These tacos made with chicken wonton are comparable to Applebee’s offerings. I made a home attempt because I really liked the ones at Applebees. They are a delicious and easy main dish or a light appetizer. Children adore them! Finally, a recipe that uses ground chicken yet isn’t too bizarre. To save time and get rid of the majority of the fat, I bake the wonton wrappers. This healthier version has my utmost approval. If preferred, garnish tacos with cilantro, red onion, or sweet onion. Serve lime wedges separately.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 7 |
| Yield: | 14 mini tacos |
Ingredients
- ⅓ head red cabbage, sliced and chopped
- 4 small carrots, peeled and grated
- ¼ cup coleslaw dressing
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1 pound ground chicken
- ¼ cup stir-fry sauce
- 14 wonton wrappers
Instructions
- Mix together cabbage, carrots, coleslaw dressing, vinegar, soy sauce, and teriyaki in a large bowl until well combined. Place in the refrigerator until flavors blend, 1 hour to overnight.
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- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Heat sesame oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir ground chicken in hot oil until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour in stir-fry sauce. Cover the skillet, reduce heat to low, and simmer.
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- While chicken mixture simmers, form wonton wrappers into taco shapes and arrange between the cups of an inverted muffin tin.
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- Bake in the preheated oven until firm and lightly browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Spoon 2 to 3 tablespoons chicken mixture into each wonton taco shell and top with slaw.
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- Enjoy!
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- You can substitute chicken breast or ground turkey for ground chicken.
- You can substitute green cabbage for red cabbage.
- You can use plain yogurt instead of coleslaw dressing.
- You can use olive oil instead of sesame oil.
- For extra flaky shells, you can fold wrappers into triangles and fry them in sesame or olive oil for about 1 minute on each side.
- For a spicy option, use red pepper flakes as desired in meat mixture.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 245 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 21 g |
| Cholesterol | 44 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 18 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 755 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Next time just a little less red wine vinegar but overall tasted really good. Life hack put the wonton wrappers in the muffin cups to hold juices without as big of a mess!
I used chicken thighs and cut them up in small pieces. Added the teriyaki sauce to the chicken while it cooked.
I would never make this as is again. The flavors were in the wrong place and just wrong. next time, out with the ground chicken, and no to mixing so much vinegar with the cole slaw mix. I’ll make cole slaw as usual, and maybe add the teriyaki to the chicken while cooking, and eliminate the red vinegar and soy sauce completely.
I couldn’t get the wonton wrappers to crisp up without caving in on themselves. It made a mess and I won’t bother trying again.
LOVE THESE!! I make these for dinner they’re so tasty and filling. only used 1 tbsp of ginger and you really must fry the won tons soooo good!!!
I love this recipe. It is the closest I have found to Applebees’. Like another commented, I usually buy a preshredded bag of coleslaw vegetables to save time. I also cut the vinegar amount in half, just because of personal taste preference. Mmmm, now I want to make these for supper!
It was great and my family loved them!
Spot on recipe!! If I could give it more stars I would!
Spot on recipe!! If I could give it more stars I would!
These were absolutely delicious!
It was sooooo good. Will definitely be making again!
This is easy to make and the whole family loved it. P
Omitted the coleslaw dressing (mixed rice vinegar, soy sauce, and sesame oil instead) because I loathe mayo, but I’m sure would be 5 stars with it. Followed the rest of the recipe as written. Delicious!
Was totally delicious. It was a crowd favorite. I will definitely make again.
I added sweet Asian chilli sauce, drizzled over the top and it was great. I fried our wontons though.
This recipe is absolute . 0 stars. Spent all this time and money on it. Absolutely disappointed.
Made this to tonight and really liked it! I would probably use less of the ‘sauce’ for the slaw mixture as it was a bit soupy but I thought the taste was great. I wish I had fresh cilantro and fresh lime which would really make this perfect! Definitely will
Only difference is that the shell is not fried. Loved it anyway!! I used pre-made, store-bought slaw mix, (cabbage and shredded carrots)
Not as good as it looks or sounds.
Very easy and really good. My whole family loves them!
Delish. My family wasn’t too impressed but I liked the flavor and mingling of everything. They will not eat this next time, haha.