Chicken Puffy Tacos Recipe

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Chicken Puffy Tacos
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Directions:

  1. Place everything except the tortillas and oil in a crockpot or slow cooker and set to high for three hours or until meat is easily removed from the bone (the thickest part of chicken should read 180 degrees on a meat thermometer).
  2. Remove chicken and let cool, leaving sauce in the vessel.
  3. When cool enough to handle, pull the chicken meat from the bone and shred. Add shredded meat back into the sauce. Discard chicken skin and bones.
  4. Reduce crockpot or slow cooker to low and simmer meat in sauce for at least one additional hour (the longer the better).
  5. Meanwhile, pour vegetable oil into a frying pan until 1/4 deep. Heat oil to 350 degrees or until a flour tortilla puffs up and browns quickly.
  6. Add one flour tortilla at a time into oil and fry one side until lightly browned.
  7. Using tongs, fold the tortilla over so that the browned side is on the inside.
  8. Fry the outside until lightly browned.
  9. Remove from oil, add a pinch of kosher salt and place on a cooling rack.
  10. Repeat until desired number of Puffy Taco Shells are done.
  11. Note: Don't dare cut out the onion and/or garlic, as the meat will not tenderize nearly as well.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 324.01 Kcal (1357 kJ)
Calories from fat 199.54 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.17g 34%
Cholesterol 118.58mg 40%
Sodium 463.05mg 19%
Potassium 401.16mg 9%
Total Carbs 5.1g 2%
Sugars 1.05g 4%
Dietary Fiber 1.67g 7%
Protein 25.35g 51%
Vitamin C 13.1mg 22%
Iron 3mg 16%
Calcium 46.4mg 5%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 176.3 Kcal (738 kJ)
Calories from fat 108.58 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.06g 34%
Cholesterol 64.52mg 40%
Sodium 251.96mg 19%
Potassium 218.28mg 9%
Total Carbs 2.77g 2%
Sugars 0.57g 4%
Dietary Fiber 0.91g 7%
Protein 13.79g 51%
Vitamin C 7.1mg 22%
Iron 1.6mg 16%
Calcium 25.3mg 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 8
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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