Fried Chicken Tacos
Fried Chicken Tacos are lightly toasted soft tortilla tacos filled with avocados, fried chicken, jalapeños, tomatoes, and cheese along with a creamy avocado sauce.
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Resting Time2 hours hrs
Total Time2 hours hrs 25 minutes mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: american, mexican, taco
Servings: 4
Calories:
For the Chicken Marination
- 8 lbs chicken tenderloins
- 5 garlic minced
- salt
Flour Mixture
- flour
- 2 tbsp taco seasoning
Frying
- ¼-1/2 cup olive oil extra virgin (for frying)
For the Sauce
- ½ cup full fat yogurt
- ½ avocado (riped) mashed
- ½ tsp italian seasoning
- ½ tsp taco seasoning
- ⅛ tsp salt
For the Toppings
- 1 lime
- tomatoes chopped
- fresh cilantro chopped
- jalapeños chopped
- tortillas
Drenching and Frying
Dredge the chicken in flour then in the egg/milk mixture, then in flour mixture again
In a fry pan, on medium low heat, Add in oil and heat it up.
Place the chicken in the hot oil and fry until cooked through and golden brown about 7-10 minutes on each side.
For the Sauce
For the sauce, yogurt, taco seasoning, salt, Italian seasoning and avocado.
Tortillas and Assembly
Toast the torilla slightly.
Cut up the tomatoes and jalapeños cut up very thinly, and spread some mexican cheese for taco toppings.
Place a thinly sliced avocado first on the tortilla.
Place a fried chicken tender on a toasted torilla, top with sauce, the toppings, cheese, squeeze some lime, and top it up with fresh cilantro. Serve Immediately.