Mini Chicken Tacos

I’m not gonna lie to ya…these tacos are a little bit of a labor of love. The require a little patience to assemble, but that’s just the price we pay for cute mini things. On the flip side though, they’re really pretty easy to make thanks to a shortcut ingredient. And, they are literally bursting at the seams with incredible flavor.

They’re sooooo worth any little extra bit of effort, so let’s get to it!

To make things nice and easy on us, we’re going to start with store bought rotisserie chicken. We’re going to shred it up, toss it in a skillet with lots of taco inspired spices to infuse that juicy meat, and that’s all there is to the protein component of these tacos. Now when it comes to what kind of meat to use, light or dark meat, use what you like! I like to use a mix of both, and I recommend making sure you have at least a little dark meat in there. But, it’s ultimately totally up to you.

To make these tacos mini sized, we’re going to use a biscuit cutter to cut 3 ½ inch circles out of corn tortillas. We have to heat them up a little bit to make them pliable so that we can stuff them, and we’ll do that by brushing them with a little avocado oil and heating them in a skillet for just a few seconds. Depending on the size of your skillet, you’ll have to do this step in a couple of batches. But with only 20 seconds in the pan per tortilla, this process still goes pretty quickly.

Once our tortillas are ready to work with, we’re going to fill them with some shredded cheese and that scrumptious chicken mix. When we fold them, we’ll give them a good press to help encourage them to stay closed, then we’ll transfer them to a non stick baking sheet.

There are a couple things to note before we bake them. One, we don’t need to add any additional oil to help these crisp up, because they already have that avocado oil we brushed on them from when we heated up the tortillas. And two, we’re going to throw a baking rack right on top of the tacos on the baking sheet to keep them from popping open in the oven. These babies can be a little fickle, so that baking rack is truly the perfect trick.

From there, pop them in the oven for about 15 minutes. And, that’s it! The end result is a crispy, crunchy, cheesy taco that you’ll never ever know started with store bought rotisserie chicken.

These are so fun to serve as an appetizer. They work perfectly on the Fiesta Board we made over the weekend. They’re an interesting new way to switch up taco night. They’re just so amazing however you serve them!

And bonus, you don’t have to feel bad about tossing those tortilla scraps. You can brush them with more oil, pop them in the oven, and make rustic tortilla chips to serve with all the dips alongside these mini tacos!

Ok, everyone! We have one more Cinco de Mayo recipe before we transition right into a Mother’s Day recipe. So, stay tuned!

Make sure you tag me on social media if you make these mini tacos or the Fiesta Board so I can see too!

In the meantime, enjoy! And, let’s eat!