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Cheese Skirt Chicken Tacos on the Flatrock

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Leftover Traeger grilled chicken is transformed into taco night with the addition of sautéed onions and potatoes and heaped atop cheese-skirted tortillas. These decadent tacos are done in a flash- and will be eaten that fast too.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course chicken, main, Main Course, tacos
Cuisine American, fusion, Mexican

Equipment

  • Traeger Flatrock griddle
  • Big spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups cooked chicken
  • 1 onion diced
  • 1 cup cubed cooked potatoes
  • 5 flour tortillas
  • 1.5 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • Elote-style corn salad: canned corn cilantro, sour cream, cotija cheese, lime, tajin seasoning
  • 1/4 cup BBQ sauce

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your Traeger Flatrock Griddle in two zones to medium heat.
  • On one zone, begin sautéing diced onion with a little oil and seasoning.
  • Add the cubed cooked potatoes to the onion and continue cooking until golden.
  • Add the chicken to the griddle and cook until heated through.
  • Mix the potatoes, onions and chicken together and season to taste.
  • On the other zone, arrange piles of shredded cheddar cheese around the griddle.
  • Top with a tortilla each and press to flatten.
  • Cook the tortillas until warm though and the cheese begins to get crispy.
  • Make the elote salad and set aside.
  • To assemble tacos: top cheesy tortillas with chicken/potato/onion mixture.
  • Add a dollop of elote corn salad to each.
  • Drizzle with BBQ sauce and serve.
Keyword cheese skirt chicken tacos, cheese skirt tacos, chicken tacos, leftover chicken tacos