Just when you thought paleo tacos had to include special flours and complicated recipes, jicama is here to save the day with these chicken tostadas.
Remember not to judge a book by its cover – jicama looks intimidating on the outside with its ugly skin and odd shape. Underneath the exterior, though, there is a juicy and sweet vegetable waiting to be the secret ingredient you didn’t even know you were missing.
Paleo Chicken Tostadas
- 5.0 stars
- 45m
- 15m
- 1h
Ingredients
- 1 jicama
- 2 limes
- 4 avocados
- 3 green onions
- 2 c cooked chicken
- 8 tbsp. coconut oil, or fat of your choosing
- taco seasoning, to taste
Instructions
- Peel jicama with a vegetable peeler.
- Thinly slice the jicama into discs, preferably with a mandoline slicer.
- If you slice it very thinly, the slices can be folded and used as taco shells. If the slices are thicker, you can use it as a tostada.
- Soak the jicama slices in cold water for 30 minutes.
- Drain and use for chicken tacos.
- Juice half of the lime; cut the other half into wedges. Slice avocados and dice green onions. Shred the chicken.
- Heat a quarter of the fat in a pan. Add shredded chicken to warm and season with taco seasoning to taste. Remove from heat and top with the lime juice.
- Serve on top of jicama tostada shells with avocados and green onions.
Nutrition
- 588
- 23g
- 38g
- 23g
- 38g
- 11g
- 52mg
- 5g
- 383mg
Elizabeth
quick and easy. We’ve never had Jicima and actually really enjoyed. super quick and easy if you already have the cooked chicken ready to go.
Ashley
yummy and fast. Loved the idea of using jicima as a taco. My kids ate theirs on corn tostadas so it was easy to sub. Also used precooked costco chicken so was fast to prepare!
Allison
Really simple and tasty.