Taco Pollo - Spicy Chicken Filled Tortillas

Submitted by bluemoon downunder

"For a Mexican-style dinner, serve these as a starter with creamy avocado or sour cream dip, followed by your favourite hot and spicy Mexican dish. Or serve them with a Mexican vegetable side dish such as Mexican Potato Crisps With Lime Salsa Recipe #139461, Fried Mexican Capsicum & Potatoes Recipe #139465 or Mexican Bean Hotpot Recipe #139476. I've posted this recipe for the 2005 Zaar World Tour from a recipe on an International Masters 'recipes for pan or wok' recipe card."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 chicken breast fillets
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 red onion
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 green capsicum
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon chili powder
• 8 ready-made flour tortillas
• 50 g cheddar cheese or 50 g monterey jack cheese
• 1 sprig flat leaf parsley, to garnish
• lemon wedge, to garnish

directions

1. Cut the chicken into thin strips, peel and crush the garlic, peel and slice the onion, de-seed and roughly chop the tomatoes and deseed and slice the capsicum into strips.
2. Heat the oil in a large pan or wok, preferably non-stick and fry the chicken over a high heat, stirring for 2-3 minutes until it is starting to brown; add the garlic and onion and fry for another 2 minutes; stir in the chilli powder, tomatoes and capsicum and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring, until the chicken is cooked through.
3. Preheat the grill to medium, grill the tortillas for 6 seconds on each side, or until warm; transfer them to a work surface and spoon equal amounts of the chicken filling onto the centre of each tortilla and roll up tightly.
4. Transfer the filled tortillas to an ovenproof dish and sprinkle with cheesse; cook under a hot grill for 2 minutes, or until golden. Garnish with parsley and lemon and serve.

Reviews

[Mand1642]

A very tasty dinner for the family! I substituted a green capsicum for a yellow one though because Im not keen on the green but kept it the same for the rest. it was a lovely meal for nice summery day. Made for the chow hounds on ZWT5.

 

[CookingONTheSide]

This was very tasty and made a nice dinner. I made exactly as stated. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Shelby Jo]

This was a pretty good supper. It was kinda bland for us though. I even added cajun seasoning like another reviewer mentioned. It was very easy to make, but just was lacking something. Made for Went to Market Tag.

 

[nonnie4sj]

This was a great and quick weeknight meal. I used a sweet chipolte chili powder, which gave it a great flavor. I'll be making these again!

 

[Michelle_My_Belle]

I used a green pepper (I think the same thing as capsicum?), white onion, and minced garlic and skipped the tomato since my dad cant eat seeds and also threw in some extra spices - pepper and some cajun seasoning. Even tho I only ate mine with chicken and cheese (sorry, picky) everyone enjoyed. I served salsa and sour cream on the side. Was a nice, quick and easy weeknight meal, thanks for posting!