19 Taco Recipes You'll Want To Serve Every Day Of The Week
Enjoy chicken, pork, beef, and fish taco recipes.
Greg Dupree, Food Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer, Prop Stylist: Christina Daley
Tacos make a quick, easy, and delicious meal that the whole family will love. These tasty taco recipes will make a case for celebrating Taco Tuesday every night of the week or hosting a full taco bar dinner party. While we'll never turn down a classic ground beef taco, there are plenty of other ways to enjoy tacos for dinner.
This collection of our best taco recipes includes a variety of recipes for any type of meat, including chicken, pork, beef, and fish. Plus, a few meatless taco options—still packed with plenty of flavors. From breakfast to dinner, here are our best taco recipes to serve your family a flavor-packed meal any day of the week.
Chorizo Breakfast Tacos
This recipe proves that tacos can be enjoyed at any time of day, even breakfast. Combine all your favorite breakfast staples into a convenient, hand-held tortilla. Mexican chorizo and scrambled eggs paired with avocado, queso fresco, and a traditional cilantro-onion relish make starting your day with this dish a no-brainer.
Slow-Cooker Pork Tacos with Fresh Tomato Salsa
After slow cooking for eight to ten hours, the pork will easily shred with a fork. Fresh herbs help to preserve the pork's flavor after its time in the slow cooker. Serve with salsa, cilantro, and all your favorite taco toppings.
Chicken-Bell Pepper Tacos
You can use rotisserie chicken as a shortcut for this taco recipe to save time. Enjoying this dish takes only 20 minutes and a handful of ingredients. For an extra tangy flavoring add fresh tomatillos.
Chipotle Chicken Tacos
A programmable multicooker (such as Instant Pot) quickly cooks chicken thighs and infuses them with the bright flavors of salsa. While the meat cooks, build out the toppings bar so everyone can DIY their own dinner. These tacos pair well with avocado, sour cream, lime, and cilantro.
Ancho Chile Flank Steak and Sweet Potato Tacos
For an extra burst of flavor, stir a few tablespoons of pan drippings into your sour cream. These flank steak tacos get unique flavors from the baked sweet potato mixture, combining red onion, tomatillos, and spices.
Slow-Cooker Chicken Tacos
Easily feed a large group with this slow-cooker taco recipe. Taco night will be even easier with this flavorful dish, using spices and enchilada sauce to enhance the chicken. Pile the shredded chicken in a corn tortilla and top it with red cabbage, tomatoes, radishes, or any other topping you prefer.
Chipotle Shrimp Tacos
The smoky chipotle powder adds an intense flavor to the succulent and sweet shrimp. Add a creamy slaw for the just-right hit of crunch and coolness. For even more spice, turn up the heat with your favorite hot sauce.
Blackened Fish Tacos
Greg Dupree, Food Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer, Prop Stylist: Christina Daley
Whether you're at the beach or longing to be, these fish tacos will transport you straight there. Top your generously seasoned flaky white fish (fresh or frozen) with an easy spicy cabbage slaw and green chile sour cream for an explosion of flavor in every bite.
Fried Brussels Sprout Tacos
Placing crunchy fried Brussels sprouts in warm tortillas topped radishes and carrots may be your new favorite way to enjoy them. Deep-frying Brussels sprouts give them a crispiness, making eating your vegetables easier. Finish with guacamole and freshly squeezed lime juice.
Texas Breakfast Tacos
Victor Protasio; Food Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Stylist: Christina Dailey
Start your day off the right way with flavorful and protein packed breakfast tacos. While this recipe includes cooking your own brisket in a slow-cooker, you can always pick up meat from your favorite local barbecue joint for ease.
Shrimp-Tomatillo Tacos
Instead of traditional tomatoes, this lightened-up taco recipe uses tomatillos, diced onion, garlic, and Serrano chile to pack on the flavor. Enjoy these shrimp tacos that come together in 20 minutes for a bold dinner recipe. Diced avocado, sour cream, and queso fresco are ideal toppings.
Walking Tacos
Dinner on-the-go? No problem. Combining your favorite ingredients, walking tacos create a portable "taco in a bag." Garnish with shredded Cheddar cheese, chopped onions, sour cream, and jalape?o slices.
Fried Chicken Tacos with Buttermilk-Jalape?o Sauce
Pick up a sack of crispy, crunchy, oh-so-good store-bought fried chicken and serve this convenient recipe in no time. Add more jalape?os to these tacos, depending on your spice preferences. Serve with sliced radishes.
Easy Catfish Tacos Recipe with Slaw
Start by soaking the tender fish filets in a buttermilk and panko breadcrumb mixture with Cajun seasoning. This oven "fried" dish is ready in under an hour. Substitute white fish, including cod, tilapia, or grouper, if catfish is unavailable.
Slow-Cooker Pork Tacos Al Pastor with All the Fixings
You can't go wrong here when you start with slow-cooked pork shoulder. We like serving it with bowls of crumbled cheeses, sliced radishes, chopped onions, avocado, shredded cabbage, and plenty of fresh cilantro. This taco bar is full of fresh flavors, bright colors, and crunchy textures.
Fish Tacos and Topping Bar
Serving fish tacos with Asian slaw, chipotle cream, and other toppings will allow each family member to customize their tacos to their palate. Choose from any of your favorite white fish fillets, including tilapia, grouper, sea bass, or red snapper.
Grilled Shrimp Tacos
Fill taco shells or wraps with grilled shrimp for an easy dinner that assembles within minutes. Mix spices and lime zest to coat the shrimp before tossing them on the grill. Complete the meal with a creamy and crisp cilantro-lime slaw.
Brisket Tacos with Summer Salsa
Fresh salsa, warmed tortillas, and a spicy brisket filling will make these tacos a new go-to family favorite. Using a slow cooker to prepare the beef brisket adds a perfect blend of savory and sweet flavors to this dish.
Slow-Cooker Carnitas Tacos
Let the slow cooker do the work for you by combining pork shoulder with a mixture of chicken broth, orange juice, garlic, pepper, and salt. Quickly shred the tender and flavorful meat that fits perfectly in enchiladas, sliders, or quesadillas. Top tacos with diced avocado, shredded cabbage, queso fresco, cilantro, and lime wedges.
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