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two bbq chicken tacos on a plate with a small dish of salsa on a marble counter with half an avocado and fresh flowers.

BBQ Chicken Tacos

Mimi Council
These BBQ Chicken Tacos are a little spicy and a little sweet. They use leftover BBQ chicken for an easy street taco recipe that you will love!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Makes 4 tacos
Calories 201 kcal

Equipment

  • Box Grater
  • Cutting Board
  • Knife
  • Large Skillet

Ingredients
  

  • 4 ounces BBQ chicken
  • 4 corn tortillas
  • 1 large carrot (grated)
  • ½ cup chopped purple cabbage
  • 2 slices red onion (diced)
  • 1 avocado (diced)
  • salsa
  • BBQ sauce
  • cilantro (chopped)

Instructions
 

  • Prep the veggies and toppings by chopping cilantro, cabbage and red onion. Grate the carrot. Cut the avocado into cubes.
  • Cut the chicken into cubes. Warm it up in a microwave safe bowl. Then add a little BBQ sauce to the chicken to toss to coat it completely.
  • In a small skillet, add the warm tortillas and warm.
  • To assemble the tacos: Add the chicken onto the tortillas. Top with shredded carrots, red onion, purple cabbage, avocado, and cilantro. Top with salsa.

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Notes

Tips
  • Any kind of shredded chicken works, it doesn't have to be BBQ as you will toss it with BBQ sauce anyways. Plain chicken is fine, rotisserie chicken works, and you can use breasts, chicken thighs or drumsticks.
  • You can use other similar vegetables in the tacos if you prefer, such as green cabbage, white or yellow onion. Bell peppers are also a great addition as they have a nice flavor with this and some crunch.
  • If you want to add toppings like cheese, sour cream, lettuce, black beans, jalapeño, or a squeeze of lime, go for it!
  • If you prefer hard shell tacos, you can use store bought taco shells. Or, you could even fry up the yellow corn tortillas in some olive oil to make your own homemade hard taco shells too.
  • This flavor profile makes great nachos too! So, if you want to turn these into nachos instead of tacos you can do that by assembling chips on a baking sheet. Add shredded cheese (I really like Pepper Jack for this!), add the chicken and heat in the oven at 350°F to 400°F for 10 minutes or until cheese is melty. Then, top with the cabbage, carrots, onions, avocado and salsa!
  • High Altitude – Follow the recipe as noted.

Nutrition

Calories: 201kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 9gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.003gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 64mgPotassium: 553mgFiber: 7gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 2755IUVitamin C: 17mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 1mg
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