Easy Tex-Mex Chicken Tacos

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Quick and full of flavor, you can adjust heat by removing the seeds from jalapeno. Garnish tacos with chipotle ranch, salsa verde, and avocado. I make the chipotle ranch with fat free sour cream to save a bit of calories.

$Easy Tex-Mex Chicken Tacos$

Brief

Prep 20 mins

Cook: 40 mins

Total: 1hr

Servings: 12

Yield: 12 tacos

$Brief$

Easy Tex-Mex Chicken Tacos

Ingredients

4 cups water

1 (16 ounce) package yellow rice

5 tablespoons olive oil

divided

1 pound boneless chicken

cut into 3/4-inch cubes

1 (1 ounce) package chicken taco seasoning mix

1 (16 ounce) can black beans

rinsed and drained

1 ½ cups shredded Mexican cheese blend

1 (4 ounce) can sliced olives

1 jalapeno pepper

seeded and minced

12 corn tortillas

1 tablespoon bacon grease

Hot Bean Dip

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Directions

Step 1

Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; add rice and 1/4 cup olive oil. Bring liquid back to a boil reduce heat to medium-low cover saucepan and simmer until rice is tender 20 to 25 minutes.

Step 2

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir chicken and taco seasoning mix until chicken is no longer pink in the center 5 to 10 minutes. Mix rice black beans Mexican cheese blend olives and jalapeno pepper into chicken; cook and stir until heated through about 5 minutes.

Step 3

Heat a separate skillet over medium-high heat; warm tortillas in skillet until pliable 1 to 2 minutes per tortilla.

Step 4

Fill each tortilla with about 1/2 cup chicken-rice mixture folding tortilla over filling.

Step 5

Heat bacon grease in a skillet over medium heat; fry the filled tortillas until crispy 2 to 3 minutes per side.

Nutritional Information

Easy Tex-Mex Chicken Tacos

Servings Per Recipe:12

Calories: 392.9

% Daily Value *

Protein: 18.8g 38%

Carbohydrates: 49.3g 16%

Dietary Fiber: 4.6g 18%

Sugars: 1.3g

Fat: 13.8g 21%

Saturated Fat: 5.1g 25%

Cholesterol: 37.7mg 13%

Vitamin A Iu: 269.8IU 5%

Niacin Equivalents: 6.3mg 48%

Vitamin B6: 0.2mg 15%

Vitamin C: 1.6mg 3%

Folate: 26mcg 7%

Calcium: 156.6mg 16%

Iron: 1.7mg 9%

Magnesium: 40.7mg 15%

Potassium: 247.4mg 7%

Sodium: 1047.3mg 42%

Thiamin: 0.1mg 10%

Calories From Fat: 123.9

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.