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Best Chicken Tacos Recipe

The BEST chicken tacos recipe made in under 20 minutes! Juicy chicken combined with crispy tortillas, veggies and sour cream, is the perfect dinner.
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Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword chicken tacos
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 12 -16 small tacos

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 12-16 small taco tortillas
  • pickled onions optional
  • feta Cheese optional

Chicken Taco Marinade-

Pico de Gallo-

Taco Sauce-

Instructions

  • In a bowl, mix together the oil, lime juice, salt, pepper, garlic, paprika, and cumin until well combined.
  • Add the chicken thighs to the air fryer basket and air fry at 400F for 16-18 minutes, or until crispy and cooked through. (You can use any cooking method you desire to cook the chicken.)
  • Meanwhile, in a bowl mix together cubed tomatoes, chopped jalapenos, chopped onion, minced garlic, lime juice, cilantro, salt and pepper.
  • In a small bowl, mix together sour cream, mayo, lime juice, taco seasoning, salt and pepper.
  • Once the chicken is cooked through, allow to sit at room temp for 4-5 minutes. Cube into small bite size pieces.
  • Assemble the chicken tacos and serve.