Oven Tacos
This baked chicken tacos recipe uses a combination of chicken breast and chicken thighs, fresh veggies, and warm seasonings to create the best crispy baked tacos in oven you’ll ever taste!
Servings: 16 tacos
Calories: 158kcal
Equipment
1 Large Skillet
Ingredients
- ½ lb chicken thighs or 1 lb either chicken breast or thigh, skinless and boneless
- ½ lb chicken breast or 1 lb either chicken breast or thigh, skinless and boneless
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 bell pepper cut into small strips
- ½ white onion diced (about ½ cup)
- 3 tablespoon taco seasoning 1 batch of my homemade taco seasoning or use store bought
- 1 lime juice
- Cooking spray or oil
- 16 corn tortillas I used 6 inch
- 1 cup Mexican cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 F.
- Cut the chicken thighs and/or chicken breast into bite sized pieces.½ lb chicken thighs, ½ lb chicken breast
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and cook the chicken until white all the way around.3 tablespoon olive oil
- Add the chopped bell pepper and diced onion to the skillet and cook until soft (approx. 1 - 2 minutes).1 bell pepper, ½ white onion
- Reduce the skillet heat to medium-low. Add the taco seasoning to the skillet along with the lime juice. Toss well to coat the meat and veggies in the seasoning and set aside.3 tablespoon taco seasoning, 1 lime
- Grease a large baking sheet with oil or spray and lay out 5 tortillas close together.Cooking spray or oil, 16 corn tortillas
- Sprinkle 1 tablespoon cheese onto half of each tortilla. Then spoon about 3 tablespoon of the chicken and veggie mixture over the cheese. Then sprinkle another 1 tablespoon cheese over top. Repeat this step with all of the tortillas.1 cup Mexican cheese
- Gently fold over each tortilla in half then spray with oil (I use an avocado oil spray).
- Bake in the oven for 10 - 12 minutes until the tacos are crispy. Transfer the baked tacos to a plate and repeat with remaining tortillas until all of the chicken and veggies are used up.
Notes
Storing : Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. When ready to enjoy, warm them up in the microwave in 20-second intervals until warmed through. Alternatively, you can toast them in the toaster oven or oven at 350 F for 2 - 3 minutes until warm.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 120mg | Potassium: 161mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 341IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 72mg | Iron: 1mg