COPYCAT Del Taco Chicken Soft Taco Recipe

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Updated: 1/11/2022 | Copycat Del Taco Chicken Soft Taco Recipe

What is Del Taco?

Del Taco is a Mexican fast-food chain that mainly has locations throughout California. They also have restaurants in 16 states and Guam. You can view all their locations here.

They sell affordable and fresh Mexican fast food and are known for their tacos and crinkle cut fries. Yum!

I survived years of college by eating at Del Taco, El Pollo Loco (another Mexican fast-food chain in California), Panda Express, Subway, and In-n-Out Burger (a very popular burger joint in California).

You could get one of Del Taco’s soft chicken tacos for $1 (sometimes less if you buy their taco packs) and a few of these could sustain you an entire day. Add some Macho fries (the large size of their crinkle-cut fries) and you’ve got yourself a feast!

And now I live in a city where none of these fast food delicacies (except Subway) exists. Thanks, Seattle.

Since moving to Washington state in 2013, we’ve only been able to get Del Taco one or two times a year when we fly home to visit our families in SoCal for the holidays. We’ve been deprived of their affordable yet amazing delicious tacos.

One day, I was contemplating what to do with this entire rotisserie chicken from Costco. You get SO MUCH meat from a single chicken and it’s hard to use it up before it goes bad.

I was required to quarantine after contracting COVID-19 (thanks Omicron!) and whipped up some tacos from what I found in my kitchen. This included said rotisserie chicken.

And lo and behold, I serendipitously created a taco that tastes pretty darn close to Del Taco’s chicken soft taco! It won’t look a bit like the OG chicken soft taco, but the taste will be very similar.

Copycat Del Taco Chicken Soft Taco Recipe

Below I’ll share my super simple copycat recipe for Del Taco’s chicken soft tacos. It requires very little cooking that even your children can make without supervision.

Are you ready? Let’s go for it!

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