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Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken Tacos Recipe

January 14, 2016 By Alexzandra O'Donnell 183 Comments

Can You Say YUM? Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken Tacos

Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken Taco

Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken Tacos

You know that night? When you need to get dinner on the table NOW? Yet, your soul longs for something tasty and flavorful, well here’s THAT recipe…Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken Tacos (or Nachos if you like).

I am Alexzandra O’Donnell, a new food blogger on Still Blonde, I am bringing a twist on a traditional taco by adding a flair of Cilantro and Lime via recipe ingredients.

4.8 from 71 reviews
Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken Tacos Recipe
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
20 mins
Total time
25 mins
 
Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken Tacos is a quick light Mexican dinner that you can whip up in no time but your guests will be sure you slaved for hours. This dish works well as a nacho recipe also.
Author: Alexandra O'Donnell
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Mexican
Serves: 2 servings
Ingredients
  • 2 large chicken breast
  • 1 package taco seasoning
  • 1 package cilantro lime skillet sauce (I used Frontera but any similar will do)
  • 1 lime
  • ¼ cup fresh cilantro
  • water
  • 4 tortillas
  • ¼ cup lettuce (approximate
  • ¼ cup of your choice of shredded cheese (approximate and optional)
  • Baking spray ( I used Pam)
Instructions
  1. Spray 8x8 baking pan with non-stick spray (or any size baking pan will do)
  2. Sprinkle ¼ of taco seasoning over the bottom of the and place chicken breasts on top of taco seasoning
  3. Coat tops of chicken with ¼ of taco seasoning as well. You should now have used half of the packet of taco seasoning
  4. Cook chicken at 450 for 10-15 mins or until thoroughly cooked
  5. While chicken is cooking, prepare sauce in a skillet
  6. Fill skillet with ¼ inch of water and add rest of taco seasoning, as well as cilantro lime skillet sauce and stir together. Cover; let simmer and thicken.
  7. When chicken is cooked, shred using two forks.
  8. Chicken in pan
  9. Add shredded chicken to sauce.
  10. Chop lime in half. Using only one half of lime, squeeze lime juice over top of the chicken in the skillet. Stir together.
  11. Fill tortilla with a light amount of lettuce and fresh cilantro leafs. Top with Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken from skillet.
  12. Add cheese to taco (optional)
  13. Squeeze quarter of lime over top and enjoy!
  14. Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken Taco
  15. You can also use the Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken over nachos instead of tacos. MMM!
  16. Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken Nachos
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Haven’t heard of Key Lime Cilantro Sauce?

You can find  Key Lime Cilantro Skillet Sauce by Frontera on Amazon. You don’t have to use the Frontera Sauce, there are other ones out there but this one is quick and easy and available on Amazon. Need a great skillet? Here’s the one I recommend (Top Rated Skillet)

Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken Taco

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  1. Lindsay A. says

    August 17, 2019 at 2:42 am

    I love quick and simple dinners with outstanding flavor! These look fantastic.

    Reply
  2. Tamra Phelps says

    January 21, 2019 at 4:26 pm

    I am a big fan of tacos of pretty much any sort! These look really tasty.

    Reply
  3. Mary Beth Elderton says

    December 17, 2018 at 1:55 pm

    Yummm! This is setting off all my TexMex cravings!

    Reply
  4. CAlvin says

    March 13, 2018 at 4:37 pm

    I am craving this now! Haven’t had tacos this year yet

    Reply
  5. Chris G. says

    November 25, 2017 at 12:56 pm

    I have been craving Tacos today. Definitely getting the ingredients for these so I can make this weekend.

    Reply
  6. Cathy Jarolin says

    June 5, 2017 at 10:19 pm

    My Family loves taco’s.. & Burrito’s.. Now I have another Delicious Chicken meal I can pin on my Board. With the cilantro & Shredded cheese & Lime . Yummy. Thank You for sharing…

    Reply
  7. Sabrina Templin says

    May 17, 2017 at 10:20 pm

    Yum! I think I’d like to try this with turkey and see what it tastes like 😀

    Reply
  8. Rosie says

    May 3, 2017 at 11:25 am

    I sure can say YUM to this. This is the kind of recipe that I want to make, that I love when we are out, but haven’t been able to make as good, I think this one is it!

    Reply
  9. Laura says

    March 31, 2017 at 9:48 pm

    Yum! This looks delicious! Totally bookmarking this for later. 🙂

    Reply
  10. Patricia B. says

    March 27, 2017 at 1:21 am

    This does look good and is a relatively light dish. We would be leaving off the cilantro. My husband does not care for it.

    Reply
    • Shelley Zurek says

      March 27, 2017 at 1:20 pm

      Neither does mine at Patricia. Shelley

      Reply
  11. Rosanne says

    March 27, 2017 at 12:24 am

    My husband would appreciate this. He is a big fan of lime and cilantro but I am not

    Reply
  12. Sherry Compton says

    March 22, 2017 at 8:17 am

    There are so many ways to eat tacos…always good to learn a new one. Adding different spices and flavors can really change up a recipe.

    Reply
  13. Terry Poage says

    March 19, 2017 at 10:20 am

    This recipe sounds so good and easy to make. Thanks for sharing it.

    Reply
  14. Donna Buckley says

    March 18, 2017 at 3:47 pm

    My poor husband is one of those people to whom fresh cilantro tastes like soap! So, perhaps I can make these, and simply reserve the fresh cilantro for my plate! This dish sounds so good!

    Reply
  15. Edye says

    March 18, 2017 at 11:49 am

    What a cool take on tacos! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  16. rochelle haynes says

    March 18, 2017 at 7:43 am

    Looking very good love tacos

    Reply
  17. Christine A. says

    March 17, 2017 at 4:15 pm

    I’m a huge fan of tacos and love how quick this meal is.

    Reply
  18. Nidhi Chauhan says

    February 23, 2017 at 11:38 pm

    wow this looks really yummy, delicious and healthy.

    Reply
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