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Chicken Tacos with Mexican Corn

Amazing weeknight street style chicken tacos with Mexican corn. Done in 20 minutes and SO delicious!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: dinner, lunch
Cuisine: American, Mexican
Keyword: chicken tacos, easy weeknight meals, Mexican corn, Mexican cuisine, mexican food, street tacos, taco tuesday, tacos, trending, trending recipes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

Chicken

  • 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, chopped small bite size pieces cook fast
  • 2 tsp tajin
  • 1 packet Sazon Goya con Culantro Y Achiote Mexican aisle of most grocery stores
  • 1 cup green enchilada sauce
  • 1 tbps. cooking oil I use avocado oil
  • salt and pepper

Corn

  • 1 can sweet corn
  • 1/4 cup crema or sour cream
  • 1 tbsp. cilantro, minced
  • 1/2 tbsp. chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 quarter lime, juiced
  • 2 tbsp. cojita cheese

Relish

  • 1/2 onion chopped, small
  • 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
  • 1/2 lime, juiced

Remaining ingredients

  • white corn tortillas
  • Mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • hot sauce
  • cojita cheese, grated

Instructions

Corn

  • Heat a pan on med-high heat and cook the corn until lightly browned.
  • Remove from the heat and put in a small bowl.
  • Let it cool and then add the crema, cilantro, cojita, lime juice, salt, pepper, and chili powder.
  • Mix well and set aside until ready to use.
    Mexican street corn

Relish

  • Mix all the ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.

Chicken

  • Heat a pan over med-high and add the oil.
    Add the chicken.
    Season with the Sazon packet, tajin, salt, and pepper.
  • Stir and cook until no longer pink. About 7 minutes.
  • Turn the heat to low and add the enchilada sauce. Mix and keep on low.

Tortillas

  • Set a pan or griddle to med-high heat and place one tortilla in the pan.
    Sprinkle some Mozzarella cheese and top with a second tortilla.
    Cook for 1-2 minutes then flip and cook for 1 minute more.
  • Move to a plate and repeat with however many tacos you want.

Assembly

  • Fill a tortilla with chicken, corn, relish, and sprinkle with some cojita cheese and hot sauce.
    tacos