Teriyaki Chicken Tacos
Warm flour tortillas filled with tangy teriyaki chicken, sweet pineapple salsa, and topped with queso fresco and crema Mexicana. These Teriyaki Chicken Tacos are a perfect weeknight dinner that can be made in under 30 minutes!
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 347kcal
Ingredients
Teriyaki Chicken Tacos
- 8 small flour tortillas
- 2 chicken breasts cooked & shredded or diced *see notes
- ⅓ cup cheddar cheese shredded
- ½ cup shredded lettuce
- 1 ½ cup teriyaki sauce recipe below
- 1 cup pineapple salsa recipe below
Teriyaki Sauce
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons honey
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- ¼ cup cold water
Pineapple Salsa
- ½ fresh pineapple diced. (about 2+ cups.)
- ½ red bell pepper
- ½ jalapeño seeded and stemmed
- 1 mango optional
- 1 clove garlic
- ½ purple onion
- juice of one lime
- ½ cup cilantro chopped
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Teriyaki Tacos
- In a flour tortilla layer chicken, lettuce, pineapple salsa, queso fresco, and crema Mexicana.
Teriyaki Sauce
- In a small saucepan combine soy sauce, water, ginger, garlic, honey, and brown sugar. Bring to a simmer.
- In a small bowl combine cornstarch and water. Whisk until combined.
- Add to sauce pan and whisk until thickened.
- Toss with cooked chicken to coat.
Pineapple Salsa
- Dice all ingredients.
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Toss to combine.
- Add salt to taste
Video
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Notes
Options For Cooked Chicken
There are a few options for choosing your cooked chicken. Let me go over a few:- Shred the breast meat from a rotisserie chicken. love this little cooking tip. The chicken is so tender and delicious.
- Cook chicken breasts in the instant pot and shred. Just use the poultry setting and allow a natural release.
- Boil chicken breasts and shred.
- Grill chicken and dice.
- Use pre-cooked chicken strips.
Nutrition
Serving: 1taco | Calories: 347kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 3011mg | Potassium: 635mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 865IU | Vitamin C: 49mg | Calcium: 128mg | Iron: 3mg