Friday, July 24, 2009

Quick Fix Meal...Fried Chicken Tacos

Hello everyone! It's been a while, I know, and if you know me, this should be a 100% freshly prepared, cuz thats how I roll! Was at Publx today and they had the 8 piece mixed friend chicken for $4.99. Had the wings and drums for lunch and here's what I've done with the rest for dinner and prolly lunch tomorrow. You can also do this with a rotisserie as well. With the 2 breasts and 2 thighs I took the meat off the bones with the crunchy crust, and cut in to small/medium pieces (julien slivers). I then prepare some pico de gaillo
(1cup diced tomato, 1 cup diced onion, handful of finely chopped FRESH cilantro, juice of 1/2 lime, salt and pepper to taste) which I usuall always have in the fridge. And instead of iceberg lettuce, I like to thinly slice fresh spinach just to add more flavor and health.

Fill some flour tortillas ( I used whole wheat) with some of the spinach. Top with a handful of the chicken. add some sour cream - If you really want to cut fat, use fat free or reduced fat sour cream (for me sour cream has always been about texture more than flavor) - some pico, and I like Cholulah Mexican Hot Sauce as my heat (cholulah hot sauce has an intense flavor-not so hot, but intense flavor) . Also, I'll add a bit more of cilantro just because I love that stuff soo much. Eat 'em up just like this or make it a meal with some black beans and yellow rice (yeah, I know, thats more cuban, but I am here in FLA and this is MY food blog!) I think I'm also gonna have a steak taco with that chicken taco...hahahaha...the marinated steak recipe for those will be up soon. Gotta tweak that one before posting .

Note: Seriously, try the Cholulah hot sauce with the fat free sour cream on anything you'd normally put sour cream and hot sauce on , and you'll understand my "texure and contrast" theory in the culinary world. A great sharp and warm flavor versus a cold and creamy texture. You'll never miss anything in the sour cream thats been taken out.

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