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Chicken Tacos
also works with steak or pork

Ingredients:

1      Pound Chicken Breast, boneless, skinless
1      Tomato, small dice
1      Serrano Pepper, minced
1      Clove Garlic, minced
2      Tbs. Olive Oil
2      Tbs. Lime Juice
2      tsp. Chili Powder, dark
1/2   Onion, small dice
1/4   Cup Cilantro. leaves and tended stems
1/4   tsp. Salt


Taco Toppings:

Cilantro
Cabbage
Avocado
Serrano Pepper
Onion
Lime

 


Cut all of the vegetables from the ingredients list and from the toppings list.

The last thing that you should cut is the chicken.

Place chicken on the cutting board and trim all of the fat from the breast.



Cut breast into long strips.

Cut strips across into a medium size dice.

The chicken is going to feel a little slimy and this is a somewhat unpleasant task.

As soon as you finish, place chicken into a bowl and wash your cutting board and knife in hot soapy water.

After that, wash and sanitize the board and knife in your dishwasher, if you have one.




Working from the ingredients list, add the oil, onion, serrano and garlic to the bowl with the chicken.

Use a small spoon and mix everything together.





Leave the spoon in the bowl as you will use it during the cooking process.


Heat a pan on the stove over high heat.

I like to use this 10" cast iron pan.

When pan is very hot, add the chicken.

Let the chicken cook and sizzle in the pan for a minute.

Use the spoon to turn some of the chicken over in the pan.



Keep on turning the chicken over, little by little, over the next couple minutes.

The idea is to keep the pan hot enough that the chicken will be sizzling all of the time.

If the pan cools down the juices will run out of the meat and the chicken will taste dry.




When the chicken looks about 3/4 of the way cooked, add the rest of the items from the ingredients list: Tomato, cilantro, lime, chili powder, and salt.

Mix ingredients into the chicken

Don't worry too much if the chicken is a little more or less that 3/4 of the way cooked as it will finish cooking with the ingredients that were just added.






The tomato will give off it's juices and turn into a thin sauce.

Keep on cooking and gently stirring the chicken over high heat until all of the tomato juice has cooked off and evaporated and the chicken is sizzling again.

Remove from the heat and serve.

Warm corn tortillas and fill with the chicken.

Sprinkle with taco toppings and enjoy!

 
 
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