🌮 Chicken tacos (tacos de pollo)

Name: Chicken tacos (tacos de pollo)
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexico · nationwide
Ingredients: 600 g boneless chicken thighs or breast; 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp dried oregano, salt, pepper; 2 garlic cloves, crushed, and juice of 1 lime; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 12 small corn tortillas; 1 onion, finely chopped, and 1 bunch cilantro; 200 ml salsa verde

Origin: Mexico · nationwide

320kcal

per serving · 200 g

160kcal

per 100 g

24 gProtein12 g / 100 g

10 gFat5 g / 100 g

32 gCarbs16 g / 100 g

Tacos de pollo are small corn tortillas filled with seasoned shredded or grilled chicken, topped with chopped onion, fresh cilantro, a squeeze of lime and green salsa verde. The chicken is juicy and lightly spiced, the toppings keep everything fresh and sharp. They are one of the most familiar everyday tacos, easy to make at home and served two or three per plate.

Diets

✓

No porkfor halal, the meat must be halal-slaughtered

✓

Gluten-freeno wheat, barley or rye in a typical recipe

✓

Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

✓

High protein12 g protein per 100 g — 30% of the calories

Not vegetarianbecause of: chicken

Not veganbecause of: chicken

Not keto16 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

None of the 14 major allergens in a typical recipe.

What it is made of

chickenonioncilantrolimecorn tortillagreen salsa

Recipe

4 servings35 min

Ingredients

600 g boneless chicken thighs or breast
1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp dried oregano, salt, pepper
2 garlic cloves, crushed, and juice of 1 lime
1 tbsp vegetable oil
12 small corn tortillas
1 onion, finely chopped, and 1 bunch cilantro
200 ml salsa verde

Method

Rub the chicken with cumin, oregano, garlic, lime juice, salt and pepper and leave for 15 minutes.
Cook it in the oil in a hot pan or on a grill for 5–6 minutes per side until cooked through.
Rest the chicken for a few minutes, then slice or shred it.
Warm the tortillas on a dry pan.
Fill with chicken, top with onion, cilantro and salsa verde and serve with lime.

How to make it lighter

Chicken breast is leaner than thigh if you want to keep the filling lighter.
Pile on onion, cilantro, lime and salsa — they add a lot of flavour for very few calories.
Warm the tortillas on a dry pan instead of frying them in oil; 1 tbsp oil ≈ 120 kcal.

History

Chicken tacos are eaten all over Mexico, at home, at markets and at taco stands, and are among the most common tacos on Mexican menus abroad.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →