Soft Chicken Tacos. These healthful Mexican chicken tacos are made with chicken thigh meat, making them especially moist. The chicken filling cooks in the slow-cooker, so it's convenient to throw it together before I leave for work. At the end of the day, I just have to roll it up in.
Made with a shredded chicken filling, soft wholesome tortillas, and fillings of your choice, soft chicken tacos are an easy meal to throw. These tacos are the perfect destination for leftover chicken. Whisk all ingredients (except chicken breasts/toppings) together. You can cook Soft Chicken Tacos using 12 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Soft Chicken Tacos
- It’s 1 of large full boneless chicken breast.
- Prepare 1/2 of medium onion.
- You need 1 tsp of minced garlic.
- It’s 1 tsp of oregano.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of lemon pepper.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of salt.
- You need 1 dozen of corn tortillas.
- Prepare 2 cup of shredded lettuce.
- Prepare 1 cup of shredded cabbage.
- You need 1 cup of diced tomato.
- It’s 1 cup of grated cheese (your choice).
- Prepare 1 of small jar of salsa of your choice.
Place chicken breasts in multi-cooker, and pour marinade over. Spoon into flour tortillas, add taco toppings and eat! In heated soft tortillas place chicken, cheese, drained black beans, sour cream, salsa, and lettuce on tacos. Bring taco night back to the house with this healthy meal.
Soft Chicken Tacos instructions
- Shred lettuce and cabbage and mix together ahead of time..
- Dice tomatoes ahead of time..
- Use scissors to cut chicken breast into small pieces..
- Dice onion..
- Saute chicken, onion, garlic, and oregano using your choice of cooking oil in a medium skillet or saute pan until chicken turns white..
- Season chicken while cooking with salt and lemon pepper..
- Adjust burner under chicken to low heat to keep chicken warm..
- Add 1/2 Cup salsa to chicken after cooking and turning burner down..
- Slide tortillas individually on each side through hot cooking oil in a separate pan..
- Layer warm tortillas in paper towels as you fry them to soak up excess oil..
- Lay 3 tortillas open on each plate..
- Add chicken, cheese, lettuce, cabbage, and tomato to the center of each tortilla..
- Top each taco with salsa or taco sauce of your choice. (optional).
- Fold each taco over. Serve alone or with rice and beans. Eat and enjoy!.
Serve with Pico de Gallo or Tomatillo Salsa for added Mexican flavor. Forty percent of WOW's cafeteria sales come from its healthful Mexican. With flavorful chicken morsels and taco fixings wrapped in soft tortillas, and then drizzled with a dreamy Del Taco-inspired sauce, they are quick and easy to make yet pack big, bold flavors. Our family reserves Saturdays for Soft Chicken Tacos and Skinny Mexican Rice. We normally double the recipe and invite over friends.
