Avocado provides a simple addition to an easy chicken taco that's ready in just 25 minutes. Perfect dinner for a Mexican cuisine night!
Chicken Tacos
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 25 min
- Servings 5
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
- 1 small avocado
- Lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 cups chopped cooked chicken
- 1 can (4 1/2 ounces) chopped green chiles, drained
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 10 taco shells
- 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese (8 ounces)
- 1/3 cup sliced pimiento-stuffed olives
- 1 cup shredded lettuce
- Taco sauce, if desired
- Sour cream, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Cut avocado in half; remove pit and avocado peel. Cut halves into slices. Sprinkle with lemon juice to keep avocado from turning brown.
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Step2Heat oil in 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken, chiles and onion in oil, stirring occasionally, until chicken is hot. Heat taco shells as directed on package.
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Step3Spoon about 1/4 cup chicken mixture into each shell. Top with cheese, olives, lettuce and avocado. Serve with taco sauce and sour cream.
Nutrition
535
Calories
39g
Total Fat
29g
Protein
22g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories
- 535
- Calories from Fat
- 350
- Total Fat
- 39g
- Saturated Fat
- 13g
- Cholesterol
- 90mg
- Sodium
- 710mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 22g
- Dietary Fiber
- 5g
- Protein
- 29g
% Daily Value*:
- Iron
- 12%
- 12%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1 Vegetable; 3 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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