Ground Chicken Mexican Soft Taco Bake Low Fat Food

"SKINNY" CHICKEN TACOS

Steps:

• Combine chicken, juice of 1 lime, 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, and 1 teaspoon chipotle pepper in a bowl; allow to marinate for 10 minutes.
• Saute red bell peppers, onion, jalapeno peppers, juice of 1 lime, 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, and 1 teaspoon chipotle pepper in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until vegetables are tender yet crisp, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer chicken mixture to a separate non-stick skillet over medium-high heat; saute until chicken is no longer pink in the center, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Layer tortillas between paper towels on a microwave-safe plate; heat in microwave until warmed, 10 to 20 seconds.
• Spoon vegetables and chicken onto tortillas; top with cilantro and lime juice.

CHICKEN TACO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Stir the chicken, soup, sour cream, tomatoes and green chiles, beans and seasoning mix in a large bowl.
• Layer half the chicken mixture, 3 cups tortilla chips and half the cheese in the baking dish. Layer with the remaining chicken mixture and tortilla chips. Cover the baking dish.
• Bake for 30 minutes. Uncover the baking dish. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
• Bake, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until hot and bubbling and the cheese is melted. Sprinkle with the chopped tomato, green onion and cilantro before serving, if desired.

EASY CHICKEN SOFT TACOS

Steps:

• Mix together all the spices in a small bowl. Add the lime juice.
• Add the chicken to a bowl, shallow dish, or ziploc bag. Add the spices and lime juice and use tongs to make sure the chicken is evenly coated. If you have time, let this rest for up to thirty minutes. If not, you can move on to the next step right away. It will still pack in plenty of flavor.
• Heat a skillet over medium-high heat with the oil. Once hot, add the chicken. Cook for 7-10 minutes, stirring occasionally until chicken is just cooked through. To ensure the chicken stays tender, try not to over-cook it. Remember it will continue to cook while you warm the tortillas.
• Remove the chicken and let rest while you heat up the tortillas.
• Serve with your favorite taco toppings - salsa, pico de gallo, cheese, avocado, guacamole, diced onions, cilantro, etc.

WEIGHT WATCHERS CHICKEN TACO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Spray casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Line the bottom of a casserole dish with half of the chips.
• Saute the delicious veggies, beans, and chicken with the taco powder and water, making a sauce.
• Stir together cooked veggie mixture with salsa.
• Spread that mixture over your tortilla chips.
• Repeat this process, so you'll have two identical layers.
• Add sour cream, top with cheese, and garnish with cilantro.
• Bake at 350* degrees F for about 20 minutes.
• Serve and Enjoy!

GROUND CHICKEN TACOS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, preferably cast iron, heat oil over medium-high. Add 1 cup onion, garlic, and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and just beginning to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Add chicken, cumin, coriander, salt, and pepper. Cook, breaking up meat with the back of a wooden spoon, until browned and crumbly, 5 to 6 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, chipotle, and broth. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat and cook until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 1 minute. Keep warm.
• Stir together remaining onion, tomato, jalapeno, lime and cilantro. Season with salt and pepper. To serve, fill taco shell with meat mixture and pico de gallo and top with cheese, lettuce, and sour cream.

LOW SODIUM SOFT TACOS

Steps:

• Brown meat in a large nonstick skillet. Pour off fat.
• Add tomato puree, chili powder, garlic and onion powders, sugar and black pepper. Mix well.
• Cook uncovered over low heat 20 minutes or until thick, stirring occasionally.
• Heat tortillas in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat or in a microwave oven.
• Spoon meat mixture onto hot tortillas and top with green pepper, onion, tomatoes and lettuce.
• Fold tortilla over filling and serve.

CHICKEN TACO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350° and have ready a greased, 9x13" casserole dish.
• Add the Canola oil to a large sauté pan over medium-high heat, and allow it to come to temperature. Add the ground chicken, breaking it apart with a wooden spoon or spatula. Sprinkle TAK's Tex-Mex Spice Blend over the chicken, and sauté about 7 minutes, or until cooked through.
• Transfer the cooked chicken to the casserole dish, and add in the rice, black beans, taco sauce, half of the chopped green onions, 1 cup of Cheddar and 1 cup of Monterey Jack. Mix to combine.
• Top with the remaining Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, and cover with aluminum foil. Bake for 25 minutes covered. Remove the foil, and bake for 5 minutes more.
• Scatter diced tomatoes, cilantro and remaining green onions across the top of the casserole. Drizzle with Mexican crema (or sour cream), if desired. Serve and enjoy.

TACO CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a large bowl, combine chicken, cauliflower, onion, jalapeno, sour cream, salsa, and taco seasoning.
• Stir well, then spread into a 9x13 dish.
• Top with shredded cheddar cheese.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes, broiling the last minute or two to brown the cheese on top a bit.

HEALTHY TACO MEAT RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and jalapeños; cook, stirring frequently for about 5 minutes and until onions are soft.
• Add garlic; cook, stirring frequently for 1 minute. Transfer onion mixture to a small bowl and set aside.
• Add turkey to the same skillet; cook, over medium-high heat, stirring frequently to break up turkey, for 8 to 10 minutes and until turkey is no longer pink.
• Season with chili powder, cumin and garlic salt.
• Add onion mixture, tomato sauce or salsa (or a combination of the two) and tomato paste. Mix well. Reduce heat to medium-low, stirring frequently for about 8 minutes and until mixture thickens.
• Serve in tortillas or taco shells with all of your favorite toppings. Enjoy!

