This recipe for chicken ranch tacos is grilled chicken with bacon, homemade ranch sauce, cheese and fresh vegetables, all stuffed inside warm flour tortillas. A family friendly meal that’s simple to make and fun to eat!
My family is a little bit taco obsessed, if dinner is served inside a tortillas they’re likely to eat it. These chicken ranch tacos combine some of our favorite flavors to make a fun and easy dinner – it’s almost like a chicken club sandwich in taco form! Best of all, you can prepare almost all of the components in advance, and then when it’s dinner time it’ll only take minutes to assemble everything. Or you can put out all the ingredients for a fun taco bar and let your family make their own creations.
These chicken ranch tacos start with bite sized pieces of chicken – you can use leftover chicken, rotisserie chicken, or grilled chicken like I did here. Lately I’ve been grilling up a big batch of chicken at the beginning of the week, it’s been super convenient to have on hand for lunch salads or dinners like these tacos. The chicken is layered in tortillas with shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, crumbled bacon, cheddar cheese and homemade ranch sauce. I like to use my homemade ranch powder to flavor the sauce, but store bought ranch powder will work just as well. You can also just use a bottle of ranch dressing if you’re pressed for time!
While clearly there’s nothing Mexican about these chicken ranch tacos, they’re a fun way to serve up some familiar (and family friendly!) flavors. Here’s a step by step video showing you how to assemble them!
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Chicken Ranch Tacos
Ingredients
- 8 small flour tortillas
- 3 cups warm cooked chicken , cut into bite sized pieces
- 1 cup diced tomatoes
- 1 cup shredded romaine lettuce
- 3/4 cup cooked crumbled bacon
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 3/4 cup of sour cream
- 1-2 tablespoons of ranch powder (start with 1 tablespoon and add more to taste)
Instructions
- Mix together the sour cream and ranch powder, set aside. Alternatively you can use prepared ranch dressing.
- Warm the tortillas.
- Divide the lettuce and tomatoes evenly among the tortillas. Place the chicken on top of each tortilla.
- Divide the bacon and cheese evenly among the tortillas. Drizzle with ranch sauce (or prepared ranch dressing) and serve.
Things You’ll Need (or Want!)
I’ve never put ranch on a taco, but I will now. Yum!!
What a great idea to add ranch to your tacos!
Those tacos look amazing! What a great flavor combination.
A perfect dinner for any night of the week 🙂 Come to think of it, I think I have all these ingredients on hand… might just have to whip this recipe together tonight 😀
Sara, these tacos look soooooo delicious!!! I could probably eat 3 or 4 in one meal 🙂
OH yum! My husband would LOVE These!!! <3
Oh my, these look so amazing! Chicken-bacon-ranch is one of my favorite flavor combinations.
I’m with you–I’ll wrap just about anything in a tortilla for a great meal! And I just so happen to have a leftover grilled chicken breast in my fridge from last night’s dinner…I see lunch in my future!
I also am a taco and ranch fan!
Made these tacos last night for my family, and set all the ingredients out in bowls for everyone to make their own. My son started putting his (light) ranch dressing on the tortilla, so he would have a “bit of ranch in every bite” and we all had to follow. Loved them!! And super easy to make!
How can I make the ranch sauce?
You mix together sour cream with ranch seasoning, the specific proportions are in the recipe! And you can either use a packet of ranch powder from the store or make your own: https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/homemade-ranch-dip/
What’s good for the side dishes ?
I often serve these tacos with sides of fruit and salad, but these rice and beans would also be great: https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/mexican-rice-and-cantina-beans/
Thank you for responding (: dinner was a success!🙌🎉
These are so delicious! Made them once, now I’m making them again!
Oh wow I’m definitely making these either tonight or tomorrow night… Thank you for this and for your homemade ranch powder recipe
Nice and easy…
Loved these! I was looking for something yummy and light and I found it! I paired mine with black beans over brown rice and grilled zuchinni and squash. I will definitely be making these again