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.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr20 minutesmins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: avocado salsa, chicken, tacos
Servings: 12tacos
Calories: 330kcal
Author: andrés carnalla
Ingredients
Avocado Salsa
4small very ripe avocadosor 2 large
1serrano chile
½cupMexican creamcrema
¼medium white onion
1plum tomatoes
1clovegarlic
10sprigs cilantro
½tsp.salt
Chicken
4chicken breasts about 1 ½ lbs.
4Key limesMexican limes
1tsp.salt
Other
12corn or flour tortillas
4Key limesMexican limes for serving as a garnish.
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.