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This Chicken Taco Salad in a Tortilla Bowl is easily the best taco salad I’ve ever had. I am not a huge fan of ground beef in taco salad, so the chicken is what really put it over the top for me.
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It is so hard to decide what is my favorite part of this Chicken Taco Salad! The avocado, the perfectly seasoned chicken, the crunchy tortilla bowl – I love it all! Oh, and of course the corn salsa, which I would eat with a spoon because it is so good! It tastes just like the corn salsa from Chipotle I am literally obsessed with it. Anyway, these tortilla bowls are very easy to make and I think they are so fun! They keep everything together and you can use it to scoop up salsa when you’re done eating what’s inside (see, I really can’t stop thinking about the salsa)!
Ingredients
- Medium-sized flour tortillas
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Taco seasoning
- Water
- Romaine lettuce
- Can of black beans
- Avocado
- Cherry tomatoes
- Sour cream
For the Corn Salsa:
- Frozen corn – thawed
- Cilantro – chopped
- Red onion – chopped
- Jalapeño peppers – seeded and chopped
- Limes
- Salt and pepper
Tips on Making and Filling Your Tortilla Bowls
Make sure you don’t skip the cooking spray before putting them in the bowls because they can stick, and they’ll rip when you try to take them out. This recipe is super customizable when it comes to toppings. I used all my favorites, of course, but you can add anything you’d like! Some suggestions include: cheese, guacamole, pico de gallo, kidney beans, refried beans, and other meats like shrimp or beef (if you don’t like chicken). Also make sure to use our Homemade Taco Seasoning!
Frequently Asked Questions
You can’t go wrong with shredded cheese, sour cream, tortilla chips (you can even crush these up), chopped black olives, jalapenos, squeeze of lime, salsa. These are my favorites!
A burrito bowl typically has everything you would put in a burrito, from the protein to the beans to the veggies, everything minus the tortilla, served in a bowl with toppings. A taco salad is a mixture of lettuce, protein, other toppings, and a dressing, served in an either baked or fried taco shell. They are fairly similar, the main difference being the dressing and the taco shell/bowl.
Instead of shredded chicken, you could use ground beef, carnitas, ground turkey, steak, rotisserie chicken, any meat that you enjoy!
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Chicken Taco Salad in a Tortilla Bowl
Ingredients
- 5 medium-sized flour tortillas
- 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/4 cup taco seasoning
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 bag romaine lettuce
- 14 ounces black beans drained
- 1 avocado pitted and sliced
- Cherry tomatoes
- sour cream
For Corn Salsa
- 12 ounces frozen corn thawed
- 1/2 bunch cilantro chopped
- 1/3 red onion chopped
- 2 jalapeño peppers seeded and chopped
- 2 limes juiced
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425.
- Spray a little cooking spray on both sides of each tortilla.
- Press tortillas into oven safe bowls to shape. Place bowls on a baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes. Remove tortillas from bowls and cool completely.
- Place chicken breasts in a stock pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil.
- Once the water is boiling, turn the heat to medium and simmer for 12-15 minutes.
- Remove chicken from water and shred.
- Place chicken in a pan, add taco seasoning and water, and cook until water evaporates, stirring frequently.
For Corn Salsa
- Mix together corn, cilantro, red onion, and jalapeño. Pour in lime juice and add salt and pepper. Stir until combined.
To Assemble
- Place tortilla bowl on a plate. Add lettuce, chicken, black beans, avocado, cherry tomatoes, sour cream, and corn salsa.
This is a great chicken taco salad recipe. Perfect for lunch or dinner.
Dee-licious
This is so good! My kids thought the tortilla bowls were so much fun – will definitely make again!
Eating this for lunch on the daily!
Such a great taco salad. I love the chicken with the taco seasoning so much more too!