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Ingredients

The ingredients to make this taco meat are pretty basic and the spices are probably items you already have in your pantry:

• Olive oil – Use a high quality olive oil for best flavor, or any vegetable oil.
• Onion – I’ve used white onion, but you could also use yellow or even red onion.
• Bell pepper – I’ve used red for a pop of color, but yellow or orange would also work.
• Garlic – Use fresh garlic for best flavor or frozen garlic for a convenient shortcut.
• Ground chicken – You want to look for ground chicken that is about 93% lean and NOT 99% lean unless you like dry chicken. You can also use ground turkey, ground beef, or even ground pork.
• Spices – Garlic powder, ground cumin, smoked paprika (or regular), dried oregano, chili powder, sea salt
• Corn starch – This is used to help thicken the homemade taco seasoning and sauce. You can omit it, but you’ll need to simmer the mixture a bit longer.
• Chicken broth – This is used to give the taco meat a saucy flavor and keep it nice and juicy. You can use water, or grab some bouillon cubes so you can easily mix up small amounts of broth.
• Tortillas – Use crunchy or soft corn tortillas or flour tortillas.
• Taco toppings – Items like guacamole or avocado, copycat Chipotle corn salsa, shredded sharp cheddar, sour cream, salsa or pico de gallo, lettuce, fresh cilantro, diced onions, sliced jalapeno, and diced tomatoes.

How to Serve Ground Chicken Taco Meat

Tacos with ground chicken are an obvious choice, but there is also so many other ways you can use this taco meat:

• Tacos – Serve with crunchy taco shells or flour tortillas, along with your favorite taco toppings. I like to put out a traditional taco spread of guacamole or avocado, copycat Chipotle corn salsa, shredded sharp cheddar, sour cream, salsa or pico de gallo, lettuce, fresh cilantro, and diced tomatoes.
• Tostada – Layer refried beans, chicken, and fresh toppings over a crispy tostada shell. (Swap out chicken for beef in this ground beef tostada recipe.)
• Ground chicken taco bowl – Serve over rice or black bean quinoa salad and traditional taco fixings and let everyone make their own bowl.
• Ground chicken taco salad – Serve over chopped romaine lettuce, along with black beans, taco meat, sour cream, salsa, and crushed tortilla chips. (Swap out the ground chicken for ground beef in this taco salad recipe.)
• Stuffed into quesadillas – Try the air fryer quesadilla or swapped for the steak in these steak quesadillas.

How to Serve Ground Chicken Taco Recipe to the Whole Family

I get it, feeding kids can be tough! But following the Division of Responsibility and knowing your job and your child’s job makes it SO much more enjoyable. You’ll be able to feed your kids any meal, which will help ensure that they are eating a variety of nutritious foods – with plenty of play food sprinkled in. 😉

Tacos are one of the ultimate DIY meals, so put out a spread and let everyone build their own tacos. This is a time when my kids often make creations that don’t appeal to me – but it’s a great way to let them experiment and make their own creation – and I just keep my mouth shut and my opinions to myself!

What to Serve with Ground Chicken Tacos

There are a number of great Mexican-ish sides that pair perfectly with tacos:

• Chipotle copycat fajita veggies
• Mexican-style cauliflower rice
• Tex-Mex side salad
• Grilled Mexican street corn
• Black bean cowboy caviar
• 49 sides for Tex Mex meals

More Easy Taco Recipes

If you like this ground chicken taco recipe, you might also like some of these other easy taco recipes:

• Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken Tacos
• Slow Cooker Shredded Beef Tacos
• Easy Fish Tacos (with fish sticks)
• Breakfast Tacos