Baked BBQ Chicken Tacos

4.60 from 5 votes

Recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod

Baked BBQ Chicken Tacos- these easy baked chicken tacos are made with rotisserie chicken, BBQ sauce, cheese, and finished with fresh corn salsa! You are going to love this easy 30-minute meal!

Prep Time5

Cook Time20

Total Time25

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: chicken, tacos

Servings: Tacos

Calories: 188kcal

Ingredients

For the Tacos:

12 hard taco shells
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/3 cup chopped red onion
1 clove garlic, minced
3 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
1/2 cup BBQ sauce, can use store bought
2 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese, divided
1 tablespoon cilantro

Toppings:

Finely shredded purple cabbage
Corn Salsa
Avocado
Fresh cilantro

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a 9x13-inch baking dish with parchment paper or grease with nonstick cooking spray. Place the taco shells in the prepared pan, standing up. Bake for 5 minutes so the shells can crisp up. Remove from the oven and set aside.
In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook for 3 minutes or until softened. Add the garlic and cook for one minute.
Add the chicken and BBQ sauce and stir until the chicken is well coated in the sauce. Remove the skillet from the heat. Stir in 1 cup of the shredded cheese and the cilantro.
Spoon the chicken mixture evenly into the shells. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top of the tacos. You can prop them up against each other so they stand up.
Bake for 7 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Remove from the oven and top with cabbage, corn salsa, avocado or your favorite taco toppings!

Notes

if you have leftover cooked chicken, you can use it to make the tacos! Feel free to top the tacos with your favorite taco toppings. See the post for more ideas.

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