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Easy Chicken Tacos with Avocado Cilantro Sauce

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These tasty Chicken Tacos with Avocado Cilantro Sauce are the easiest, tastiest, most delicious tacos! Just 20 minutes to get these chicken tacos on the table! Juicy, flavorful, and utterly irresistible in the best possible way.

A plate with two tacos filled with grilled chicken, diced red onions, and cilantro, drizzled with green sauce. Lime wedges are on the side. Avocados and a bowl of salsa are in the blurred background.

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What I Love About These Chicken Tacos

If you’re like us, you may often crave chicken tacos or a dish reminiscent of this favorite quick and easy meal (I’m thinking about my 15-minute Taco Salad recipe here).

And while I love my Baked Chicken Tacos, perfect for rotisserie chicken or leftover chicken, we often crave a taco with the most fabulous green sauce imaginable drizzled over tender, juicy, perfectly seasoned chicken thighs with smokey flavors that are irresistible to us!

So, on those evenings when I’m looking for a quick and tasty, 20-minute dinner, maybe on a Tuesday or a fun Friday, these chicken tacos always come to mind!

Recipe Overview

A quick and easy, tender and juicy chicken cubed and layered into corn tortillas with chopped red onion, fresh cilantro, and an amazing avocado sauce whipped up in a blender or food processor.

  • Recipe Time: 20 minutes with 10 minutes of prep and 10 minutes of cooking
  • Servings: 2-4 servings
  • Equipment: Air Fryer or large skillet, blender, or food processor for the sauce

Let’s Make Chicken Tacos!

Here’s how to make these chicken tacos in the air fryer, oven baked chicken instructions are in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

1

Season the Chicken Thighs

Toss the spices together and sprinkle over the chicken thighs in a bowl. Add the oil and toss with your hands or tongs until evenly coated. It’s important that the chicken is thoroughly coated.

Raw chicken breasts, perfect for chicken tacos, are seasoned with spices and flour on a white plate. The plate sits on a wooden cutting board with metal tongs resting inside, against a white marble background.
A bowl of raw, marinated chicken pieces intended for juicy chicken tacos rests on a wooden cutting board. The chicken is seasoned with a reddish spice mixture, and the setup is on a white marble surface.
2

Cook the Chicken

Place the chicken in the basket of an air fryer (alternate cooking instructions in the notes), and be sure to lay the thighs flat to make them as thin as possible and evenly spaced so air can circulate. Air fry at 415 degrees for 10-12 minutes. They should be golden and browned in spots and juicy and tender too!

Raw chicken thighs, destined for delicious chicken tacos, are seasoned with a reddish marinade and arranged in a black air fryer basket on a marble countertop.
Two pieces of grilled chicken with a golden-brown crust rest on a black speckled surface, embodying the perfect filling for delectable chicken tacos. Their well-cooked exterior promises flavor in every bite.
3

Make the Sauce

Whirl the sauce while the chicken is cooking in a small food processor or blender. If it’s too thick, add water to thin to desired consistency. Add more avocado or sour cream/yogurt if it’s too thin.

A food processor bowl containing avocado slices, fresh cilantro, and a plain Greek yogurt sits on a marble countertop, perfectly prepped for delicious chicken tacos.
4

Chop the Chicken & Make the Tacos

When the chicken is done, let it stand for a few minutes to cool slightly, then roughly chop or pull it into bite-sized pieces. Squeeze lime juice over the top and make your taco!

A plate of tacos filled with grilled salmon, chopped red onions, cilantro, and creamy sauce. The tacos are in crispy shells, garnished with lime wedges. The background includes blurred avocados.

How to Serve

Add a spoonful of avocado sauce into a tortilla, with a hearty serving of juicy chicken, and finish with fresh cilantro, diced red onions, and maybe even more sauce! But you could also add pickled onions or a simple green salad on the side!

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Three crispy chicken tacos filled with grilled goodness, garnished with cilantro and diced red onions, are placed on a white plate. Lime wedges sit on the side, accompanied by bowls of sauce and a blurred avocado in the background.

Easy Chicken Tacos with Avocado Cilantro Sauce

Try these irresistible Chicken Tacos with Avocado Cilantro Sauce. Juicy, flavorful chicken thighs with a fabulous green sauce – the ultimate taco delight!
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 servings

Equipment

Ingredients 

Chicken Tacos

  • 1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoon brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 2 teaspoons cooking oil like avocado oil
  • tortillas for serving (I prefer corn tortillas)
  • chopped red onion for serving

Avocado Cilantro Sauce

  • 1 avocado
  • 1/2 cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
  • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro finely chopped (1 big bunch)
  • 1 garlic clove
  • juice from 2 limes about 1 tablespoon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • water as needed for consistency

Instructions

  • Season the Chicken: Toss the spices together and then sprinkle over the chicken thighs in a bowl. Add the oil and toss with your hands or with tongs until evenly coated. It's important that the chicken is thoroughly coated.
  • Cook the Chicken: Place the chicken in the basket of an air fryer (alternate cooking instructions in the notes), and be sure to lay the thighs flat to make them as thin as possible and evenly spaced so air can circulate. Air fry at 415 degrees for 10-12 minutes. They should be golden and browned in spots and juicy and tender too!
  • Make the Sauce: While the chicken is cooking, whirl the sauce in a small food processor or blender. If it’s too thick, add water to thin to desired consistency. If it’s too thin, add a bit more avocado or sour cream/yogurt.
  • Chop the Chicken: When the chicken is done, let it stand for a few minutes to cool slightly, then roughly chop or pull it into bite-sized pieces. Squeeze lime juice over the top and make your taco!
  • Make the Tacos: Add a spoonful of avocado sauce into a tortilla, with a hearty serving of juicy chicken and finish with fresh cilantro, diced red onions, and maybe even more sauce– Enjoy!

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Notes

  1. Chicken: While I’m using boneless skinless chicken thighs, you can also make these with chicken breasts. Be sure to slice them in half lengthwise if they are thick.
  2. Oven Instructions: Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes or until it reaches an internal temperature of 375 degrees F. 

Nutrition

Calories: 219kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 109mg | Sodium: 840mg | Potassium: 465mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 508IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.

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Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Mexican American
Keyword: chicken tacos, chicken tacos recipe, air fryer chicken

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