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These Rotisserie Chicken Tacos are a quick and easy dinner made with shredded chicken, simple seasonings, and your favorite toppings. Ready in just 20 minutes, and everyone will love them!
Rotisserie Chicken Tacos are one of the easiest and most flavorful meals you can make when you need dinner fast. Using pre-cooked rotisserie chicken cuts down on prep time while still delivering tender, juicy, and delicious tacos.
These tacos are perfect for busy weeknights, last-minute meals, or using up leftover chicken. With just a few simple seasonings and your favorite toppings, you can create a taco night that feels fresh, fun, and satisfying.
The best part about rotisserie chicken tacos is how customizable they are. Whether you prefer soft flour tortillas or crispy taco shells, you can load them up with cheese, lettuce, salsa, avocado, or anything your family loves.
If you’re looking for a quick, family-friendly dinner that’s packed with flavor and ready in minutes, these rotisserie chicken tacos are the perfect solution.
How to make Rotisserie Chicken Tacos:
Start by shredding and cutting the rotisserie chicken into pieces that are good size for fitting into taco shells. Add your chicken to the skillet with the seasoning.
This is the same seasoning on use on my Homemade Chicken Taco Seasoning. Once the chicken and seasoning is mixed at the tomato paste and water to the skillet.
Mix it all together and heat it up. Squeeze some lime juice to finish it all up and make your tacos!
Ingredient Notes:
- Rotisserie Chicken – Using rotisserie chicken makes this recipe quick and easy. Shred it while it’s still warm for the best texture.
- Oil or Cooking Spray
- Tomato Paste – Helps mix well with the seasoning.
- Hot Water
- Lime Juice
- Taco Shells – for serving.
Seasoning:
You can use your favorite brand of Taco Seasoning or season the chicken yourself. I make a Homemade Taco Seasoning and keep it in my pantry. I used chili powder, ground cumin, salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, red pepper flakes and dried oregano to make my homemade taco seasoning.
Optional toppings:
Top the tacos with your favorite taco toppings like lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, shredded cheese or sour cream.
Directions:
Step One – Mix all seasonings together and place in a small bowl and set aside.
Step Two – Prepare a skillet with nonstick cooking spray or a small about of oil. Place shredded Rotisserie chicken into a skillet with seasoning.
Add seasoning to taste you don’t have to use all of it or you can add more to taste. Allow this to cook for 1 minutes.
Step Three – Add tomato paste and hot water to skillet with chicken.
Cook on medium/low while stirring until combined. Allow this to simmer for 3-4 minutes before removing from heat.
Step Four – Add lime juice to chicken and serve in taco shells with desired optional toppings.
This is one of those recipes that just works every time. It’s simple, comforting, and something my family never gets tired of. If you try it, make sure to save it for later so you always have an easy dinner ready to go.
What should I serve with Chicken Tacos:
I love serving this with my Cilantro Lime Rice or my Mexican Rice.
You can also serve with refried beans and some Homemade Salsa!
Final Thoughts
This is one of those dinners I keep coming back to because it’s just so easy and reliable. It’s simple, quick, and something my whole family will eat without any complaints—which is always a win in my house.
If you try these Rotisserie Chicken Tacos, make sure to save this recipe for later so you always have an easy dinner ready to go.
Try a couple of my other recipes that feature a rotisserie chicken:
Rotisserie Chicken Casserole – This Rotisserie Chicken Casserole is the perfect quick dinner recipe. Made with a juicy rotisserie chicken and topped with buttery Ritz crackers, everyone will love this casserole!
Rotisserie Chicken Salad – This is a classic chicken salad recipe made with store bought rotisserie chicken. This Rotisserie Chicken Salad is full of flavor, creamy and absolutely delicious.
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Rotisserie Chicken Tacos
Ingredients
- 3 cups Rotisserie chicken
- nonstick cooking spray or oil
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 12 taco shells
Seasoning:
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
Optional toppings:
- lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, shredded cheese, and/or sour cream.
Instructions
- Mix all seasonings together and place in a small bowl and set aside.
- Prepare a skillet with nonstick cooking spray or a small about of oil. Place shredded Rotisserie chicken into a skillet with seasoning. Add seasoning to taste you don't have to use all of it or you can add more to taste. Allow this to cook for 1 minutes.
- Add tomato paste and hot water to skillet with chicken. Cook on medium/low while stirring until combined. Allow this to simmer for 3-4 minutes before removing from heat.
- Add lime juice to chicken and serve in taco shells with desired optional toppings.
This recipe was made without all the spices as I didn’t have them. Is that ok??
Yes, you can use any spice you have on hand that you enjoy adding to tacos.