What Are Chicken Tacos?

Chicken tacos (tacos de pollo) are grilled or shredded chicken on a corn or flour tortilla, finished with onion, cilantro, lime and salsa. At taquerias the chicken is usually grilled thigh chopped to order, or simmered with chipotle and tomato as tinga

Chicken Tacos

In Tex-Mex and fast-food versions it comes shredded with lettuce, tomato and cheese. It is the most ordered taco protein in the US after ground beef, and the safe pick on almost any menu.

Chicken (Tacos de Pollo) are Nationwide tacos made with thigh or breast, grilled, shredded, or as tinga in chipotle-tomato sauce, grilled and chopped, or simmered and shredded, served on corn or flour tortillas.

Also called

Tacos de Pollo

Family

Meat

Filling

Chicken

Cut / main ingredient

Thigh or breast, grilled, shredded, or as tinga in chipotle-tomato sauce

How it is cooked

Grilled and chopped, or simmered and shredded

Tortilla

Corn or flour

Usually topped with

Onion, cilantro, lime, salsa verde, sometimes lettuce and cheese in Tex-Mex

From

Nationwide, Mexico

The most ordered taco protein in the US after ground beef. Grilled at taquerias, shredded as tinga, or fried and crisped as flautas.

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