Chicken Tacos with Avocado Salsa Recipe

Name: Chicken Tacos with Avocado Salsa Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 12 tacos
Ingredients: 4 small very ripe avocados; 1 serrano chile; ½ cup Mexican cream; ¼ medium white onion; 1 plum tomatoes; 1 clove garlic; 10 sprigs cilantro; ½ tsp. salt; 4 chicken breasts; 4 key limes; 1 tsp. salt; 12 corn or flour tortillas; 4 key limes

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Prep Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Servings
12 tacos
Calories
330 kcal
Course
Dinner
Cuisine
Mexican

Chicken Tacos with Avocado Salsa Recipe

Oriana Howell

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Chicken tacos with authentic flavor - lime marinated chicken with creamy avocado salsa served on fresh corn tortillas. Customize easily by adding your favorite toppings like pico de gallo, finely shredded lettuce, or crumbled queso fresco. You only need 20 minutes of hands-on prep time and an hour to marinate the chicken.

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Ingredients

Servings

Avocado Salsa

4 small very ripe avocados or 2 large
1 serrano chile
½ cup Mexican cream crema
¼ medium white onion
1 plum tomatoes
1 clove garlic
10 sprigs cilantro
½ tsp. salt

Chicken

4 chicken breasts about 1 ½ lbs.
4 key limes Mexican limes
1 tsp. salt

Other

12 corn or flour tortillas
4 key limes Mexican limes for serving as a garnish.

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Instructions

Chicken

Butterfly the chicken breasts so that the meat is an even thickness. Place chicken in a large mixing bowl and squeeze the juice of the limes over the chicken and then sprinkle with salt. Turn the chicken to coat evenly with lime juice and salt. Refrigerate for 1 hour turning meat once.
Preheat 2 tablespoons oil over medium heat. Cook for about 4 minutes until the chicken is nicely browned on one side.
Turn and cook for another 4 minutes. Check for doneness and cook for 1 or 2 minutes more if needed.

Salsa

Chop the tomatoes and onion into small pieces. Set the tomato aside you will add it too the salsa after all of the other ingredients have been Blended.
Add all of the ingredients to your blender and blend until smooth. If you are having difficulty blending because the salsa is too thick add 2 tablespoons of water at a time until you are able to get the consistency that you want.
Pour the salsa into a serving bowl. Gently mix in the chopped tomatoes.

Serving

Slice the chicken into ½" strips. Preheat the corn tortillas and cover with a clean dish towel to keep warm. Place 3 chicken strips on each tortilla and top chicken with 1 or 2 tablespoons of avocado salsa. Serve with lime wedges on the side.