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Fried Chicken Tacos on a plate with lime crema sauce and mango salsa.

Fried Chicken Tacos

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Quick and Easy Fried Chicken Tacos are a family favorite for taco night!
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Cook Time:25 minutes
Total Time:25 minutes
Servings: 8 tacos

Equipment

  • baking sheet
  • cast iron skillet or comal for heating the tortillas

Ingredients
 

  • 12 ounce package frozen (uncooked) breaded chicken tenders
  • olive oil
  • salt
  • 1/4 small red cabbage, finely shredded
  • 8 corn tortillas, use 16 tortillas if you prefer to double them
  • salsa of your choice

pickled onion

  • 1 small red onion, peeled and minced
  • 1 lime, juiced

lime cilantro crema sauce

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375F
  • Arrange your tenders on a baking sheet. This is optional but I like to lightly brush with olive oil and season with salt. Bake for 25 minutes until golden and crisp and registers 165F inside.
  • Mix the minced onion with the lime juice, give it a stir and set aside.
  • Whisk the crema ingredients together and taste to adjust anything to your liking. Set aside.
  • When ready to assemble your tacos, heat a cast iron skillet or comal over medium high heat for several minutes until quite hot. Working with one at a time, heat the corn tortillas until lightly charred on one side, then flip and heat the other side. This won't take long, so watch them carefully. Pile them on a plate and cover with a cloth to keep warm.
  • Assemble the tacos with a layer of cabbage first, then a fried chicken tender, topped with cilantro lime sauce, and a shower of pickled onions. Finish with cilantro leaves.
  • Serve asap with salsa of your choice.

Notes

*If you don't love cilantro, substitute some chili powder or chipotle chili powder for a little spicy heat in your crema. Add to taste.
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Course: 30 minute dinner
Cuisine: American Tex-Mex
Author: Sue Moran
Keyword: 30 minute meal, chicken, fried chicken, Mexican, tacos, Tex-Mex

Nutrition

Serving: 1 taco · Calories: 236 kcal · Carbohydrates: 17 g · Protein: 3 g · Fat: 13 g · Saturated Fat: 2 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 5 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g · Trans Fat: 0.02 g · Cholesterol: 26 mg · Sodium: 95 mg · Potassium: 156 mg · Fiber: 3 g · Sugar: 3 g · Vitamin A: 289 IU · Vitamin C: 16 mg · Calcium: 60 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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