Baked Ground Chicken Tacos
These baked ground chicken tacos are the most delicious way to use ground chicken. Perfectly flavored ground chicken taco meat stuffed into crispy corn taco shells and topped with cheese, cilantro, onion, and radish. You'll love this simple crowd pleasing meal!
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Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 small yellow onion small dice
- 1 green bell pepper cored and small dice
- 1 15 ounce can fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 1 8 ounce can diced green chiles
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 12 crunchy/hard corn taco shells
- 3/4 cup shredded cheese
- Minced white onion optional, for topping
- Minced cilantro optional, for topping
- Thinly sliced radish optional, for topping
Instructions
- Set a 12-inch non-stick skillet over medium high heat and add ground chicken, garlic, yellow onion, and green bell pepper.
- Cook until the chicken is no longer pink and the vegetables just start to soften, about 5-7 minutes.
- Add in the fire roasted tomatoes, green chiles, chili powder, smoked paprika, cumin, kosher salt, oregano, and cayenne pepper.
- Mix to combine and saute until the juice has cooked down and the meat mixture is thick.
- Add taco shells to a 9x13 dish and fill each shell with an equal amount of ground chicken taco filling.
- Top each taco with shredded cheese.
- Add to the oven and bake for 5-7 minutes or until the cheese is fully melted.
- Remove from the oven and top your tacos as desired.
- In the photos they were topped with minced onion, cilantro and radishes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 441kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 446mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 13g
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