• Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cooking Time: 43 mins
  • Serves: 12

Oven Baked Buffalo Chicken Tacos

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 Ingredients List

  • Buffalo Chicken Mixture:
  • 2 large chicken breasts
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • ½ cup Frank's Red Hot Sauce
  • Tacos:
  • hard taco shells
  • buffalo chicken mixture
  • Mexican four cheese shredded cheese
  • lettuce (optional)
  • tomatoes (optional)
  • sour cream (optional)
  • hot sauce (optional)

 Directions

Buffalo Chicken Mixture
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Grease an 8x8 baking dish or sheet. Set aside.
Mix together the salt, pepper, and paprika together in a small ramekin. Coat each chicken breast lightly with the spice mix.
Place chicken into baking dish or sheet and bake for 18 minutes. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for an additional 5 minutes. Allow the chicken breasts to completely cool and then shred using two forks or by using a mixer.
Place the cream cheese, butter, and hot sauce into a large pan and simmer over medium heat until the cream cheese has melted. Making sure to stir frequently.
Place the shredded chicken into the mixture and stir to coat. Remove from heat.

Tacos
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line hard taco shells into an 8x8 baking dish or a 9x13 baking dish, depending on how many tacos you are making.
Place 1-2 tablespoons of the buffalo chicken mixture into each hard shell, top with shredded cheese. Repeat with all tacos.
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
Serve with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and hot sauce. (optional)

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