATO SALSA RECIPE

Copyright © 2023 Daisy's Kitchen on the Foodie Pro Theme