Joan from Foodalogue is having a “Culinary Tour Around the World” and this time she is going “South of the Border”. The first country on the tour is Mexico and because I love their food so much, I decided to join her with these delicious Chicken Tacos with tomatillo salsa. They were easy and quick to make and full of flavor. You can make the tomatillo salsa one day before and use leftover chicken.
One of my favorite Mexican foods are tacos, so I was inspired to create these traditional Mexican Chicken Tacos with my own twist.
Buen provecho amigos!
Visit Joan at Foodalogue for the itinerary and join us on this virtual culinary tour.
Ingredients
(8 Tacos)
3 cups cooked chicken, shredded
1 cup chicken stock
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon tomato paste
Salt and pepper
8 soft corn tortillas
1 avocado, pitted and diced (tossed with lime juice and salt)
1/3 cup sour cream
1 cup queso fresco, crumbled
Tomatillo salsa
Fresh cilantro for garnish
Directions
1.Place the chicken stock in a sauce pan, add the tomato paste, cumin, chili powder, and oregano. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium and add the shredded chicken. Season with salt and pepper, cook for about 3 to 5 minutes.
2.Heat the tortillas on a nonstick skillet, then wrap them in aluminum foil to keep them warm.
3.To assemble: spread one tortilla with sour cream, then top with chicken, tomatillo salsa, avocado and queso fresco. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with lime on the side. Repeat the process with the remaining tortillas or just let every person assemble their own taco.
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Joan Nova
on Jan 11th, 2010
@ 9:28 AM:
Thanks for joining the ‘tour’. I love that you used queso fresco and tomatillo salsa. Looks delicious — and served with that little piece of lime is just perfecto for a squeeze before biting!
Chef E
on Jan 11th, 2010
@ 9:46 AM:
I love this, the photo is sending me right to the kitchen for something to eat! I used my Mojo marinade in two other dishes, and Wow! Erica your food rocks, I would enjoy sitting down to a meal with you :O)
Kim
on Jan 11th, 2010
@ 12:11 PM:
It looks delicious Erica. I’ve never tried the queso fresco before. It looks so pretty on the tacos
Glad to be back. I finally got my computer working again!!
Faith
on Jan 11th, 2010
@ 2:11 PM:
I love the fresh, bright flavors in these tacos, and Queso Fresco is really the perfect finish! Delicious!
Gera @ Sweets Foods Blog
on Jan 11th, 2010
@ 3:19 PM:
Extremely delicious Erica. Tacos de pollo is one of my favorite.
Nice tasty stop of the culinary tour
Have a great week!
Cheers,
Gera
Erica
on Jan 11th, 2010
@ 4:38 PM:
Thank you everyone for the comments!
Arlene
on Jan 11th, 2010
@ 7:49 PM:
Muy bien! What a beautiful taco you have created.
Oysterculture
on Jan 11th, 2010
@ 9:50 PM:
Oh my, love tacos and here’s another delicious recipe idea you provided that I must try! Yahoo.
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie
on Jan 11th, 2010
@ 10:41 PM:
Excellent tacos, I love the queso fresco here!
Chris
on Jan 11th, 2010
@ 10:42 PM:
Those chicken tacos are making me want to go cook at 10:45pm. Great post, Erica!
Erica
on Jan 11th, 2010
@ 11:07 PM:
Thank you all for visiting and for the wonderful comments!
Sophie
on Jan 12th, 2010
@ 3:19 AM:
MMMMM,…I love these yummie filled taco’s!!
Apart & healthy too!
Ruth
on Jan 12th, 2010
@ 3:55 AM:
Gorgeous flavours!
Joanne
on Jan 12th, 2010
@ 7:21 AM:
This sounds like a super fun event! Thanks for sharing it with us. I will definitely try to participate.
And what a great meal. Chicken tacos are so good. These look especially delicious though!
Barbara
on Jan 12th, 2010
@ 7:36 AM:
Everyone loves tacos! Yours are so fresh and colorful. Love the addition of cumin and the queso fresco is perfect on top.
Christine @ Fresh Local and Best
on Jan 12th, 2010
@ 3:03 PM:
This is one of my favorite dishes!
Juliana
on Jan 12th, 2010
@ 3:39 PM:
Erica, great looking chicken tacos…love it! Nice picture as well
DebinHawaii
on Jan 12th, 2010
@ 5:10 PM:
They look so fresh and delicious!
Erica
on Jan 12th, 2010
@ 6:53 PM:
Thank you
Ben
on Jan 12th, 2010
@ 10:01 PM:
Tomatillo salsa is the best! I love chicken tacos and looking at your picture made me hungry! Now I need to eat something. LOL
grace
on Jan 13th, 2010
@ 8:28 AM:
tacos are so versatile and quick and easy and delicious–i just can’t sing their praises enough! some of my favorite toppings are included here, particularly the avocado and cilantro. perhaps i have a thing for green?
shaz
on Jan 13th, 2010
@ 9:15 AM:
I need to stop reading your blog before I go to bed because my tummy protests that it really needs to eat
Love the sound of tomatilla salsa, I don’t think I’ve ever met a tomatilla before, sounds very interesting.
bellini valli
on Jan 13th, 2010
@ 4:44 PM:
They sound amazing. I have wanted to try tomatilla salsa and don’t need to head on a plane south of the border to give it a try.
My Carolina Kitchen
on Jan 13th, 2010
@ 4:58 PM:
Lots of fresh flavors here and your photographs are gorgeous. I saw your tacos on Joan’s Foodalogue and wanted to stop by and say hello.
Sam
Darius
on Jan 13th, 2010
@ 5:55 PM:
OMG – those chicken tacos just look simply amazing.
Rebecca
on Jan 14th, 2010
@ 11:44 AM:
Hi Erica,
Just found your blog and so glad I did! Those tacos look delish, I’m going to have to try them sometime soon. I linked to your blog post about Pionono today in my post. Cheers!
Kitchen Butterfly
on Jan 15th, 2010
@ 2:54 PM:
Love the look of the salsa….and the tacos too!
Erica
on Jan 21st, 2010
@ 5:10 PM:
Thank you all for visiting my site
Soma
on Jan 24th, 2010
@ 12:11 PM:
Mmmmm
We have been on Chicken Taco binge all last week (me and my DD).. Love this version too, esp the salsa.
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