Creamy Chicken Tacos

Skip the boring tacos! These Creamy Chicken Tacos combine ground chicken, green chiles, cilantro, and cream cheese for the ultimate creamy taco filling. Quick, easy, and family approved, this simple dinner recipe is perfect for busy weeknights and guaranteed to earn a spot on your meal rotation.

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If there is one thing I love, it is Mexican food. And tacos. And I have had a major taco addiction lately.

Let’s be honest, though – the majority of the time, when a taco craving hits, I do regular ground beef tacos. And there is nothing wrong with that at all. But sometimes, you need to change that up and try something different.

Something different this certainly is.

Ground chicken is added to an easy, creamy sauce along with green chiles and lots of fresh cilantro. There are not a lot of ingredients in these tacos, but there is definitely flavor!

If you are looking for a way to change up taco night, these tacos are the way to go!

Ingredients

• Ground Chicken: In the original recipe I posted, I used diced chicken breast. And that totally works! Just cook it up instead of the ground chicken. But I really love how easy and fast the ground chicken version is. You could also use ground turkey, or even ground beef!
• Butter & Flour: This is the base of your roux, which will be used to thicken up your sauce. I use unsalted butter and all-purpose flour.
• Broth: Because we are using chicken, you’ll want to use chicken broth. I like to use a low sodium broth.
• Cream Cheese: This is what makes the filling super creamy. You want to make sure it is at room temperature, and it will melt in faster if it is cubed.
• Green Chile: I just use 1 small can of diced green chiles, which is 4 oz. We love green chile, though, so I will sometimes add even more.
• Cilantro: You’ll add a good amount of fresh cilantro to the taco filling. And I like to add even more on top.
• Tortillas: You can use flour or corn tortillas, or even hard taco shells. We like to use flour tortillas.
• Toppings: We like to top these with avocado, additional cilantro, and queso fresco or cotija cheese. Feel free to add whatever you like, though!

How to Make Creamy Chicken Tacos

STEP 1: Brown the ground chicken in a large skillet. Break it up as it cooks. Once it is cooked through, transfer it to a plate or bowl and cover to keep warm.

STEP 2: In that same skillet, melt the butter. Then whisk in the flour. Let this cook for a minute, then whisk in the broth. Cook this until it starts to thicken.

STEP 3: Add in your cream cheese. Start to whisk it while it is melting.

STEP 4: The cream cheese may seem like it won’t fully melt at first, but just continue to whisk. It will eventually become nice and creamy and smooth.

STEP 5: Add the green chile and the cilantro. You don’t need to drain the green chiles.

STEP 6: Then add in that ground chicken that you browned up. Stir this all together and let it cook for a minute or two, just to make sure it is heated through. Serve in your tortillas with your desired toppings.

Tips and Tricks

This filling is great for a make ahead meal. It warms up nicely and will keep in the refrigerator for a few days.

I like to char my tortillas on my gas stove, but you can even just warm the tortillas in a dry skillet. But warm, pliable tortillas are so much better!

You want to make sure you cook the sauce long enough that it gets fairly thickened. If it’s too thin, the tacos can get really messy to eat.

This recipe will make enough for 4, each person getting 2 tacos. But if you have big eaters, you may want to double the recipe.

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Creamy Chicken Tacos

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Author: Deborah Harroun

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Course: Main Dish

Cuisine: Mexican

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Skip the boring tacos! These Creamy Chicken Tacos combine ground chicken, green chiles, cilantro, and cream cheese for the ultimate creamy taco filling. Quick, easy, and family approved, this simple dinner recipe is perfect for busy weeknights and guaranteed to earn a spot on your meal rotation.

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1 pound ground chicken
• ▢ 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
• ▢ 2 tablespoons flour
• ▢ 3/4 cup chicken broth
• ▢ 4 oz cream cheese cubed
• ▢ 1 (4 oz) can chopped green chiles
• ▢ 2 cups cilantro leaves roughly chopped
• ▢ 8 fajita sized flour tortillas
• ▢ Chopped cilantro, sliced avocado, and crumbled queso fresco for serving

Instructions

• Place a nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook, breaking it up, until browned and cooked through.* Once cooked, remove the chicken to a bowl. Return the skillet to the heat.
  1 pound ground chicken
• Add the butter to the skillet. Once melted, sprinkle in the flour. Whisk together and cook for a minute or two. Then whisk in the chicken broth, cooking until slightly thickened.
  1 1/2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour, 3/4 cup chicken broth
• Add the cream cheese to the skillet and continue to cook, whisking constantly, until the cream cheese is melted. This will take a few minutes.
  4 oz cream cheese
• Stir in the green chiles, then the cilantro.
  1 (4 oz) can chopped green chiles, 2 cups cilantro leaves
• Add in the cooked chicken. Cook until everything is heated through.
• Heat the tortillas in a dry skillet, or over a gas flame if you have a gas stove.
  8 fajita sized flour tortillas
• To serve, add some of the creamy chicken chicken to each tortilla, then top with more cilantro, a couple slices of avocado, and queso fresco.
  Chopped cilantro, sliced avocado, and crumbled queso fresco

Recipe Notes:

Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should be used as a general guide. Nutrition information does not include additional cilantro, avocado, or queso fresco for serving.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 2tacos, Calories: 547kcal (27%), Carbohydrates: 40g (13%), Protein: 35g (70%), Fat: 35g (54%), Saturated Fat: 14g (88%), Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 5g, Trans Fat: 0g, Cholesterol: 126mg (42%), Sodium: 822mg (36%), Potassium: 92mg (3%), Fiber: 2g (8%), Sugar: 4g (4%)

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