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Spicy Popcorn Chicken & Bacon Jam Tacos

Spicy Popcorn Chicken & Bacon Jam Tacos

with Avocado, Salad & Hot Sauce
4.0(82)
Recipe Development Team
Recipe Development TeamUpdated on July 24, 2026
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Calories
892 kcal
Protein
55.1g protein
Preparation Time
35 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Allergens:
  • Milk
  • Soy
  • Wheat
  • Gluten
  • May contain traces of allergens
  • Almond
  • Brazil nut
  • Cashew
  • Gluten
  • Hazelnut
  • Macadamia
  • Milk
  • Peanuts
  • Pecan
  • Pine nut
  • Pistachio
  • Sesame
  • Soy
  • Walnut
  • Wheat

These next-level tacos will truly take dinnertime to new heights. With a homemade bacon jam, these are no ordinary tacos. Just add popcorn chicken, avocado slices, slaw, sour cream and cheese to round the dish out, you'll be humming away with each bite.

Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Serving amount

2

Mashed Avocado

1 packet

Cheddar Cheese

(Contains: Milk)

330 g

Chicken Thigh

1 packet

Cornflour

(May be present: Almond, Brazil nut, Cashew, Gluten, Hazelnut, Macadamia, Milk, Peanuts, Pecan, Pine nut, Pistachio, Sesame, Soy, Walnut, Wheat)

1

Cucumber

100 g

Bacon

1 packet

Light Sour Cream

(Contains: Milk)

1 sachet

Mexican Fiesta Spice Blend

6

Mini Flour Tortillas

(Contains: Soy, Wheat, Gluten May be present: Milk)

1

Red Onion

1

Baby Cos Lettuce

1

Hot Sauce

Not included in your delivery

1 drizzle

olive oil

2 tbs

water

1 tsp

balsamic vinegar

1 tsp

brown sugar

1 drizzle

white wine vinegar

Energy (kJ)3730 kJ
Calories892 kcal
Fat45.5 g
of which saturates19.3 g
Carbohydrate65.4 g
of which sugars17.8 g
Dietary Fibre7.1 g
Protein55.1 g
Cholesterol0.1 mg
Sodium2190 mg
The average adult daily energy intake is 8700 kJ
Large Non-Stick Pan

Cooking Steps

Get prepped
1

• Cut cucumber into thin sticks.
• Roughly chop baby cos lettuce.
• Thinly slice red onion. 
• Cut bacon into 1cm pieces.
• Cut chicken thigh into 2cm chunks.
• SPICY! This spice blend is hot! Add less if you're 
sensitive to heat. In a medium bowl, combine 
Mexican Fiesta spice blend, a pinch of salt and a 
drizzle of olive oil. Add chicken and toss to coat.  

Make the bacon jam
2

• In a large frying pan, heat a drizzle of olive oil over 
medium-high heat.
• Cook onion and bacon, breaking bacon up with a 
spoon, until starting to brown, 5-6 minutes.
• Add the water, balsamic vinegar and brown sugar, 
stirring to combine. Cook until reduced, 1 minute.
• Transfer to a bowl and set aside.

Prep the popcorn chicken
3

• Meanwhile, add cornflour to the bowl with chicken, 
tossing to coat.  

Cook the chicken
4

• Wash out frying pan and return to medium-high heat 
with enough olive oil to coat the base.
• When oil is hot, dust off any excess flour from 
chicken, then cook, tossing occasionally, until 
browned and cooked through (when no longer pink 
inside), 4-5 minutes.
• Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. 

Toss the salad & warm tortillas
5

• Meanwhile, microwave mini flour tortillas on a 
plate in 10 second bursts, until warmed through. 

Finish & serve
6

• In a second medium bowl, combine baby cos lettuce 
and a drizzle of the white wine vinegar and olive 
oil. Season generously.
• Bring everything to the table.
• Build your own tacos by spreading each tortilla with 
bacon jam.
• Top with salad, mashed avocado, cucumber, 
popcorn chicken and Cheddar cheese.
• SPICY! Use less hot sauce if you're sensitive to heat! 
Drizzle over hot sauce and light sour cream to 
serve. Enjoy! 

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