Recipe: Tasty Marinated chicken for tacos

Marinated chicken for tacos. We love this marinated chicken recipe so much! The Better Than Bouillon makes it so delicious! So, we always buy a huge pack of chicken to marinate and grill up.

So the marinade I use for this chicken is adapted from Bobby Flay's Mexican Red Chicken with Grilled Black Corn and Quinoa Relish. I skipped the Relish because this chicken is absolutely perfect for using for tacos, as I have done for this recipe. The marinade for this chicken is based on a Mexican street food called Sinaloa Chicken. You can have Marinated chicken for tacos using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Marinated chicken for tacos

1. Prepare 8 cloves of fresh garlic.
2. You need 1/2 cup of olive oil.
3. It's 2 of lemons.
4. It's 1 tbsp of oregano.
5. It's 1 of orange.
6. It's 1 tbsp of cumin.
7. Prepare bunch of cilantro.
8. You need 1 tsp of salt (add more to taste).
9. It's 2 lbs of boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts whichever you prefer, thighs tend to be juicier.

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Marinated chicken for tacos instructions

1. Clean chicken thighs, trim fat.
2. Peel and smash garlic cloves then dice fine.
3. To make marinade: In a blender add olive oil, juice from lemons and orange, cumin, salt. oregano, cilantro and garlic. Pulse blend well..
4. In a ziploc bag add chicken thighs and blended marinade. Marinade anywhere from overnight to 1 hour..
5. Grill chicken.
6. Dice chicken for tacos..
7. Add chopped cilantro, onion and tomato to top off tacos.

A mild zing from the lime juice in the chicken taco marinade comes through after grilling. I like to serve them with salsa, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes. —Susan Scott, Asheville, North Carolina How to make chicken tacos. Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Remove chicken from marinade and discard marinade. Place chicken on a grill or pan heated to medium-high heat.

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