Any good Chicken Taco Recipes out there?

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Permalink Reply by Diego on December 7, 2007 at 9:42am

The simplest way to make chicken tacos is from the pulled meat of a rotisserie chicken. You can buy them anywhere these days at any super market, but if you really want "Mexican" go to a carneceria ( a mexican grocery store). They have slow roasted chickens for sale or you can buy a freash one. The Mesquite on north 4th st has a man outside actually roasting chickens on a grill. Hope this helps.

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Permalink Reply by terraambient on December 7, 2007 at 10:29am

oooo... that soundsa nice... ill have to check that out. 4th and ???

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Permalink Reply by Diego on December 7, 2007 at 11:22am

4th and Griegos a little south of Griegos, just a few blocks past Aztec its on the west side of the street. It also has a deli.

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Permalink Reply by Shawne on December 28, 2007 at 5:08pm

Yeah, I usually go the rotisserie chicken route - I debone and chop it, then put however much I need into a saucepan with a spicy binder such as Herdez salsa verde. Heat and stir until the chicken starts to break apart.

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Permalink Reply by MPC on December 20, 2007 at 9:43am

You can also do 'em fajita style. Take a chicken breast, slice in to strips or cubes. Heat 2 Tbsp oil in a pan then add 1/2 a medium yellow onion. Fry until the onions go opaque, add chicken, green chile or jalapenos (my personal fav) some fresh slices of tomato and a clove of garlic. Season with SnP to taste and cook until the chicken is done. Take an open sandwich size zip lock plastic bag and put a hand that has quickly run under a running faucet and shake a little water into the bag. Put in 4 corn tortillas and zip all but a 1/2 inch. Microwave on high for 30-35 seconds and serve with chicken mix and some fresh guacamole. Be careful opening the bag, it's steamy hot.

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer on March 9, 2008 at 6:16pm

Thanks for the comments. I am going to try chicken tacos tomorrow night for din; my turn to cook. :)

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Permalink Reply by Joe S Sausage on March 18, 2008 at 9:19pm

Try grilling slowly some chicken thighs, bone down, once cooked, debone, cut across the grain, fill a corn tortilla, add a little salsa of your choice, enjoy. The key is in cooking the chicken at the optimum rate, if you do it right you will not need salt or pepper, have at it.

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Permalink Reply by sharon on March 19, 2008 at 10:54pm

Ahh, Chicken tacos--
Broiled chicken meat, torn in taco-sized pieces
red fresno peppers, tiny dice
avacado slices
fresh cilantro
habanero jack cheese

roll into a softened, fresh corn tortilla and enjoy!

Broiled chicken meat
cooked black beans
brown rice
cilantro
pico de gallo
avacado slices

stuff softened corn tortillas with chicken, black beans, rice and add to your liking freshly, chopped cilantro, home-made pico de gallo and avacado slices.

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Permalink Reply by Joe S Sausage on March 20, 2008 at 6:46am

Here, you may not feel like doing this when you get home and you have to do a bit of planning, but, have some chicken thighs, fresh green chile, cheddar cheese, corn or whatever tortillas you want.

At about 350 dgrees grill the thighs bone down, about 20 min, while your doing this roast the green chile on the grill grate below, allowing the chicken fat drippings to fall on thew green chile as it is being roasted, peel the green chile, bone the chicken, it's easy, use a SHARP knife, i swear noone has sharp knives, you can bone the thigh while on the grill, once boned place green chile in the pocket where the bone was, place cheddar or whatever cheese you want over the green chile, let it melt to your liking, take off grill, let it rest, cut against the grain and make tacos, i'm thinking about organizing some cooking classes, or some grilling workshops.

you can do something similar with wild salmon, skin on, cook skinside down, no cheese, the green chile would be interesting, i'd try it, i'd recommend seeding the green chiles, whatever. i'm just a hack sausage maker, go for it, joe.

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