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Grilled chicken tacos with mango salsa

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A lip smacking, fresh and vibrant taco recipe
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Appetizer, Brunch, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: Mexican
Calories: 214
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 6 tortillas
  • 250 g chicken breasts
  • 2 ripe avocados sliced
  • 1 medium red onion sliced
  • 5 tbsp greek yoghurt or hung curds
  • 2 tbsp fresh coriander leaves chopped
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • sea salt to taste
For marinating the chicken
  • 2 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • 2 tsp lime juice
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp white pepper powder
  • 2 tsp oregano
  • 2 tsp chilli olive oil or normal olive oil
  • sea salt to taste

Equipment

  • Griddle pan/oven

Method
 

  1. Wash and pat dry chicken breasts. Score them lightly
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  2. Add all the marination ingredients and massage them well. Set this aside until you go ahead to make the salsa and yoghurt dip 
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  3. Prepare the salsa. Here is the recipe link for the mango salsa
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  4. For the yoghurt dip, whisk the yoghurt well so that there are no lumps. Add sea salt, lime juice and chopped coriander and mix
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  5. Return to the chicken. Heat a griddle pan, and add the chicken breasts. Roast for around 7-8 minutes, on each side, until they cook through and get a dark brown colour on them
  6. Remove on a plate. Using a knife and fork, slice them an inch thick. Leave it to cool down
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  7. Remove the tortillas on a plate
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  8. Using a cookie cutter, cut out circular sheets of 7 centimeters diameter. Very lightly, for 30 seconds on one side, toast them over a pan 
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Assembling the tacos
  1. Spread the tacos on a plate
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  2. Add the sliced avocados and onions. Drizzle some sea salt and lime juice over them
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  3. Place the grilled chicken
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  4. Add the mango salsa
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  5. Now, gently lift from the sides and keep the tacos close to each other so that they can "stand." Add dollops of the yoghurt dip 
  6. Serve your grilled chicken tacos with mango salsa, at room temperature with some refreshing, chilled lemonade or beer. Enjoy!
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Notes

  • These proportions of ingredients, yielded 12 tacos
  • You could replace chicken with any protein of your choice
  • The marination process will not change
  • You could use sour cream instead of the Greek yoghurt dip
  • g - grams
  • tbsp - tablespoon
  • tsp - teaspoon