Pulled Crispy Chicken Tacos
Crispy Chicken Tacos
Looking for a delicious and nutritious dinner that’s easy to make? Try these crispy chicken tacos! By baking the chicken in the oven, you save time without sacrificing taste or texture. The result is a juicy, shredded chicken filling that’s both tender and tasty.
Baking reduces the need for extra fats, making these tacos lower in calories and saturated fats than fried ones. If you want to make this lower calorie you can swap regular olive oil for a olive oil spray oil.
Full recipe and ingredients are on the recipe card below, with additional cooking tips and ingredient swaps provided after the recipe.
The Recipe
Pulled Crispy Chicken Tacos
Ingredients
- 4 medium chicken breasts
- 4 tsp oregano
- 4 tsp mixed herbs
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tsp chilli powder
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 250 ml boiled water
- 1 can of chopped tomatoes
- 1 red onion
- 1 large red pepper
- 3 tbsp tomato puree
- 12 taco flour tortilla wraps
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180ºC or 350°F.
- Drizzle 3 tbsp olive oil in a large oven dish. Slice your red onion, pepper and add it to the dish.
- Add your chicken breasts to the dish (trim off any excess fat or skin if needed).
- Add in all the seasonings (the cumin, smoked paprika, chilli powder, oregano and mixed herbs), tomato puree and tin of chopped tomatoes. Mix the stock cube in the 250ml boiled water and add that in also.
- Give it all a mix so it is well combined, make sure your chicken breasts are laying flat in the tray before putting the dish in the oven for 28 minutes.
- Once the chicken is cooked, you can use two forks to shred the chicken up, or you can slice and dice up the chicken breasts and then stir it all up in the sauce in the dish.
- To make the taco, add a little oil in the pan, heat it on low to medium heat, before putting in the tortilla. Toast the wrap both sides so it starts to go crispy, before spooning some chicken mixture on one half of the tortilla.
- This is where you can also add a little cheese, or other ingredients like sour cream or yogurt. Fold the other half of the tortilla over it, and flip it in the pan to toast both sides before serving.
Notes
Nutrition Per Serving
Ingredient Swaps
You can swap flour taco tortillas for corn tacos. You can also fill the shredded chicken mixture into warm hard taco shells as well.
Storage
You can store leftover shredded chicken mix in tupper ware in the fridge for 2-3 days. Heat well before serving.
Please remember to double check all ingredients before cooking or consuming including the ingredients list labelled on packages if you have certain allergies or intolerances.
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