Chicken Caesar Smash Tacos and More Pressure Cooker Delights
A quick and delicious recipe combining crispy flour tortillas with seasoned ground chicken and creamy Caesar salad for a perfect meal anytime.
Ingredients
Main ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 8 flour tortillas fajita size
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 2 Romaine hearts roughly chopped
- ⅔ cup parmesan cheese shaved
- ⅔ cup creamy Caesar dressing
- ¼ cup panko breadcrumbs
- ½ Tablespoon salted butter
Instructions
Instructions
- First, heat your olive oil in a big skillet over medium heat. You want the pan hot enough so the chicken sizzles when it hits but not burning.
- Add your ground chicken, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper right to the skillet. Stir it up good so all flavors mix while it cooks.
- Cook and break up the chicken with your spatula or spoon until it’s fully cooked and nicely browned. Takes about 6 to 8 minutes; you’ll smell that taste start coming out.
- While that’s happening, warm the flour tortillas. You can nuke 'em a bit or use a pan for a quick toast. Warm tortillas bend better and taste way better.
- Roughly chop your Romaine hearts so you get chunky crisp bites that don’t get soggy too fast.
- Now it’s assembly time. Spread a generous layer of creamy Caesar dressing over each warm tortilla. This is kinda the glue and the flavor heart here.
- Add in your cooked chicken, make sure it’s evenly spread so every bite tastes good. Then pile on the chopped Romaine and top with shaved parmesan cheese. You want that salty sharp bite as a finish.
Notes
Serve immediately for best texture. These smash tacos don’t hang out too well and lose their crisp quick.
Substitute ground turkey or ground beef for the ground chicken. Add additional seasonings such as paprika, oregano, Italian seasoning or cayenne pepper. Use any type of lettuce in place of Romaine. Use mini street taco tortillas to make appetizer tacos. Use Caesar vinaigrette dressing instead of creamy Caesar dressing. Add croutons in place of panko breadcrumbs. Add crispy bacon for extra flavor. Store cooked chicken mixture and Caesar salad separately for freshness.