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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Out of This World Loaded Tacos with Rice and Beans





So I made this with some awesome fresh ingredients and it turned out awesome.

Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts thawed and cut into thin strips
1 large mango skinned and flesh cut into small cubes
1 Hass Avocado
1 sweet onion
2 large tomatoes
1 jalapeno pepper cut into smaller pieces
2 cubanelle peppers cut into smaller pieces
Natural Balance butter spread
Cumin
Spanish Paprika
Badia Sazon Tropical
Cilantro
Lime Juice
4 garlic cloves minced
Home made or canned refried beans
Pepper jack cheese
Mexican crumbling cheese
Jasmine rice
Taco shells
1 can rotel tomato and green chile

Step 1:
Put rice on to cook, add can of rotel, 1 clove garlic, and when it is done at a bit of crumbling cheese, mix well

Step 2:
Cut chicken into thin strips add 1 Tbsp paprika, 1/2 Tbsp Cumin, 1/4 Tbsp Badia Sazon Tropical, chopped jalapeno pepper, 1 tbsp lime juice, a few shakes of black pepper, and about 1/2 tbsp butter spread, mix well, let sit for 15 minutes. Place chicken in a smoking hot pan for 5-10 seconds moving constantly, reduce heat to medium and finish cooking, save left over juices.

Step 3:
Mix together in a bowl cubanelle peppers, half of the onion, and a hand full of cilantro, add 1/2 Tbsp butter spread, mix well. Cook on high heat until slightly crispy and lightly browned. Add to chicken and mix well, cover and let sit.

Step 4:
Now for the mango pico de gallo:
Dice your tomatoes up, drain off any excess liquid, place in bowl with other 1/2 onion, avocado, about 5 Tbsp cilantro, fresh mango cubes, pinch of sea salt, a few shakes of black pepper, and a little bit of lime juice. Mix well taste and salt as needed. Prepare your taco shells per the box unless you had the time to fry up your own. Crumble cheese over the tacos and beans

Step 5:
Take a can of refired beans, add a bit of water, mix around, and had a few cubes of pepper jack cheese. Heat up and melt cheese.

Try it and let me know what ya think. All measurements are approximate, I do not really measure, I season to taste. So when starting out season lightly and you can also add more. Season to your taste. I do not use a ton of cheese when making the dish but thats up to you as well, just enough to accent it.

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