Chicken Tacos (Tacos de Pollo)
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked chicken shredded
- 1 cup chicken stock
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon tomato paste
- Salt and pepper
- 8 soft corn tortillas
- 1 avocado pitted and diced (tossed with lime juice and salt)
- ⅓ cup sour cream
- 1 cup queso fresco crumbled
- Tomatillo salsa
- Fresh cilantro for garnish
Instructions
- Place the chicken stock in a sauce pan, add the tomato paste, cumin, chili powder, and oregano. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium and add the shredded chicken. Season with salt and pepper, cook for about 3 to 5 minutes.
- Heat the tortillas on a nonstick skillet, then wrap them in aluminum foil to keep them warm.
- To assemble: spread one tortilla with sour cream, then top with chicken, tomatillo salsa, avocado and queso fresco. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with lime on the side. Repeat the process with the remaining tortillas or just let every person assemble their own taco.
Nutrition
Calories: 523kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 38gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 113mgSodium: 441mgPotassium: 731mgFiber: 7gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 550IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 260mgIron: 3mg
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Joan from Foodalogue is having a “Culinary Tour Around the World” and this time she is going “South of the Border”. The first country on the tour is Mexico and because I love their food so much, I decided to join her with these delicious Chicken Tacos with tomatillo salsa. They were easy and quick to make and full of flavor. You can make the tomatillo salsa one day before and use leftover chicken.
One of my favorite Mexican foods are tacos, so I was inspired to create these traditional Mexican Chicken Tacos with my own twist.
Buen provecho amigos!
Christine @ Fresh Local and Best
This is one of my favorite dishes!
Barbara
Everyone loves tacos! Yours are so fresh and colorful. Love the addition of cumin and the queso fresco is perfect on top.
Joanne
This sounds like a super fun event! Thanks for sharing it with us. I will definitely try to participate.
And what a great meal. Chicken tacos are so good. These look especially delicious though!
Ruth
Gorgeous flavours!
Sophie
MMMMM,...I love these yummie filled taco's!!
Apart & healthy too!
Erica
Thank you all for visiting and for the wonderful comments!
Chris
Those chicken tacos are making me want to go cook at 10:45pm. Great post, Erica!
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie
Excellent tacos, I love the queso fresco here!
Oysterculture
Oh my, love tacos and here's another delicious recipe idea you provided that I must try! Yahoo.
Arlene
Muy bien! What a beautiful taco you have created.
Erica
Thank you everyone for the comments!
Gera @ Sweets Foods Blog
Extremely delicious Erica. Tacos de pollo is one of my favorite.
Nice tasty stop of the culinary tour 🙂
Have a great week!
Cheers,
Gera
Faith
I love the fresh, bright flavors in these tacos, and Queso Fresco is really the perfect finish! Delicious!
Kim
It looks delicious Erica. I've never tried the queso fresco before. It looks so pretty on the tacos 😀 Glad to be back. I finally got my computer working again!!
Chef E
I love this, the photo is sending me right to the kitchen for something to eat! I used my Mojo marinade in two other dishes, and Wow! Erica your food rocks, I would enjoy sitting down to a meal with you :O)
Joan Nova
Thanks for joining the 'tour'. I love that you used queso fresco and tomatillo salsa. Looks delicious -- and served with that little piece of lime is just perfecto for a squeeze before biting!