Copycat chicken chipotle melt Taco Bell recipe

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This delicious recipe is the perfect chicken chipotle melt taco bell recipe that doesn’t take too long to make at home. Many of the ingredients you are likely to have in your cupboard or fridge, which makes this even better.

The best thing about this recipe is that you can get the chicken marinating in the morning and then it is ready to cook later in the day.

We enjoyed this meal as a light lunch, however, it would be the perfect dinner too, served with either chips or rice. You can find similar recipes freely available on your smartphone, just learn how to clear cache on iphone and install one of the culinary applications.

I cooked all of this in my air fryer, however, if you don’t have one of those, you can cook it in the oven and it will be just as tasty.

Sides to serve with your Taco Bell Chicken Chipotle melt

If you are wondering what to serve with your chicken chipotle melt, read on for a few suggestions. However, this list is just the start, it goes with so many different sides, and it all comes down to what you fancy.

• Chips/wedges
• Salad
• Spicy rice
• Garlic bread

Once you have your sides, there is also the decision to be made as to what sauce to enjoy your melt with. I am a fan of sour cream or a spicy sauce, if you are after a little inspiration, here are some ideas to get you started.

• Sour cream
• Avocado ranch sauce/avocado ranch dressing
• Nacho cheese sauce
• Homemade pico de Gallo

This delicious dish is sure to get your taste buds going, the mixture of chicken, sauce and cheese is the perfect combination for any lunch or dinner.

Chicken chipotle melt Taco Bell recipe

Ingredients

Marinade

• 1 Tbs chilli powder
• 1 Tsp Ground cumin
• 1 Tsp Ground coriander
• 2 Garlic cloves (crushed)
• 1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
• 2 Tbs Apple cider vinegar
• 1 Tbs Olive oil
• 1 Tbs Chipotle paste
• Juice of 1 lime (about 1 cup of lime juice)
• Salt and Pepper

Melt

• 2 Chicken breasts (cut into small pieces)
• 4 Flour tortillas
• 100g Cheddar cheese

Instructions

• Mix together all the ingredients in the marinade.
• Slice the chicken breast into small bite-size chunks.
• Place all the chicken into the marinade and leave to marinade for as long as you have.
• Pop all the chicken in the air fryer to cook for 10 minutes at 200c, if you do not have an air fryer, it can go in the oven instead.
• Once the chicken is cooked, remove it from the air fryer and get ready to assemble.
• With 1 wrap, place 1/8 of the chicken on one side with a healthy amount of cheese. Roll up the sides and wrap.
• Then add another 1/8 of chicken and cheese and roll the make a sealed wrap.
• Copy this again for the next 3 wraps.
• Place all of these back in the air fryer and cook for another 4 minutes until it was golden brown.
• Serve and enjoy!

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The marinade for this chicken is perfect for creating that creamy chipotle sauce, however, if you want to add a little more to the sauce, when you start preparing the wraps, you can add a little sour cream into the wrap.

If you would like it to be a little bit more of a spicy chipotle sauce, add an additional tablespoon of chipotle paste or you could even dice up some jalapenos to the sauce to make a creamy jalapeno sauce.

Be sure to store the finished variety of sauces in an airtight container so that you can use them later for a long time. For easy differentiation, custom stickers can also be designed to be affixed to the sauce bottles. Kitchen ingredients and food products can be labelled accordingly, and customized stickers can greatly help to differentiate between the ingredients, and attaching them to wrappers or glass jars is not only effective but also aesthetically pleasing.

You can adjust this recipe to suit your needs but the combination of warm flour tortilla and melted cheese gives you the perfect Taco Bell vibes from the comfort of your own home.

Can you use up leftover chicken?

You can use up leftover chicken if you have some around from either a roast or maybe a rotisserie chicken.

It does not need to be cooked for as long as fresh chicken breasts, so I would just cook it for 5 minutes instead of 10 minutes.

How to store your leftover Chicken Chipotle melt

If you do have some leftover chicken left, you have a couple of options on how to store this.

You could choose to hold on to the cooked chicken and create your melt or use it in other dishes as below. For the best results, the chicken needs to be stored in an airtight container and keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.

If you have however cooked the melt, allow it to cool completely before wrapping it in aluminum foil and storing in a fridge for 3 days. This can then either be enjoyed cooled or reheated thoroughly.

Using the sauce for other dishes

The marinade for this chicken dish is delicious. It can be used for so many other dishes other than just this.

If you want to try it with other recipes, why not try:

• Shredded chicken burrito
• Chicken quesadilla recipes
• Crunchy tacos
• Copycat taco bell quesadilla recipe
• Cheesy chicken quesadillas
• Delicious sandwich

The simple sauce that you make for the marinade, lends itself to lots of dishes and they don’t need to just be chicken either. Why not change it up a little and try steak quesadillas?

If you do give this Taco Bell copycat recipe a try, I’d love to hear what you think about it.

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