Chicken Caesar Smash Taco (Crispy Viral Recipe)
These crispy Chicken Caesar Smash Tacos are packed ground seasoned chicken, parmesan, romaine, creamy Caesar dressing and toasted breadcrumbs for the ultimate viral-style weeknight dinner.
Equipment
- Sauté pan
- Mixing bowl
- Fork
- Metal spatula
Ingredients
Chicken filling -
- 500 g Ground chicken
- 60 g breadcrumbs
- 100 g parmesan cheese
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 12 mini tortillas
- 200 g mozzarella cheese shredded
Salad -
- 10-12 romaine and ice berg lettuce leaves shredded
- 100 g toasted bread crumbs
- 100 g parmesan cheese
- 200 ml Caesar dressing
- 1/2 lemon juice
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl add the ground chicken, breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, oregano powder, salt and pepper. Stir well.
- Add 2 tbsp worth of the chicken filling on a tortilla and spread it around to a thin even layer. Cook the taco, chicken side down on medium heat until golden and crispy - around 2-3 minutes. Flip the taco and cook for 1 minute to give the tortilla little color.
- Add the shredded cheese into the taco and fold, cook in the saute pan folded for 1-2 minutes or until golden and the cheese is melting.
- Open the taco, the cheese should be oozy, add the shredded lettuce, dollop over the dressing, finish with breadcrumbs, more parmesan and lemon juice. Serve immediately.
Notes
- Do not over cook the tortilla as it will get very hard once taken off the heat. I still like my tacos to have a softness to it.
- My Chicken caesar salad dressing recipe is here.
- You don’t need to add the mozzarella cheese but it adds a delicious texture to the tacos once cooked.