This Lime Chicken Soft Taco recipe is really a staple menu item for the summer.  I found the recipe years ago on AllRecipes.com, and it was an immediate hit with the whole family.

It’s a fantastic Fuel Pull meal starter that is super quick to pull together. And it can easily be converted to all Five ways THM style: from Fuel Pull, E, S, S Helper, or Crossover territory with toppings…I show how in the link.

Lime Chicken Soft Taco Recipe

OK…back to the recipe.  This is what you’ll need:

Chicken breast or tenderloins (2 pounds), Red Wine Vinegar, limes, green onions, fresh garlic, oregano…and salt/pepper/sweetener of choice.

Just a warning: this comes together SO quickly that you’ll want to have your side dishes ready and your table set and ready to go!  I LOVE a good quick cook meal!

I’m using chicken tenderloins, so I pulled out the connective tissue like this <grabs tip of gristle with thumbnail and YANK>, and cut them into 1″ pieces like this:

Then, take a medium saucepan, and just drop all of the chicken pieces in and set it on medium heat. No oil, no salt…no nothin’ but chicken and heat.

This is such a FANTASTIC and quick way to cook chicken.  I actually do this technique now with any recipe calling for pre-cooked chicken (soups, chicken salad, chicken pot pie, etc.)  I usually don’t bother to pre-season or marinate the chicken with this technique, but you totally could if you wanted to.

It takes 10-15 minutes to cook, and you’ll just stir it on occasion.  It gets all juicy and bubbly for a bit, and then the juices cook down and you can check to see if the pink is gone.

While the chicken cooks, get the sauce ready…first dice up the garlic and snip the green onions.

Speaking of green onions, I cut this batch off several days ago to where the tops just barely reached the top of my pitcher.  Thanks to this awesome Pinterest Kitchen Tip, I stuck them into some water, and they re-grew THIS much in just a few 4-5days!

Finish assembling the sauce while the chicken cooks up…adding the vinegar, oregano, salt and pepper, and a few shakes of NuNaturals or your sweetener of choice. And the essential limes.

Isn’t this lemon/lime squeezer is so cool.  I almost use it daily.  You put the lime or lemon half in with the cut side facing down, and squeeze the juices out…it turns the citrus wrong side out, and keeps the seeds from going into your recipe.  You can find this on in my Amazon store under Kitchen Gadgets (the menu is on the right hand side).  Since it only handles citrus, I just rinse it off well between uses.

Once you get the sauce assembled, and the chicken cooked, just pour the sauce over your cooked chicken and serve!

We enjoyed them S style, and the growing kids enjoyed them crossover style with chips.

Deliciousness!!!

Here’s your printable Lime Chicken Soft Taco Recipe.  Enjoy!

Lime Chicken Soft Taco Recipe - FP

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

30 mins

 

A zesty lime sauce over quick cooked chicken breast chunks is the base for this summer feast...a staple of our summer menu! This dish is a Trim Healthy Mama fuel pull, and can be converted to any meal style by just switching out sides & toppings.

Author: Gwen

Recipe type: Main Dish

Cuisine: Mexican

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 2 lb. diced skinless chicken breast or tenderloins

Sauce

• ¼ c. red wine vinegar
• juice of 2 limes
• 4-6 shakes of stevia extract or sweetener of your choice (1 t. sugar)
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. black pepper
• 4 green onion stalks, chopped
• 3 or more cloves of fresh garlic, minced
• 1 tsp. dried oregano or 2 tsp. fresh oregano

Toppings

• low carb tortillas, warmed in the oven
• diced tomatoes
• shredded lettuce
• salsa
• 0% Greek Yogurt (FP/E) or Sour Cream (S/S Helper/Crossover)
• Guacamole (S)
• Rice or Beans (E/S Helper)

Instructions

1. Remove tendon from tenderloins if desired, and dice chicken into 1" chunks.
2. Put chicken into medium saucepan over medium heat.
3. Cook, stirring occasionally until cooked through and no longer pink, about 15-20 minutes. Do not allow to brown, as it will get too dry.
4. While chicken is cooking, combine all ingredients for sauce.
5. Heat tortillas in the oven on 200* by removing them from plastic packaging and placing them in lightly damp tea towel or paper towels and wrapping in foil (or put into a covered dish)
6. Prep other side dishes and toppings
7. When chicken is finished cooking, add sauce and serve.

Notes

One Meal 5 Ways: Fuel Pull -3: oz. of meat, and top with 0% Greek yogurt as a sour cream sub, salsa, diced tomatoes and shredded lettuce on a low carb tortilla
S Style;: -Use real sour cream, guacamole, cheese, and/or olives for an S meal.
E Style: -Add up to 1½ cups of fat free refried beans, or black beans as a side dish, OR ¾ cup of brown rice. Or use a smaller portion and a half a piece of fruit or an S dessert.
S Helper: Go with your S style meal, and add ⅓-1/2 cup of beans OR ¼ cup of brown rice to your meal.
Crossover Style: I serve tortilla chips for my kids when I'm serving S style meals, or you could add a side of beans or brown rice for them. If I'm serving E style, then I just set out cheese and sour cream for them to enjoy.

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