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Healthy Buffalo Chicken Tacos: The High-Protein Quick Healthy Meal You’ll Make Weekly
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Healthy Buffalo Chicken Tacos: The High-Protein Quick Healthy Meal You’ll Make Weekly

Healthy buffalo chicken tacos in 15 minutes: high-protein, spicy-creamy, and weeknight-easy. The quick better-for-you taco you will crave every week.
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Servings: 4 servings
Course: Dinner Recipes
Calories: 450
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 lbs chicken breast
  • 1/3 cup hot sauce
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 cups cabbage shredded
  • 1 carrot grated
  • 3 tbsp Greek yogurt or mayo
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp honey
  • Salt
  • 8 corn tortillas or lettuce wraps for low-carb
  • 2 tbsp blue cheese or feta
  • Cilantro and lime

Method
 

  1. Season the chicken with garlic powder, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper.
  2. Cook 6 to 7 minutes per side until it hits 165°F inside, then rest 5 minutes and shred.
  3. Melt the butter in a skillet and stir in the hot sauce.
  4. Toss the shredded chicken in the sauce until fully coated, and cook 1 to 2 minutes.
  5. Mix the slaw ingredients in a bowl and let it rest 10 to 15 minutes.
  6. Warm the tortillas about 20 seconds a side, or char them over a flame.
  7. Assemble: buffalo chicken, then slaw, cheese, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime.