Thursday, October 27, 2011

Tacos Tacos Tacos... Dan Came Up With This So That's Why It's Lame

Now... let's make some tacos to go with those tostones that you better have made by now.  How do you feel about cajun chicken tacos cause I'm feeling great about them so let's go.

Now, I want to preface with a couple of quick notes.  First and foremost, chicken is most certainly the "settle for" protein portal.  No one wakes up in the morning and says, "Oh my god, I love pan seared chicken.  It's so flavorful and interesting."  Nope.  But slap some seasonings on there and now we're up to something good.  Now we can settle for chicken.  I wanted to use blackened Mahi Mahi.  It turns out Mahi Mahi is neither cheap nor attainable and so, alas, we'll settle for chicken.  Secondly, you're not going to believe me about the sauce but you need to believe me about the sauce.  It makes all the difference.  Okay, enough talk, let's look at a picture of these delicious tacos and then start eating...


what you need...
For the tacos:
2 - 3 pieces of thin sliced chicken (depending on how hungry you are)
4 - 6 small flour tortillas (depending on how many pieces of chicken you deem necessary)
1/2 bag of iceberg lettuce
1/2 red onion
1 avocado
10 - 15 Cherry tomatoes
1 lime
Shredded pepper jack cheese
Cajun seasoning 
1 tbs olive oil
Newman's Own peach salsa (yes this is a real thing, and yes, this is product placement)

For the sauce:
1/4 cup Siracha Sauce
1/3 cup mayonnaise
Pepper 

what you need to do...
1  In a medium skillet, heat olive oil over medium high heat.  Season chicken by rubbing cajun seasoning into chicken.  Sear in skillet until chicken is cooked through or else you're going to get real sick.  Just saying.
2  Chop up all ya veggies.  Cube the avocado, halve the tomatoes, slice and separate the red onion, cut the lime, and chop the lettuce into small strips.  Yup, this part sucks, so I will once again provide you with a picture of chopped vegetables to get you through the seemingly-never-ending process of chopping.  




3  To prepare the sauce, combine all ingredients and mix.  Add more or less Siracha until sauce is to desired spiciness.  Naturally, I like things on the spicy side so maybe start out gradually and work your way up with this one.  
4  BYOT! (build your own taco, duh).  

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