Puffy taco shells stuffed with pulled rotisserie chicken in chipotle sauce. Topped with fresh guacamole, salsa and favorite taco toppings like lettuce, tomato and queso fresco.
Chipotle Chicken Puffy Tacos
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 40 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
Toppings
- 2 avocados, pitted, peeled and cubed
- 1 can (4 oz) Old El Paso™ Chopped Green Chiles
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped red onion
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 1/2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
- 1 plum (Roma) tomato, seeded and diced
- 3/4 cup crumbled queso fresco cheese
Chipotle Sauce
- 3/4 cup thick & chunky salsa
- 1 canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce (with 1 tablespoon adobo sauce)
- 1/4 cup water
Filling
- 2 1/2 cups pulled (not shredded) deli rotisserie chicken (from 2-lb chicken)
Puffy Tortillas
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 8 tortillas from 1 package (8.2 oz) Old El Paso™ Flour Tortillas for Soft Tacos and Fajitas (10 Count)
Instructions
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Step1In medium bowl, make guacamole by mixing avocados, green chiles, lime juice, red onion and cilantro, mashing slightly; set aside.
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Step2Plate Chipotle Sauce ingredients in blender or food processor. Cover; blend on high speed until smooth. Pour half of sauce in 10-inch skillet over medium heat with chicken, reserving 1/2 cup for topping. Cover skillet; heat chicken and sauce until warm.
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Step3Meanwhile, heat oil in 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 1 tortilla. Cook until starting to puff up, then turn over. Once second side is puffed up, remove from skillet; drain on paper towels.
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Step4Fold each tortilla in half, and top with slightly less than 1/3 cup chicken mixture. Top with guacamole, a drizzle of reserved sauce, lettuce, tomato and cheese.
Nutrition
240
Calories
13g
Total Fat
11g
Protein
19g
Total Carbohydrate
0g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Taco
- Calories
- 240
- Calories from Fat
- 120
- Total Fat
- 13g
- 21%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 19%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 35mg
- 12%
- Sodium
- 670mg
- 28%
- Potassium
- 135mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 19g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 8%
- Sugars
- 0g
- Protein
- 11g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 1/2 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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