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Difficulty:
easy
Cooking Time:
30 mins
Prep Time:
5 mins
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Mexican Chicken Tacos with Roasted Salsa
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A flavorful Mexican lunch featuring chicken tacos with a roasted tomato and chili salsa, topped with melted cheese and served on lightly toasted tortillas.
00:30:00 total
Serves 3
medium
Main Various
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Ingredients
- tomatoes - 7 (4 for salsa, 3 for cooking) (for salsa and cooking)
- onion - 3 (1 for salsa, 2 for cooking) (for salsa and cooking)
- garlic cloves - 4 (2 for salsa, 2 for cooking) (for salsa and cooking)
- chili peppers - 5 (4 for salsa, 1 for cooking) (for salsa and cooking (serrano chili))
- chicken breasts - 2 small (small size, chopped)
- melted cheese - watch the video to see (for topping tacos)
- black pepper - watch the video to see (to taste)
- salt - watch the video to see (to taste)
- vegetable oil - watch the video to see (for cooking chicken and warming tortillas)
- corn tortillas - watch the video to see (for tacos)
Instructions
- Prepare Roasted Salsa: Roast 4 tomatoes, 1 onion, 2 garlic cloves, and 4 chili peppers until cooked and slightly charred. Let cool slightly.
- Grind Salsa Ingredients: Grind the roasted tomatoes, onion, garlic, and chili peppers to make the salsa.
- Cook Chicken: Chop the 2 small chicken breasts into pieces. Heat oil in a pot on the griddle. Add chicken with salt and black pepper. Brown the chicken while stirring.
- Add Vegetables to Chicken: Add 2 onions (chopped), 3 tomatoes (chopped), 1 chili pepper (chopped), and 2 garlic cloves to the chicken. Season with salt and cook until chicken is fully browned and vegetables are softened.
- Blend Additional Salsa: Blend additional tomatoes and chili peppers as desired to complement the cooked chicken mixture.
- Warm Tortillas: Heat a small amount of oil in a pan and quickly warm the corn tortillas with a light pass on each side.
- Assemble Tacos: Place cooked chicken mixture on warmed tortillas, add a handful of melted cheese, fold the tacos, and optionally add salsa on top.
