Recipe: Perfect 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.

Everyone will love this Mexican chicken marinade for tacos! Whether you use this on chicken thighs or chicken breasts, it is so delicious. You will really love this chicken taco recipe with taco toppings. You can have Marinated chicken for tacos using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Marinated chicken for tacos

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

You only need a few minutes and we even freeze chicken with the tacos marinade. It is so yummy and easy to grab and go. 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.

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.

The marinade for this chicken is based on a Mexican street food called Sinaloa Chicken. Remove the thighs from the bag and discard the marinade. Cut the chicken into thin strips. Easy Garlic Lime Grilled Chicken Tacos. These Garlic Lime Grilled Chicken Tacos are so delicious and savory!