These easy-to-make, gluten-free Shredded Chicken Tacos made from poached chicken breast are the perfect party food and a great introduction to Mexican cuisine! Serve them with fresh cilantro and a squeeze of lime juice! 
This Shredded Chicken Tacos recipe comes to you as part of this month's Secret Recipe Club‘s reveal day - woohoo! I skipped June because it was just before my wedding but I'm happy to start again this month.
What’s the Secret Recipe Club you ask? It’s a fun blogger club! Each month, a blogger is secretly assigned another blogger and chooses a recipe to make.
On reveal day (today for my group!), all our posts go up at the same time and we discover who was assigned our blog and which recipe she/he decided to try.
Mexican food lovers, this gluten-free recipe for Shredded Chicken Tacos is for you! This month, I was assigned La Cocina de Leslie, a food blog all about Mexican recipes.
Leslie, the foodie behind the blog, was born and raised in Southern California and thirteen years ago moved to her husband's small town in Mexico.
While I really enjoy Mexican food, I don't know much about it so I loved browsing Leslie's blog.
There is so much variety! She has hundreds of recipes for tacos, tamales, tostadas, agua frescas, huevos and so much more. Have a look at her recipe index here, you'll be impressed!
I still had some corn tortillas from a previous recipe so I decided to go for tacos and I really liked the sound of these ones. This recipe for Shredded Chicken Tacos is made of simple ingredients yet super tasty, I loved it.
Thanks for those awesome Tacos de Pollo Leslie!
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Shredded Chicken Tacos (Tacos de Pollo a la Mexicana)
These easy-to-make gluten-free Shredded Chicken Tacos made from healthy, poached chicken breast are the perfect party food and a great introduction to Mexican cuisine! Serve them with fresh cilantro and a squeeze of lime juice!
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken breasts 900 g
- ½ medium onion
- 1 sprig cilantro
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- ½ medium onion chopped
- 3 Roma tomatoes chopped
- 1-2 serrano chilies finely chopped (I only used half of one!)
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 cup chicken broth I used the broth the chicken was cooked in
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro divided
- 2 avocados chopped
- Lime wedges
- small corn tortillas
Instructions
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Cook the chicken breasts in 6 cups of water with the onion, a sprig of cilantro, the garlic, and salt over medium-high heat for about 45 minutes or until fully cooked. Let cool slightly.
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Shred the chicken.
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Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large skillet over high heat. Saute the onion and bell pepper for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
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Add shredded chicken, tomatoes, serrano chile, cumin, chicken broth, and 3 tablespoons of the chopped cilantro. (Note: For the chicken broth, I use the broth the chicken was cooked in.) Stir to combine; season with salt, if necessary.
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Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and let simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes. Drain remaining liquid.
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To serve, spoon a couple of tablespoons of filling into the center of warm corn tortillas. Top with a squeeze of lime juice, chopped avocado, the reserved cilantro and your favorite salsa. Enjoy!!!
Recipe Notes
Recipe from La Cocina de Leslie
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susan @ the wimpy vegetarian
I love Mexican food too - and am still learning about different dishes. This dish looks fabulous!! I love Leslie's blog too - great pick this month 🙂
marie
Thanks Susan! I think it's fair to say that Leslie is the Queen of Mexican recipes haha
sara
What a great summer recipe! This looks totally delicious. 🙂
marie
Thank you Sara!
Lori Hart
This recipe is perfect! I could eat tacos 5 nights a week. Thanks for sharing.
marie
Tacos are delicious, aren't they? 😉 thanks for stopping by Lori!
Leslie Limon
Wow! Your photos are gorgeous! I'm craving tacos even though I just finished having lunch. I'm so glad you liked the tacos.
marie
Aw thanks Leslie! Yes I loved them!! I still going through the chicken stuffing and it makes perfect leftovers 🙂
Leigh
These look so lovely and fresh. Wonderful choice.
marie
Thanks Leigh! 🙂
Cindy @ Hun... What's for Dinner?
These tacos look so fresh and delicious! We are big Mexican food lovers in my house. Great SRC choice!
marie
Thanks Cindy 🙂
danielle
We are a taco loving family - I may need to give these a try.
40A.
I usually make tacos de pollo whenever we have some rotisserie chicken leftover but I would actually really like to try this version with poached chicken breast as I love the idea of cooking it in its own broth! The tacos are presented so beautifully - I want to bite right into them!