Chicken and Bean Soft Tacos
"Just what this site needs - another chicken taco recipe! Here's my variation on the theme - like most recipes, it's really easy to adjust to suit your family's tastes. Cooking time is very flexible as well, sometimes I get it started and let it simmer a bit to blend the flavors, adding liquid as needed to keep it from drying out. Other times, I just throw it all together and serve it within 15 minutes."
photo by Stephanie Y.
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked (chopped or shredded)
- 1 (16 ounce) can black beans, undrained (or kidney beans, or pinto beans)
- 1 cup corn
- 1⁄2 cup black olives (sliced or chopped)
- 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped (a 4 oz can of chopped mild chiles will work also)
- 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 -2 tablespoon chili powder
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 -2 teaspoon cumin
- 1⁄2 cup water
- salt (to taste)
- 4 -8 ounces tomato sauce (optional)
- flour tortilla
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Toppings (any of your favorites)
- sour cream
- salsa
- shredded cheese
- guacamole
directions
- saute onion in large pan till translucent. Add garlic and chopped jalapeno, saute briefly, stirring.
- (Sometimes if I don't have cooked chicken on hand, I cut raw chicken in strips and saute it along with the onions.).
- Add chicken, seasonings and remaining ingredients (except tortillas and toppings).
- Cook over medium high heat, till ingredients are combined and liquid cooks down - about 5-10 minutes.
- This timing of the cooking is flexible, depending on how much seasoning you add, how much liquid is in your beans, if you add tomato sauce, etc. I make it spicy and just wet enough that it's not dried out, but not watery or gloppy.
- Adjust seasonings, salt to taste. (For me, it's often at this point when I decide if I want to add the taste of tomato sauce.).
- Serve in flour tortillas with your favorite toppings.
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Reviews
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Made this last night and it was very good. Did not use tomato sauce, but next time I think I will try it with the tomato sauce though. Only thing I would change would be, not to use the whole 4oz of green chilie's(maybe 3oz would be perfect for me). This recipe was easy and delish. Definitely will use again :) -
I made this a long time ago, and forgot to review it. I remember liking it, but thought it was a little too sweet. I did use 8 oz. of tomato sauce. I made Recipe #32721 to serve as one of the toppings. -
Loved this! The only change I made was to add a few Tbsp of fresh cilantro at the end. I LOVE cilantro. DH and kids had theirs on tortilla while I made mine into a taco salad with sour cream, salsa and a bit of cheddar on top. DELISH! -
This was really good. I followed the recipe exactly, except no black olives---YUCK! I can't wait to have left overs tomorrow. I think the flavors will intensify even more overnight in the fridge. Thanks! -
These were just great - really wonderful! Thank you for sharing this incredibly delicious recipe. Ummm. Boy they were good.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
patti k.
granada hills, CA
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