Buffalo Chicken Tacos

Buffalo Chicken Tacos are tacos for spicy food lovers. This easy recipe uses leftover chicken, or you can cook the chicken from scratch in the instant pot or air fryer.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Total Time 25

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 264 kcal

Ingredients

1.25 lbs Chicken breasts
1/4 tsp Natural Ancient Sea Salt optional
1/2 tsp Black Pepper
1/2 tsp Smoked Paprika
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Onion Powder
2 tbsp avocado oil

Homemade Buffalo Sauce

1/3 cup Franks Red Hot Wing Sauce
1 tbsp Butter unsalted

Taco Ingredients

6 Flour Tortillas I used one 6-pack
2 cups Shredded Romaine Lettuce
Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing click for the recipe
Avocado oil spray or 1 tbsp avocado oil for browning the tortillas

Instructions

Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken

Mix the spices together in a small bowl.
Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees for 5 minutes.
Add the chicken breasts to a large mixing bowl with the spices and oil. Toss to coat the chicken evenly.
Place the chicken breasts in a single layer on the air fryer basket.
Air fry 400 for 6-8 min per side, depending on how large your chicken breasts are.
Mix the buffalo sauce ingredients.
Toss the cooked chicken in sauce, allow it to rest in the Buffalo sauce for 5 minutes.
Cut the chicken into thin slices and return it to the sauce.

Assemble the Tacos

Heat avocado oil in a large cast iron pan, or another non-stick pan or griddle to medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes.
Add the taco shells 2-3 at a time and heat for 30-45 seconds per side. The goal is to heat them and brown them a little.
For each taco: Add 1-2 large spoonfuls of blue cheese dressing, a generous amount of lettuce, the chicken with some hot sauce, and other optional toppings like cilantro.
Leftover sauce can be served with the wrap in a dipping cup along with extra blue cheese.

Notes

Use the ideas below to add some variety to this recipe:
- Instant pot buffalo chicken tacos: Use my shredded buffalo chicken recipe to cook chicken breasts or chicken thighs in your pressure cooker for your tacos.

- Air fryer chicken for tacos: You can use air fryer buffalo chicken tenders, buffalo chicken thighs, buffalo chicken bites, or air fryer buffalo chicken breasts to make air-fried chicken tacos.

- Easy crispy buffalo chicken tacos: Add the homemade buffalo sauce to these air fryer frozen chicken tenders right before serving

- Buffalo chicken tacos with coleslaw: Swap the lettuce in this recipe for my low-carb coleslaw - this easy recipe uses coleslaw mix from the store and a sugar substitute (but you can use whatever sweetener you prefer).

- Mini buffalo chicken tacos: Use mini tortillas or tortillas for street tacos.

- Buffalo ranch chicken tacos: Substitute regular buffalo chicken for buffalo ranch chicken by using Greek yogurt ranch dip or homemade ranch dressing instead of blue cheese. Or, simply add ranch seasoning mix to taste to the homemade buffalo sauce.

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