Tacos are the go-to food is it either from a fast-food joint or somebody is making it because hello, it is Taco Tuesday!
Not only do they make for a great meal, people who are trying to lose weight can also make some tasty as well as healthy chicken tacos.
Therefore, the wait is over and let’s gets started with a finger-licking yet nutritious recipe of buffalo chicken tacos.
Types of equipment required
- Bowls for mixing
- Kitchen knifes
As only the chicken has to be cooked, all this equipment will be more than enough to bake your tasty tacos. The tacos can be either put on a flat griller to get that crunchy feel or can be devoured in their original form making them soft tacos. Either way, your finger-licking tacos will be ready in no time!
Now let’s check its simple recipe.
Buffalo Chicken Taquitos recipe:
Time required for preparation: 15-20 minutes
Time required for cooking: 20-25 minutes
Calories: 150 kcal
Proteins: 35.0 g
Fiber: 4.0g
Ingredients:
- Small tortillas (low carbs)
- 2-3 cups of pulled chicken (cooked)
- Buffalo Sauce (as per requirement)
- Cream cheese (low fat)
- Ranch dressing (low fat) or any dressing according to your taste.
- Vegetables (as per your choice)
- Minced Garlic
- Chilies (as per taste)
- Lime juice (as per taste)
Instructions:
- Make sure to preheat your oven to 375 degrees for a nice crunch.
- For the sauce, mix the buffalo sauce with the cream cheese or any other sauce you would like to include.
- After it is completely mixed, add your garlic as well as chilies (optional) and any other seasoning you would like to have.
- Make sure that the chicken and the sauces are well combined to get the full flavor in every bite of that taco.
- Now take your mixture and start placing it on the tacos but make sure not to put a lot on the sides as there are chances of spillage.
- Place the mixture in the center in a straight line as once the taco is closed, you will get a uniform spread.
- After this, it is time for the bad boys to go in the oven but before that make sure that the cooking sheet or tray is a little greasy so that the tacos do not end up sticking to them.
- After the first taco is done and placed on the sheet, the steps can be repeated for the remaining tacos.
- Before placing the tacos in the oven, a little cooking spray can be used to make sure that the tacos do not come out dry but instead juicy and full of flavors.
- The last step before you can enjoy these crunchy Taquitos is setting them into your preheated oven and baking them for 15-20 minutes at 275 degrees.
- One can choose to enjoy their tacos like this or if you like them super crunchy and golden brown, then broiling them for a couple of minutes can be a good option.
- The last step would be adding the lemon juice if you feel like it and going for the tacos straight away.
Therefore, this is the simplest yet amazing way to prepare buffalo chicken Taquitos which are extremely delicious as well as healthy.
You can try adding your flavors too as there is a chef in each one of us and who knows, maybe your recipe turns out to be better than this one!