It’s like a taco with a chicken tender inside.
to begin with this hebdomad , Taco Bell announcedit was dropping three novel creations for devotee to celebrate six decades of wetback - slinging reality . The brand added Flamin ' Hot Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos , Cantina Crispy Chicken Tacos , and a Cantina Crispy Chicken Tortada to menus . The first two are available nationwide now , while the Tortada is only being tested at California locations for the metre being .
The Cantina Crispy Chicken Tacos feature crispy white meat chicken marinated in a jalapeño buttermilk sauce and breaded in a crispy tortilla check coating . The wimp is topped with chopped lettuce , shredded cheddar cheese , and diced tomato plant , all wrap in a soft flour wetback shell . you could then choose Creamy Chipotle or Avocado Ranch as a sauce .
taco with a big ol' crispy chicken supply ship inside ? How could we not give them a try ? Keep read to see whether they are worth the ballyhoo .
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Do the Cantina Crispy Chicken Tacos put the ‘crisp’ in crispy?
To get the full experience , I ordered both variant of the tacos offer on the menu — one with Creamy Chipotle sauce and one with Avocado Ranch .
I pass into my first pungency of the Cantina Crispy Chicken Tacos a bit disquieted about the namesake brittleness , as I was expect the chicken to be sloppy . As anyone who has ever place food online roll in the hay , sometimes items can arrive a little bit disheveled , and more often than not not as impudent as it would in a dine - in setting . However , I was cheerily surprised .
The chicken in both wetback was wonderfully crispy , and I mean crispy to the point of being capable to get wind the actual compaction when you first bite into it . This could have easily been a mushy plenty because the Gallus gallus is wrapped in a fond , soft tortilla , but the volaille was perfectly crispy , as well as dead salt , in my opinion .
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How were the sauces?
Each sauce enhanced the taco in its own way . The Creamy Chipotle sauce adds a trace of heat and zest , which I ’d argue consecrate the Cantina Crispy Chicken Tacos with Chipotle a Southwest - meets - BBQ vibration . The Avocado Ranch sauce , on the other hand , offers no heating , but takes the juicy , crispy chicken to the next degree with its creamy texture .
Neither sauce was overpowering , and both really added to the already delicious chicken .
Final thoughts
The Cantina Crispy Chicken Tacos are great . They were easy and pleasurable to eat . The jalapeño buttermilk marinade offer a whispering of spice that builds as you consume the taco . And , as the name suggests , the chicken was indeed crispy . I would definitely arrange this again .
