I have been really lazy this week. My local Publix had a sweet deli deal where you get a rotisserie chicken, a pack of rolls, two 16 oz sides and a gallon of tea for a great low, low price. So, that was dinner one night. The following night, instead of a usual salad, I opted to make tacos-chicken tacos.
I removed the remainder of the chicken, minus the skin and added it to a warm pan. I then added chile powder, cumin, ground red pepper, garlic powder, sea salt, cracked black pepper, paprika and onion powder. I don't like those taco seasoning packs for a few reasons. One, they are too high in salt and two, if you read the back of the pack, you probably already have those ingredients in your stocked pantry. I then added a little water to the pan and heated the chicken through.
While the chicken was "cooking", I chopped some tomatoes, given to us from dear friend, lettuce and shredded some cheese. I then grabbed a small muffin tin that I have and added the lettuce, cheese, tomatoes in each cup. This makes it easier to build your own tacos and if you have children, the cups are the right size for those little hands. Added some sour cream and black beans and voila! Dinner was done!
Now if you really want to, try your hand at making the tortillas. I found a great recipe here, Tammy's Recipes. As for a recipe for your salsa, you will discover that there are a million recipes out there. My advice would be to try a few and come up with one of your own with the ingredients that you like. Once you make your own, you won't be buying the jarred stuff again!
What do you think?? Happy cooking!!
