Sheet Pan Buffalo Hen Tacos

You all cherished my ground beef and refried bean sheet pan tacos, so I’m again with one other variation! This time it’s buffalo! These sheet pan buffalo hen tacos are full of creamy and spicy buffalo taste inside a crispy taco shell that’s baked to perfection. You may make an entire batch of thee on one sheet pan, and so they’re able to serve in underneath half-hour. PS: you may even freeze a batch of those for later — aka meal prep perfection!

A really excellent recipe for meal prep: I like making a giant batch of those tacos to freeze for later. They hold SO properly within the freezer, and you’ll simply pop ’em again within the oven from frozen once you’re able to serve.

quarter-hour of prep time: That’s all you should get a batch of those within the oven, after which they solely bake for 10 minutes.

Handheld dimension: As a result of I exploit avenue taco tortillas for this recipe, the tacos themselves are sufficiently small to function an appetizer or dish to cross 🙌🏻🙌🏻.

A glass bowl containing shredded chicken, chopped celery, diced red onion, and orange buffalo sauce, arranged in separate sections before mixing.

Elements for Buffalo Hen Tacos

Flour tortillas: This recipe requires avenue taco dimension flour tortillas — I ❤️ these tortillas for a couple of causes: 1. they’re the proper dimension tacos to function an appetizer, and a couple of. flour tortillas crisp up so dang properly within the oven. I DO NOT advocate corn tortillas as they turned a bit chewy and never crispy when baked.

Discover the checklist of full components within the recipe card under. 

A glass bowl containing chopped celery, chopped red onion, shredded red cabbage, and a dollop of mayonnaise on a light surface.

Don’t Skip the Easy Slaw

The straightforward cabbage slaw that I prefer to serve with these buffalo hen tacos is tremendous straightforward to make, and might be served on the facet of your tacos, or like I do it — proper on the highest of the crispy tacos themselves. Right here’s what you want:

Suggestions for Making Baked Buffalo Hen Tacos

My #1 tip for making these tacos is to make use of flour tortillas as an alternative of corn. Why? Flour tortillas crisp up tremendous properly once you bake these buffalo hen tacos within the oven, the place corn tortillas got here out somewhat chewy. I didn’t love the feel when the group examined this recipe with corn tortillas, so simply be suggested that the tacos might be chewy moderately than crispy should you use corn tortillas 😋.

Discover the total recipe directions within the recipe card under.

Three flour tortillas topped with shredded chicken, diced vegetables, and a dollop of white sauce, arranged on a light brown surface.

Love buffalo hen, too?

Let me introduce you to a couple extra of my buffalo chicken-flavored recipes on Match Foodie FInds:

Six folded pita tacos filled with shredded meat, purple cabbage slaw, and a dollop of white sauce arranged on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Serving Recommendations

I truthfully discover myself serving these buffalo hen tacos as an appetizer greater than something! I’ll plate them barely overlapping and high the slaw down the center of the taco shells — it seems beautiful and like I spent WAY extra time on them than I really did. All the time a win!

These buffalo hen tacos might be frozen. Permit them to chill fully earlier than inserting them in a freezer-safe container. To reheat the tacos, preheat the oven to 350ºF after which bake the tacos for 15-20 minutes till thawed. Cowl them with foil in the event that they’re browning an excessive amount of.

Three folded tacos filled with shredded meat and melted cheese, topped with chopped red onions and a dollop of white sauce, placed on brown parchment paper.

Extra Straightforward Taco Recipes to Strive

  • Preheat the oven to 425ºF and line a big baking sheet with parchment paper.

  • Add the shredded hen, buffalo sauce, celery, and onion to a bowl and blend till the hen is coated in sauce. Put aside.

  • Place the taco shells on the parchment paper. Place about 2 tablespoons of the meat combination on half of every tortilla. Add 2 tablespoons of cottage cheese and gently fold every taco in half, urgent the sides collectively. Spray every taco with avocado spray.

  • Bake for 5-7 minutes or till the tacos flip a golden brown shade. Choice to flip the tacos over midway by way of the bake time.

  • Whereas the tacos are baking, add the entire components for the slaw to a bowl. Combine and put aside.

  • Take away the tacos from the oven and serve with the slaw and any further blue cheese dressing you want to.

  • Buffalo sauce taste varies relying on the model. We used Primal Kitchen, so it had a creamy consistency. If you need the buffalo combination to be creamy, add 1-2 tablespoons of Greek yogurt. If you need to chop the spice of the buffalo sauce, add 1-2 tablespoons of honey.
  • The bake time and shade of the tacos will fluctuate relying in your oven.
  • You possibly can change the cottage cheese with blue cheese crumbles. I’ve examined with each, and each style scrumptious.

Energy: 367 kcal, Carbohydrates: 34 g, Protein: 30 g, Fats: 12 g, Fiber: 3 g, Sugar: 5 g

Diet data is routinely calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.

Images by: The Wood Skillet