Chicken Street Tacos
Chili-lime seared chicken in warm corn tortillas with avocado and crunchy cabbage.
dinnergluten-freedairy-freehigh-proteinkid-friendly
Serves 4 · Prep 10 min · Cook 15 min · Mexican
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 lb chicken breast, cut into thin strips
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 12 corn tortillas
- 4 oz red cabbage, thinly shredded
- 1 avocado, sliced
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
- 1/2 red onion, finely diced
- 1/2 cup salsa
Instructions
- Toss the chicken with the chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, salt and 1 tablespoon of the lime juice.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken 6 to 8 minutes, stirring, until browned and cooked through.
- Warm the tortillas in a dry skillet for 30 seconds per side, or wrap in a damp towel and microwave 30 seconds.
- Toss the cabbage with the remaining lime juice and a pinch of salt.
- Fill each tortilla with chicken, cabbage, avocado, red onion, cilantro and salsa. Serve right away.
Nutrition facts (per serving)
| Calories | 450 |
| Protein | 38 g |
| Total carbohydrate | 44 g |
| Dietary fiber | 9 g |
| Total sugars | 2 g |
| Total fat | 15 g |
| Saturated fat | 2.5 g |
| Cholesterol | 105 mg |
| Sodium | 980 mg |
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation Foods 2026-04 and SR Legacy 2018-04): ingredient grams from FDC foodPortions, energy = protein/fat/carbohydrate × the food's specific Atwater factors (general 4/9/4 when FDC lists none), rounded per FDA 21 CFR 101.9(c).
USDA FoodData Central sources
- 1.25 lb chicken-breast → 567 g of Chicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, raw (SR Legacy, FDC 171077); lb (exact)
- 1 tbsp chili-powder → 8 g of Spices, chili powder (SR Legacy, FDC 171319); FDC portion "1 tbsp" = 8 g
- 1 tsp ground-cumin → 2 g of Spices, cumin seed (SR Legacy, FDC 170923); FDC portion "1 tsp, whole" = 2.1 g
- 1 tsp garlic-powder → 3 g of Spices, garlic powder (SR Legacy, FDC 171325); FDC portion "1 tsp" = 3.1 g
- 1 tsp kosher-salt → 6 g of Salt, table, iodized (Foundation, FDC 746775); FDC portion "1 teaspoon" = 6.1 g
- 1 tbsp olive-oil → 14 g of Oil, olive, salad or cooking (SR Legacy, FDC 171413); FDC portion "1 tablespoon" = 13.5 g
- 12 each corn-tortilla → 288 g of Tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, corn (SR Legacy, FDC 175036); FDC portion "1 tortilla" = 24 g
- 4 oz red-cabbage → 113 g of Cabbage, red, raw (Foundation, FDC 2346408); oz (exact)
- 1 each avocado → 136 g of Avocados, raw, California (SR Legacy, FDC 171706); FDC portion "1 fruit, without skin and seed" = 136 g
- 2 tbsp lime-juice → 30 g of Lime juice, raw (SR Legacy, FDC 168156); FDC portion "1 cup" = 242 g
- 0.25 cup cilantro → 4 g of Coriander (cilantro) leaves, raw (SR Legacy, FDC 169997); FDC portion "0.25 cup" = 4 g
- 0.5 each red-onion → 99 g of Onions, red, raw (Foundation, FDC 790577); FDC portion "1 onion edible" = 197 g
- 0.5 cup salsa → 130 g of Sauce, salsa, ready-to-serve (SR Legacy, FDC 174524); FDC portion "1 cup" = 259 g
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