Thursday, January 24, 2013

Chicken taco

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. 



2 comments:

  1. i'd put in some marinated tofu instead of chicken and it would be so good.

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  2. Perfect. 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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