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Crispy Chicken Tacos in 20 Minutes | Easy & Delicious Dinner Recipe
20 minRecipe by Marium’s Food Channel
A Mexican dinner recipe ready in about 20 minutes, with 33 ingredients and 11 steps. Written from Marium’s Food Channel's YouTube video.
Ingredients
- 2 lb chicken thighs or breasts, boneless, cut into small pieces
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp paprika powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- salt
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 red onion
- 1 tomato, diced
- 1 cucumber, diced
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp lemon (juice)
- 1/4 tsp black pepper powder
- 1/4 tsp cumin powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 100 g mayonnaise
- 100 g sour cream
- 1 tbsp sriracha sauce
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 1/4 tsp cumin powder
- 1/4 tsp coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 250 g mozzarella cheese
- tortillas
- 1 tbsp oil
Steps
- Step 1: Cut the chicken into small pieces.
- Step 2: Season the chicken with chili powder, paprika, cumin, garlic powder, salt, onion powder, oregano, and black pepper.
- Step 3: Add olive oil to the seasoned chicken and mix well.
- Step 4: Cook the chicken until crispy and fully cooked.
- Step 5: Prepare the pico de gallo by combining diced red onion, tomato, cucumber, cilantro, lemon juice, black pepper, cumin, salt, and optional olive oil.
- Step 6: Mix all pico de gallo ingredients together and set aside.
- Step 7: Prepare the crema sauce by combining mayonnaise, sour cream, sriracha, honey, lemon juice, salt, garlic powder, paprika, cumin, coriander, and black pepper.
- Step 8: Mix the crema sauce ingredients until smooth.
- Step 9: Assemble the tacos by placing crispy chicken and mozzarella cheese on tortillas.
- Step 10: Cook the assembled tacos in oil until crispy and the cheese is melted.
- Step 11: Serve the tacos with pico de gallo and crema sauce.