Chicken Ranch Bacon Taco Boats
These Chicken Ranch Bacon Taco Boats are crowd pleasers. Everyone in the family will love these tacos for dinner not to mention Cinco De Mayo is right around the corner! Target is giving one of you a $100 gift card to get your own Old El Paso Taco Boats for taco night…and whatever else you want! Whenever I walk out of Target I usually have jammies for my kids, earrings for myself, and groceries for dinner. I love that place! This giveaway is closed!
Let’s break it down. Chicken – check; ranch – check; bacon – check; and tacos – check. So pretty much anything a kid (or adult) would ever want to eat in one taco. I think we have a dinner that everyone will love.
Since I live with five kids (okay they’re mine), I have a test audience built in conveniently to try out new recipes. What do you think the verdict was? Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
Fill your Old El Paso Taco Boats with some cooked and cubed chicken that has been tossed with ranch dressing.
Sprinkle them generously with cheddar cheese. I like to place them in the oven to melt the cheese all at one time. If you don’t want to turn on the oven, just heat them in the microwave. And of course some bacon!! 
Then finish them off with some green onions. Except for the 2-year-old’s taco – you’ll want to leave the green onions off unless you want to hear screaming.
One trick I do is to cook a large batch of chicken at the beginning of the week so that I’m not rushing on weeknights to get dinner on the table.
Chicken Ranch Bacon Taco Boats
Let’s break it down. Chicken – check; ranch – check; bacon – check; and tacos – check. So pretty much anything a kid (or adult) would ever want to eat in one taco. I think we have a dinner that everyone will love.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs cooked and cubed chicken (about 4 cups)
- 1/2 cup ranch dressing
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 8 Old el Paso Taco Boats Soft flour tortillas
- 1 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 4 strips of bacon
- 3 tablespoons sliced green onions
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 ° F.
- Cook bacon in a skillet until done. Drain on a paper towel.
- In a large bowl, toss the chicken, ranch dressing, and garlic powder together. Place taco boats on a baking sheet. Divide evenly into the taco boats.
- Sprinkle cheese evenly on top.
- Bake for 5-8 minutes or until chicken is warm and cheese is melted. If you don’t want to heat your oven, pop them in the microwave!
- Remove from oven and top with crumbled bacon and green onions. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
You can cook the chicken any way you like. I like to season it with salt and pepper and cook in a skillet with a little olive oil for 10-12 minutes or until done.
Rotisserie chicken works well here for a quick meal!
I was compensated by Old El Paso for this post. All opinions are my own.
These look awesome! I am not a fan of tacos, but I can’t wait to try these! I’m assuming it’s the pre-made ranch dressing, not the powdered ranch, is that right?
Premade, yes!
Love the filling. I hadn’t seen these Taco Boats – love that all that tasty filling will stay inside!
They are great for kids!
love the ranch in the tacos!
I’d love to win…target is everything and by the looks of things, so is this recipe.
I have not seen these taco boats. Will have to give them a try.
I’d eat these up in a heartbeat! And so would my kids!
Can’t get over how badly I want to try these taco boats. Maximize the stuffing … yesssss!
What is this wonder called a taco boat? These look killer!
These look great!….Minus the bacon
Nice change of pace from the usual tacos. Thanks for the recipe!
This recipe looks delicious! I wouldn’t be able to have the taco boats though as they’re made with flour and I can’t have gluten. Maybe I could try these with corn tortillas in mini bread loaf pans? Can’t hurt to try! 😉
You could definitely try a gluten-free version.
Looks yummy!
Those taco boats are such a great idea! Cannot wait to make these!
those look amazing!!
Paired with a margarita on the rocks and it’s the perfect dinner!
Those taco shells are SO good! Thanks for the giveaway! Keeping my fingers crossed!!
This looks so good! I will definitely be trying it in the near future!
This looks so yummy! I love your recipes. Thanks for sharing.
Looks delicious.
These look awesome! And Target? Love!
Yum. Can’t wait to try!
Thanks for this recipe! It looks like one my even my picky son will like as well a recipe I can make pretty quickly after getting home from work. Am looking forward to trying it out!
Love tacos! And this recipe looks great!
Never saw these taco shells before but so would like to try them out,
Will definitely be making these for taco Tuesday, thank you!
I’m so excited to try these! Since the taco boats came out that’s really all I ever buy anymore; I love them!
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Great idea. Will make these soon. Quick & easy.
This looks like something that would make everyone in the family happy at dinnertime! Yum!
so quick and easy!! i like the way you think!