Healthy Chicken Tacos

These healthy chicken tacos use my go-to super easy chicken taco meat recipe with ground chicken for an easy dinner ready in 30 minutes!

Course Dinner, Lunch, Meal Prep

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword chicken taco meat recipe, chicken taco salad, ground chicken taco meat, healthy chicken tacos

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings tacos

Calories 238kcal

Author Kelli Shallal MPH RD

Saute onions and jalapeno in oil on medium in a large non-stick skillet until translucent and tender, about 3-5 minutes.
1 tbsp avocado oil, 1 yellow onion, 1 jalapeno, deseeded, deveined
Add chicken and taco seasoning, cook for 8-10 minutes, until chicken is cooked through.
1 lb ground chicken, 1/4 cup taco seasoning
Add diced tomatoes in and 1/4 cup water. Stir well. Place the lid on and let simmer for at least 5 minutes. If meat sticks to the bottom of the pan, add more water.
1 can diced tomatoes
Rinse and drain black beans, stir into the meat and serve! Alternatively, you can keep the beans separate.
1 can black beans
Finish with a sprits of lime juice! About a teaspoon of lime juice or the juice of half of a lime.

Brown each tortilla for a few minutes on each side on medium-low in an oiled skillet. Then, fill each taco with 1/12 chicken taco meat, 2 tablespoons black beans, 1 tablespoon shredded lettuce, 1 tablespoon cheese, 1/2 tablespoon cilantro, 1/2 tablespoon green onion, 1 tablespoon salsa, 1 tablespoon sour cream, and 1 tablespoon guac.

*sour cream - chose a full fat, organic, option or for dairy-free we LOVE Forager project sour cream.