Delicious Chicken Tinga Tacos

Published 4/17/2022

Chicken Tinga Tacos

What is better than a big batch of chicken tinga wrapped up in a warm flour tortilla? Nothing! These chicken tinga tacos are made with a saucy and spicy chicken tinga sauce. We use our delicious chicken tinga to make these delicious tacos, people. It is so much easier than you think to make! Another thing that makes these chicken tinga tacos are the toppings you choose. Let’s get down to business and whip up chicken tinga tacos for dinner! Check out Mexican Food Journal and Cooking con Claudia for 2 authentic versions of this recipe. They were our inspiration in creating our own.

Featured Ingredients

Once you’ve made your chicken tinga, you are all set to have tacos any day of the week! Here are the featured ingredients you need. The chicken tinga sauce in these tacos are the perfect balance of sweet and spicy. Chicken tinga tacos are the perfect meal for meal prep through out the week. You can make these tacos your own by changing up the toppings or what type of tortillas you use.

Chicken tinga: chicken tinga is inspired by the traditional Mexican dish that is made with shredded chicken and a chili and adobo sauce. We used chicken breast for the chicken tinga tacos, but feel free to use chicken thighs if you’d like! It can be very spicy, so we cut our delicious tinga with a bit of agave syrup and simmer it to perfection. We suggest making this chicken tinga beforehand and eating it throughout of the week. Tortillas: we suggest using flour tortillas. Specifically street taco shells. The size is perfect and the thickness of the flour tortilla helps to cut some of the spice. They are the perfect vessel. Cotija cheese: a little cotija cheese adds the perfect bite and saltiness to these tacos. Red Onion: red onion is both sweet and flavorful. We prefer red but if you need to use white onions you can. Fresh cilantro: never skip the fresh cilantro (unless you’re one of these people who thinks it tastes like soap). Cilantro brings tacos to the next level. Fresh lime juice: a squeeze of lime brightens up these tacos. Table crema: is the chicken tinga a bit too spicy for you? Don’t skip the crema or the Greek yogurt!

Ingredient Add-Ins

You can really make these tacos your own by topping them with whatever you would like! Below are great ingredient add-ins.

Halved cherry tomatoesFresh cornSliced avocadoRefried beansSliced jalapeno peppersDon’t forget the lime wedges!

Simple Instructions

Make Chicken Tinga

This step is the longest step in making chicken tinga tacos. Good news for you, we have an entire guide on how to make chicken tinga! Check it out below.

Heat Flour Tortillas

Once your chicken tinga is almost done, it’s time to heat up your tortillas. We recommend using flour street taco tortillas over corn tortillas. They hold together better. Chicken Tinga Warm them up in your preferred method. You can either briefly pan fry them or heat them in the oven.

Assemble Tacos

Assemble your tacos by adding 1/4 cup of shredded chicken tinga to the tortilla and then topping with Mexican crema, cilantro, queso fresco, minced onion, and fresh lime juice.

Storage

Store the chicken tinga separate from the taco fixings and the tortillas to avoid soggy tortillas. The ingredients will last for up to 5 days in a sealed container in the refrigerator. Prepare the tacos right before serving. Don’t let the chicken tinga sit in the tortillas too long or else they’ll get soggy. Change up the toppings. You don’t have to listen to us when it comes to tacos, feel free to top them with whatever you would like.