Monday, April 06, 2009

RECIPE: Taco Tuesday Tacos

Taco Tuesday Tacos!!!
Healthy Tacos, Fresh Pico De Gallo, Fat Free Refirend Beans, and Brown Rice

Servings: 8
Serving size: 2 Tacos

INGREDIENTS:

  • 8 Chicken Breasts, trimmed of all excess fat and skin
  • 16 WholeGrain Tortillas
  • 6 tomatoes
  • 4 small white onions
  • Cilantro
  • Iceberg Lettuce
  • Brown Rice
  • Low Fat Sour Cream
  • Low Fat Cheese
  • Fat Free Refried Beans
  • 2 Tbsp Grapeseed Oil
  • 3 large Tbsp minced garlic
  • 2 large Tbsp Hot Chilli Peppers
  • 2 large Tbsp Spring Onion
  • 2 Tbsp Mexican Chilli Powder
  • 2 Tbsp Ground Cumin
  • 2 Tbsp Paprika
  • 2 Tsp Onion Powder (NOT Onion Salt)
  • 1 Tsp Black Pepper
  • 2 Limes
  • Pinch of Sea Salt
  • 2 cups Water


INSTRUCIONS:

Pico De Gallo:
    1. Using a knife or "Slap Chop", dice 4 Tomatoes, 4 White Onions, and you preferred amount of Cilantro, Garlic, and Ground Cumin.
    2. Mix together, and store in fridge.

Seasoned Shredded Chicken:
    1. Trim Chicken Breast of all Excess fat and skin. Cube into medium sized-small pieces.
    2. In a Large Sauce Pan, heat grapeseed oil, and add garlic, spring onion, and hot pepper. When Garlic is lightly browned, add water, Mexican Chilli Powder, Ground Cumin, Paprika, Onion Powder, Black Pepper, Sea Salt. Squeeze Limes into Sauce and add 2 Tbsp of fresh Pico De Gallo. Bring to boil then let simmer for 20 minutes
    3. Add Chicken cubes. While cooking, continuosly mash chicken until fully shredded and sauce has cooked down almost completely. See Photos:
Mash the Chicken (approx 10-15 min)

    • When chicken is fully shredded, and sauce is cooked down, you are finished with the chicken prep.

Taco Condiments and Sides:

  1. Cut remaining 2 Tomatoes, and Lettuce into desired sizes for Taco dressing.
  2. Cook brown rice, preferrably in a rice cooker, and add any seasoning of fresh herbs and spices, pico de gallo, garlic, etc that you desire. Remember - NO Salts, Oils, Sugars!
  3. Heat Fat Free Refried Beans

PREPARE & SERVE:

  1. In a non-stick skillet, heat each WholeWheat Tortilla to desired crispiness. Gently fold in half and set on a plate to briefly cool (Will help keep taco shape when it cools, and will help keep taco together white eating)
  2. Build Your Taco! Meat, Tomato, Lettuce, Your Homemade Pico De Gallo, Light sprinkling of Low Fat Cheese, Low Fat Sour Cream, add diced Hot Peppers for spice! (Remember, DO NOT use any store bought hot sauces, only fresh diced Hot Peppers. Store Bought sauces are loaded with Salts, Sugars, Oils, Preservatives, etc)
  3. Add You Sides of Fat Free Refried Beans and Your own special Brown Rice.
  4. Eat and Enjoy Healthy Deliscious Taco Tuesday Tacos!