Tortilla, burrito, soft taco... They're all the same thing aren't they, except for their size? Whatever you want to call it, I made this thing tonight using a flour tortilla and some totally yummy fresh flavor combinations and I call it 'fantastic'. Fresh, light, fun and too easy. You can easily reduce the pepper level for your kids but I didn't find this at all hot.
Ingredients:
Chicken and marinade:
2 chicken breasts, sliced
2 spring onions, sliced
2 fresh green chilis, finely diced
2 tblspn Mild jalapeƱo Green Pepper (Tabasco) sauce
2 tblspn garlic grapeseed oil
Salt and pepper
1 tspn Cayenne pepper (or more if you like)
Juice of 1 lime
Salsa:
2 Diced Roma tomatoes, deseeded
3 inches of cucumber, diced
Handful of fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
Salt and pepper
Squeeze of lemon juice, approx 1 tspn
2 tblpsn garlic grapeseed oil or good Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Optional added extras:
Avocado, sliced
Lettuce, shredded
Sour cream/yoghurt mix
Cholula Chipotle sauce
Cheese, grated
Flour tortillas
Method:
- Slice your chicken breasts into strips and place them in a bowl, add all the other marinade ingredients to it and stir well to combine.
- Allow to marinade for up to 30mins, longer in the fridge if you have the time.
- Prepare your salsa and then leave aside while you prepare your other condiments and cook your chicken.
- The chicken would be gorgeous cooked on a BBQ or grill plate, I actually cooked it in a non stick skillet with a lid last night only because I wanted to keep it warm for hubby who was home late.
- When ready, warm your tortilla, I did mine in the microwave for 20seconds between two sheets of paper towel but you can get fancy with that if you want and do it in a skillet - totally your call.
- Build your taco, always put the cheese at the bottom if you're using it, then hot chicken, salsa and so on... Devour.
i'd put in some marinated tofu instead of chicken and it would be so good.
ReplyDeletePerfect. You could even do some pan fried zucchini 'sticks' / batons, like 1cm thick x 5cm long. Use the same marinade I used for the chicken on the zucchini, allow it to marinade for a little while, then roll the thick sticks in a little egg, flour and breadcrumbs and pan fry in a butter. Yum!
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