Grab some frozen lightly breaded chicken breast bites, Korean BBQ sauce, mozzarella cheese, and flour tortillas. That’s everything you need to make these chicken tacos, not including a few garnishes.
Why You Will Dig These Tacos
- Ultra Simple – The 15-20 minutes it takes to bake or air fry the frozen chicken gives you just the right amount of time to mix the sauce ingredients together and make the cheesy tortillas.
- The Tortillas – Adding a cheese crust creates a crunchy, sturdy, and flavorful base for the saucy chicken bites.
- Protein Content – Each taco has 21g of protein with only 11g of fat and 310 calories. A Korean fried chicken taco with a 2:1 protein to fat ratio? C’mon!
Garnishing and Serving Tips
I recently made classic fried chicken tacos with this same frozen chicken, and I garnished them with pickle de gallo from Grillo’s Pickles. For the Korean tacos, I stuck with the pickle de gallo and think the finely chopped pickles, bell peppers, and garlic work great. Other pickled veggies or cabbage slaw would be great alternatives.
Aside from the pickled components, I topped the tacos pictured here with sesame garlic crunch (or toasted sesame seeds) and a drizzle of Sir Kensington’s gochujang everything sauce.
If you want to work kimchi into this dish, the creamy blended kimchi sauce from my Korean rotisserie chicken bowls would be great. To make it, toss 4oz of kimchi, 1/4 cup of light mayo, 1 tablespoon of gochujang, 1 tablespoon of honey, and 2 tablespoons of water in a food processor and blend until smooth.
If for some strange reason you’re not feeling tacos, I’ll mention this chicken would be great in rice bowls as well. I have two recipes using this same chicken with different sauces and roasted veggie pairings. Check out my chicken and brussels with bang bang sauce or chicken and broccoli with firecracker sauce for some veggie inspiration. Both recipes roast the veggies right alongside the chicken to make life easy.
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Korean Chicken Tacos
Crispy baked or air fried chicken breast bites with a homemade gochujang BBQ sauce served on cheese crusted tortillas.
Ingredients
- 1 pound Frozen Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Bites*
- 1/3 cup (80g) BBQ Sauce
- 2 Tablespoons (36g) Gochujang
- 1 teaspoon (5g) Soy Sauce
- 1 teaspoon (5g) Toasted Sesame Oil
- 1/2 Tablespoon (11g) Honey
- 2 cloves Garlic, crushed or minced (or 1 teaspoon garlic powder)
- 6 Street Taco Flour Tortillas
- 4 oz Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Instructions
- Bake or air fry the chicken according to the instruction on its packaging.
- While the chicken is baking, mix together the BBQ sauce, gochujang, soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, and garlic. Set aside.
- Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the tortillas and top with cheese. Once the cheese begins to melt, flip the tortilla and cook for another 60-90 seconds until the cheese turns into a golden brown crust. Repeat for all 6 tortillas.
- Once the chicken is cooked and crispy, toss it in the prepared sauce. Serve on the tortillas with your choice of garnishes (ideas in the notes below).
Notes
I served the tacos with pickle de gallo (chopped pickles, bell peppers, and garlic), Sir Kensington's gochujang sauce, and sesame garlic crunch. See the post above for alternatives, including a creamy blended kimchi sauce.
*I used Perdue chicken, but other brands like Just Bare, Kirkland Signature (Costco), Tyson, Realgood Foods, and store brands like Kroger all have comparable options. Lightly breaded chicken breast filets and strips chopped into bite size pieces before saucing also works. Homemade baked chicken bites (with or without breading) can also work as substitutes.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1 tacoAmount Per Serving: Calories: 310Total Fat: 11gCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 21g
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