EASY CHICKEN TACOS (LOW FAT IF YOU CHOOSE SOFT SHELL OVER HARD)

Steps:

• Prepare your tacos/tortillas as directed on the packaging.
• Place your onions, green peppers, and oil into a non-stick pan/skillet on medium/medium-high heat and cook until the onions are soft. Add in the garlic and chopped roasted red peppers. Cook until the garlic is fragrant (don't let it burn).
• Move the veggies to the edge of the pan and place your ground chicken in the center. You'll want to keep breaking apart the meat as it cooks.
• In the meantime prepare your Taco sauce by combining in a small bowl your spices and corn starch. Then, add water and Tabasco sauce, stir well to combine.
• Just as the chicken finishes cooking (roughly 5-12 minutes) stir to combine all the veggies and the chicken together, breaking apart any large pieces of chicken. Add your sauce mixture and stir together. The sauce will thicken, coating the chicken mixture, add additional water/broth if needed one tablespoon at a time. Allow the sauce to cook through. Cover and set aside.
• Now you're ready to assemble your tacos. Spoon about 2-3 tablespoons of the meat mixture into your shells, top with cheese, guacamole, tomatoes, lettuce, and enjoy!

SOFT TACO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Combine meat, beans, taco seasoning& soup.
• Spread 1 c.
• sour cream on bottom of 9x13 pan.
• Divide meat mixture onto tortillas.
• Roll tortillas& lay on top of sour cream.
• Spread 1 c.
• sour cream on top& add cheese.
• Bake uncovered@ 350 for 30 minutes.
• After removing from oven, add olives, lettuce& tomatoes on top.
• Serve w/ taco sauce.

CHICKEN TACO CASSEROLE - KETO / LOW CARB

Steps:

• Over medium heat, cook chicken with taco seasoning until chicken is just cooked through.
• In a medium bowl, mix sour cream, drained can of RoTel tomatoes and 4 oz of taco cheese
• In an 8x8 casserole, spread chicken evenly on the bottom
• Top with sour cream mixture
• Sprinkle remaining 4 oz of cheese on top
• Garnish with slicked black olives and chopped green onions (optional)
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

LOW-CARB MEXICAN TACO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º Fahrenheit. Grease an 8" x 8" baking dish or similar size casserole with butter or coconut oil.
• Preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the ground beef and break up into small pieces. Cook, stirring frequently, until meat has browned. Drain if necessary. Remove from heat.
• Sprinkle the taco seasoning over the browned meat and stir in.
• Very lightly saute the cauliflower in a non-stick pan. This will help release any water so it doesn't make the sauce watery. Spread two cups of the riced cauliflower in the bottom of the baking dish.
• Sprinkle half of the spiced meat over the riced cauliflower.
• Top the meat with 1 ounce (about 1/4 cup packed) of the cheddar cheese.
• Layer the last two cups of cauliflower over the cheddar cheese.
• Spread the rest of the spiced meat over the cauliflower. Set aside.
• Pour the cream into a 1 1/2 quart heavy saucepan. Add 4 ounces (about 1 cup packed) of the grated cheese (this leaves one ounce (about 1/4 cup packed) for later). Put saucepan over medium-low heat.
• Heat cream and cheese, stirring frequently, until cheese has melted. Stir in the salsa. Bring mixture to a simmer and simmer gently until mixture has thickened enough to coat a spoon.
• Taste sauce and add sea salt and black pepper if desired. Pour sauce over the contents of the baking dish.
• Top with the remaining ounce of cheese. Bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until cheese has melted and contents are bubbly in the center.
• Sprinkle green onion on top to garnish.

GROUND CHICKEN MEXICAN SOFT TACO BAKE (LOW FAT)

Steps:

• Brown the Ground Chicken, until no longer pink.
• Add the Garlic or Garlic Powder & Lawrys Seasoning Salt to meat.
• **could even add a taco/burrito seasoning packet**.
• Once Chicken is pretty much done, add the salsa and refried beans. (and corn if adding it).
• You can add the onions & bell pepper now or wait until you start layering the dish and let them cook that way.
• Spray the Casserole Dish w/ non-stick cooking spray.
• Lay 1st Tortilla Shell on bottom.
• Sprinkle some Cheese all over Tortilla.
• Then on top of that add the ground chicken mixture.
• If you didn't add the onion & pepper to meat mixture then sprinkle some on top of meat.
• Put 2nd Tortilla Shell on top.
• Repeat Cheese, Meat, etc until entire casserole is full.
• Bake at 375 Degrees for about 35 minutes until heated through and cheese is melted.

LOADED CHICKEN TACO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the chicken, salsa and taco seasoning stirring until the chicken is evenly coated.
• Spread the refried beans evenly in the bottom of a 2 qt casserole dish. Then top the beans with the chicken mixture and finish with the cheese.
• Bake at 350˚F for 20-25 minutes until piping hot all the way through.
• Top the casserole with crushed tortilla chips, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream. Serve immediately.

GROUND CHICKEN TACOS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a small skillet. Add ground chicken and cook until brown.
• Mix dry ingredients together. Add to chicken and stir to coat.
• Warm the tortillas then fill with the chicken mixture. Top with cheese and serve.