Stir-Fried Chicken and Chili Tacos
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 2 red bell peppers (about 12 oz. total)
- 2 fresh anaheim chilies (California or New Mexico, about 8 oz. total)
- 4 -5 fresh jalapeno chilies (3 to 4 oz. total)
- 1 1⁄3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon salad oil
- 1 onion, thinly sliced (about 8 oz.)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon cumin seed
- 1⁄2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- salt and pepper
- 12 warm corn tortillas (6 or 7 in. round) or 12 low-fat flour tortillas (6 or 7 in. round)
- lime wedge
- salsa
- plain nonfat yogurt
directions
- Stem and seed bell peppers and Anaheim and jalapeño chilies. Cut bell peppers and chilies into thin slivers about 3 inches long.
- Cut chicken crosswise into thin slices about 3 inches long.
- Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a 10 to 12 inch frying pan over high heat, add chicken and stir-fry until chicken is opaque throughout, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove chicken from pan.
- Return pan to high heat. Add remaining oil and onion, garlic and cumin; stir-fry 1 minute. Add bell peppers and chilies and stir-fry until they begin to wilt, about 2 minutes.
- Return cooked chicken to pan and stir in cilantro, lime juice and salt and pepper to taste. Pour chicken mixture into a bowl.
- To assemble each taco, fill a tortilla with chicken mixture. Squeeze a lime wedge over the filling and add salsa and yogurt to taste.
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I live in Morro Bay, California, about 1/2 a mile from the beach, 20 minutes from San Luis Obispo, California. It's just my husband, Paul, our little Schnoodle, Zenqi and me. Paul and I cook as much as possible together. He calls himself my "soux chef," and does an excellent job of all the chopping, preparing, veggie & meat washing & measuring. I select the recipes, coordinate the menu, do the shopping, concentrating, cooking, adjusting of recipes, & plating. We make a great team & have a lot of fun. Not to mention, we have some excellent meals & wine. The only thing we don't have down very well is the timing, so we end up eating VERY late at night sometimes. Oh well, maybe some day we'll perfect that part. In the meantime, we'll enjoy the process. This is what we do since we're not into TV (except for Gray's Anatomy, of course), really, and we don't have kids.