Description
Spicy BBQ chicken tacos. Mexican style with a California flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
Tacos
- 10+ corn tortillas
- 6 (1 lb or 16oz.) bone-in, skinless chicken thighs
- 1.5 cups (12.5oz.) spicy BBQ sauce
- half 1 red onion, thinly sliced for garnish
Salsa
- 2 cups (370 grams) diced tomato, about 2 vine ripe tomatoes
- 2 cups (370 grams) diced English cucumber, about 3/4 cucumber
- 5 cup (92.5 grams) rough chopped cilantro, another small chopped amount for garnish
- 1 lime, juice
- 5 cup (4oz.) olive oil
- salt & pepper, for salsa and chicken, to taste
Instructions
Chicken
- Preheat propane grill to medium heat
- Cut excess fat from defrosted chicken
- Lightly salt and pepper chicken thighs, lightly drizzle with olive oil
- Toss thighs in bowl to cover in seasoning
- Place on preheated grill for about 6 minutes on each side or until juicy and tender
- Remove and reserve to cool down a bit
- In a medium sauce pan over medium-low heat, pour BBQ sauce to warm
- Pull apart cooked chicken off the bone and into bit size pieces, put into warming BBQ sauce
- Put temperature on low to keep chicken and sauce warm
Salsa
- Place diced tomato, diced cucumber, olive oil, lime juice and chopped cilantro in a medium bowl; salt & pepper to taste
- Toss until combined
Assembly
- Warm tortillas on a flat grill top over medium heat
- Place BBQ chicken on warm tortilla and top with salsa
- Garnish is red onion and extra cilantro
- Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins