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These Guacamole Chicken Torta Sandwiches are my kind of Mexican food! Seasoned grilled chicken on Torta bread loaded with guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes, and chipotle ranch dressing.
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These Guacamole Chicken Torta Sandwiches are a delightful twist on classic Mexican food. Don’t get me wrong, I do love Mexican food but sometimes it all seems the same to me. I love that this sandwich combines all my favorite Mexican flavors but on soft Torta bread. They’re perfect for picnics, easy weeknight suppers or anytime you just want something a little different.
Ingredients in Chicken Torta
These easy sandwiches are packed with flavor and make four big sandwiches. You can adjust accordingly to your family’s needs. Here’s what you need:
- 4 Torta sandwich bread rolls – I found a big package of Torta rolls at Costco, and they’re delicious! Soft, chewy, perfect for a hearty sandwich. You can use French bread, bolillo rolls, telera rolls, flatbread, thick toast, anything you like.
- Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast – I like to use four chicken breast halves from two large chicken breasts. Not too thick, not too thin.
- Taco seasoning – one tablespoon or more to taste. Taco seasoning is a savory mix of chili powder, cumin, oregano, salt, black pepper, and garlic powder and onion powder all in one simple spice.
- Paprika – This bright red spice gives the sauce a gorgeous color and slightly smoky flavor.
- Pepper jack cheese – four slices. You can use Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese too. I just love the spicy cheese on this yummy chicken sandwich.
- Tomatoes – fresh, garden tomato slices are perfect on this sandwich.
- Shredded lettuce
- Homemade Guacamole – our easy recipe is SO delicious. Save extra for tortilla chips!
- Chipotle Mayo or Spicy Ranch Dressing – I like Hidden Valley Spicy Ranch on these sandwiches.
What is a Torta Anyway?
A torta is not specific only to Mexican food. It has place in Spanish, Italian, Greek, Albanian, Bulgarian, Maltese, Hungarian, Portuguese, Croatian, Swedish, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene and Slovak languages. However, in the case of this recipe, a torta basically refers to a Mexican sandwich. To qualify as a torta it must include a fluffy bun, spread with butter and topped with meats, cheeses and fresh veggies. all kinds of things. You can use refried beans, meats, cheeses, spicy peppers, avocado, the list can go on and on.
Chicken Spice Rub
You can use premade taco seasoning, or make your own chicken spice rub. The one I like is the same one we use in our Café Rio Tortilla Soup with garlic, chili powder, cumin, oregano, salt, black pepper, and onion powder.
Extra Toppings for your Chicken Torta
Add extra flavors and textures to your chicken torta meal by incorporating your family’s favorite toppings and ingredients:
- Refried beans
- Hot sauce
- Mexican crema
- Avocado slices
- Queso fresco
- Fresh cilantro
- Lime juice
- Hot chiles
Questions about Chicken Torta Sandwiches
Traditional tortas feature chicken, beef or pork, and a number of toppings including avocado, refried beans, mayo, cheese, onions, tomatoes, pickled jalapeños, shredded lettuce and more.
A Mexican torta resembles a sandwich with its bun, meats and cheeses. But the ingredients inside are always full of big, bold, spicy flavors that are found in other types of Mexican dishes.
In Mexico, the type of rolls used to make tortas are bolillos or teleras. But if you can’t find those, try French rolls.
READ MORE: Cafe Rio Copycat Recipes
More Great Mexican Meals
The torta really mixes things up in a good way on the Mexican meal menu. If you want to find even more great Mexican dishes, give some of these a try.
How to Make Chicken Torta
Chicken Torta
Equipment
- Outdoor BBQ Grill
Ingredients
- 4 Torta sandwich bread rolls
- 2 large chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon taco seasoning
- 1/2 tablespoon paprika
- 4 slices pepper jack cheese
- 2 tomatoes
- shredded lettuce
- 1 cup guacamole recipe HERE
- 3/4 cup chipotle or spicy ranch dressing I used Hidden Valley spicy ranch
Instructions
- Cut the chicken breasts in half horizontally, so you have two large but thin and flat slices of chicken. Mix together the taco seasoning and paprika and rub it all over the chicken.
- Grill over medium heat for 6 to 7 minutes on each side or until thoroughly cooked. When the chicken has just a minute left, top each piece with a slice of pepper jack cheese. (Optional: I also like to slice and grill the torts bread for just a minute),
- Cut Torta bread into two slices, layer on a piece of chicken on the bottom slice, then top that with guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes, and chipotle ranch dressing then finish with the top slice of the bread.
Notes
- I found a big package of Torta rolls at Costco, and they’re delicious! Soft, chewy, perfect for a hearty sandwich. You can use French bread, bolillo rolls, telera rolls, flatbread, thick toast, anything you like.
- Add extra toppings: Hot sauce, Fresh Cilantro, Lime Juice, Avocado Slices, Mexican crema.
- Use two chicken breasts cut in half to make four pieces of chicken.
I could eat this sandwich every day and not get tired of it!
Love how easy this recipe is. It’s perfect for our family!
Your HYPERLINK to the Guac recipe is not working. I am using Safari browser on a Mac FYI
The hyperlink I mentioned is the one in the Ingredients list that says 1 c guacamole recipe HERE”
The HERE does not work as a link.
However, I just saw another link to your Guac, up in the main content, that does work…so my problem just solved itself!
Thanks for the recipe! I will try it tonight
Oh good! I will try to get the link fixed in the recipe. Thanks for spotting that!
Thank you for letting us know, I just fixed it!
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Again a HUGH “Thank You”.
Thank YOU so much! We will do our best to keep the tasty recipes comin’ 😉
This looks fabulous! I love this twist on Mexican food!
Those look awesome. Love that bread from Costco.