Saturday, January 20, 2007

Tonight's Meal

Tonight we had Chicken Soft Tacos. This was a Sara creation that is SUPER easy and quick. It also happened to be low in fat, sodium and very high in taste.
One chicken breast yields about two tacos.

For every two chicken breasts, use about 1 tsp of Cumin, ground Onion and pepper. Also about 2 tsp of granulated garlic and your choice of Mrs. Dash seasoning (we used the hot and spicy). You will also need the juice of 1 lime and 1/2 of a lemon. Cut the (defrosted) chicken breasts into long strips. If the chicken breast was really thick cut these into thinner strips (lay them flat and cut them in half lengthwise). Then cut the strips into small bite-size pieces and transfer to a bowl.
Add the seasoning and juices. Using a hot skillet, (don't crowd the pan two breasts to a pan) with about 1tbs of olive oil in the bottom, saute' the chicken for about 3-5 minutes. (the tiny pieces cook super fast) Transfer chicken to a bowl, and repeat for the desired servings.
Now, unless you have to grate cheese or you desire a salad on your tacos that was the most work that you will do for this meal.
If you want now is the time to dice some, onions (green, red or sweet white), some tomatoes, some avacado (tomatoes and avacado should be about 1/2 for four tacos, for onions 1/4 ) and shred some lettuce.
Heat your prefered tortillas. (we used the Mission Soft Taco sized flour tortillas, corn would be fine though) you can do this in a microwave for 15-20 seconds, in the oven for 5-10 minutes on low heat, or on the gas cooktop over open flame.
Assembly...
we used sour cream and a small can of roasted diced green chiles (mild or hot if you are so inclined)
heat tortilla, using the back of a spoon smear sour cream down the middle of the tortilla, add a small spoonfull of diced chiles, PILE on the chicken, add desired veggies, and cheese. Repeat, eat and enjoy. There is no salt added to this recipe, try it this way first. The lemon and lime with the other seasonings are very flavorful.
I wanted to share this because it was fast, easy and delicious. If you made alot of this chicken you could use it for chicken salad, chicken quesadillas, or chicken burritos, all of which make excellent lunches to take to work.
Happy eating, now i have to go put dinner away. Good night.

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