Grilled Chicken Tacos With Avocado Crema

Submitted by dstripling

"Load up these tacos with fancy fixings to make your kitchen feel like a taqueria"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 4 Tacos

ingredients

• kosher salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 1⁄2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
• vegetable oil
• 2 avocados
• 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise
• 3 limes
• 1⁄2 cup chopped cilantro, plus more for garnish
• 8 corn tortillas
• 2 cups shredded red cabbage
• 1 cup pico de gallo
• 1⁄2 cup pickled jalapeno pepper

directions

1. In a small bowl mix together 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, cumin, and chili powder. Sprinkle cumin mixture over chicken and massage well.
2. Preheat grill on medium-high. Lightly brushed grill with oil. Place chicken on grill and cook for 5 minutes. Flip chicken and cook for 5 minutes more. Continue to flip chicken in 5-minute increments until internal temperature is 165 degrees F, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a clean, medium-sized mixing bowl and cover loosely with foil.
3. In a medium mixing bowl add 1 chopped avocado, mayonnaise, zest of 1 lime, 1 tablespoon lime juice, and cilantro; mash together using a fork and whisk until smooth. Remove foil from chicken and shred into bite-size pieces using 2 forks.
4. Warm tortillas in a dry skillet. Transfer to a clean kitchen towel and wrap to keep warm. Continue to warm remaining tortillas. Assemble tacos; in each tortilla layer shredded cabbage, chicken, pico de gallo, remaining avocado cut into slices, chopped jalapeños, and cilantro. Serve with remaining limes cut into wedges and side of avocado-cilantro crema.