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Buffalo Chicken Tacos

With only a handful of ingredients, Buffalo Chicken Tacos are the perfect easy meal! Healthy and delicious, this will be a dinner staple.

Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Mexican
Keyword buffalo chicken tacos
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients

For chicken:

  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 pound)
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon paprika
  • ½ cup buffalo wing sauce

For topping and serving:

  • 12-18 small taco size tortillas
  • 3 stalks celery, washed and chopped into small pieces
  • 1 medium carrot, peeled, then grated
  • 2 stalks green onions, chopped
  • ⅓ cup blue cheese crumbles
  • ranch dressing
  • buffalo sauce

Instructions

To make the chicken:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Using an oven safe dish, add the chicken breast and season with salt, pepper, and paprika. Lightly cover in buffalo sauce. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Check the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F. Remove from the oven, then use 2 forks and shred the chicken, mixing it with the buffalo sauce that is still in the baking dish.

To top and serve:

  1. Using flour or corn tortillas (or hard taco shells), add some shredded chicken, then top with celery, green onions, carrots, blue cheese crumbles, and ranch. Add additional buffalo sauce if desired.

  2. Serve the buffalo chicken tacos immediately.

Recipe Notes

Recipe for homemade buffalo sauce here.