20 Minute Chicken Ranch Tacos Recipe (2024)

These Chicken Ranch Tacos take 20 minutes from start to finish and are a fast weeknight dinner when you need something quick!

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These Chicken Ranch Tacos are on repeat at our house! Our family loves every food with ranch. It’s usually our dressing of choice for salad.

I decided to mix our love for Mexican food with our love for ranch. Everybody was happy! This meal that only takes a few minutes from start to finish and tastes great!

Your family will never know you weren’t slaving away in the kitchen over these tasty tacos!

Ingredients needed to make Chicken Ranch Tacos:

  • 3cupscooked chickenshredded
  • 1ouncetaco seasoningpacket
  • ½cupranch dressing
  • 8taco shells
  • 1cupshredded cheddar cheese
  • 1cupshredded lettuce
  • 1cupranch dressing

How to make 20 Minute Chicken Ranch Tacos:

Heat a skillet over medium-high heat.

Add cooked chicken and warm it for a few minutes.

Sprinkle on the whole package of dry taco seasoning. Do not add any water! Heat for 5-7 minutes until all heated through and taco seasoning sticks to the chicken.

Add ranch dressing, heat an additional 2-3 minutes to warm through.

Serve in taco shells and top with shredded cheddar cheese, shredded lettuce and ranch dressing, if desired.

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Serves: 8

Easy Chicken Ranch Tacos Recipe

Just a few ingredients for this easy, delicious dinner!

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

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Ingredients

  • 3 cups cooked chicken shredded
  • 1 ounce taco seasoning packet
  • ½ cup ranch dressing
  • 8 taco shells
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1 cup shredded lettuce
  • 1 cup ranch dressing

Instructions

  • Heat a skillet over medium-high heat.

  • Add cooked chicken and warm it for a few minutes.

  • Sprinkle on the whole package of dry taco seasoning. Do not add any water! Heat for 5-7 minutes until all heated through and taco seasoning sticks to the chicken.

  • Add ranch dressing, heat an additional 2-3 minutes to warm through.

  • Serve in taco shells and top with shredded cheddar cheese, shredded lettuce and ranch dressing, if desired.

Notes

Rotisserie chicken works great for this recipe or you can use our Instant Pot Shredded Chicken recipe.

Nutrition

Calories: 427 kcal · Carbohydrates: 13 g · Protein: 18 g · Fat: 34 g · Saturated Fat: 8 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 69 mg · Sodium: 935 mg · Potassium: 203 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 2 g · Vitamin A: 560 IU · Vitamin C: 3 mg · Calcium: 135 mg · Iron: 2 mg

Equipment

  • Skillet

Recipe Details

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

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  1. Stella B's Kitchen says:

    Love easy week night meals! I joined the sisterhood and I'm a new GFC follower and got lost (in a good way) looking through your recipes. Great collection!! Come say hello sometime at http://stellabskitchen.blogspot.com

  2. Angela says:

    Yum! My family would love these! Must make them on our next Taco Tuesday!

  3. Holly says:

    Bookmarked! Can't wait to try these. My whole family is obsessed with ranch :) I know these will be a hit!

  4. Sara @ My Merry Messy Life says:

    Yummy! We cook with ranch mix all the time. I found you on Yesterday on Today, I'm the entry after you at the link party! I love your site and that you're sisters. I just became a follower.Hope you'll follow back!

  5. Jocelyn says:

    We use our taco leftovers the next day for taco salad with the ranch dressing on it:-) Ranch and taco is a great flavor combo! Love this idea!!!!

  6. Erin says:

    These look delicious!

  7. Hayley says:

    These look SO yummy... I'm always looking for new ways to spice up tacos since I'm tired of the traditional ground beef/ground chicken deal. I'm putting these on my grocery list for a meal next week!

  8. Pedey @ Do You Smell That!!? says:

    Somehow I just stumbled upon this post - thanks so much for passing along my recipe! I'm glad it was a hit & that you've all enjoyed them. I'm looking forward to prepping up a bunch of *your* recipes this week - the freezer meals! Appreciate your blog!

  9. Rachel Page says:

    I bookmarked this for my birthday celebration --can't wait to make 'em! Thanks for sharing :)

  10. Mexican Dishes says:

    It is good direction for making the chicken ranch taco, I will try to make this recipe in future. Thanks for tacos tips.

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