Fried Chicken Tacos
“exquisite"
This dish is so complete that in Mexico the fried tacos are served plain on a plate since there is no room for more food – although if you want to cheat you can make some room for some refried beans or a white rice.
About the Recipe
- To make the fried tacos many steps have to be followed, that are divided in different stages to make the elaboration easier.
- Prepare homemade corn tortillas and give an unbeatable flavor to your tacos.
- In this recipe the tacos are fried in oil and the olive oil is not good for frying. For this reason use a vegetable oil.
- The dish is garnished with red onion because it gives more flavor to the tacos, use it you will like it.
- The total preparation time of this recipe is of .
- The recipe is for 10 fried tacos.
Ingredients
Cookware
Directions
Cook the Chicken- Clean 2 chicken breasts and put them in a saucepan.
- Also add in the saucepan:
- 1/2 Onion.
- 1 Garlic clove.
- The enough Water to cover the chicken breasts.
- 1/2 tablespoon of Salt.
- Bring the saucepan water to a boil over high heat.
- When it boils cover the saucepan and leave the chicken cooking in the boiling water for about 20 minutes, until it is well cooked.
| Make sure that the chicken is always covered with water because it will consume. If scum accumulates on the surface remove it. |
- Slice 1 tomato, then reserve.
- Cut 1/4 of a lettuce into strips and reserve.
- Finely chop 1/2 red onion, then set aside.
- Verify that the chicken that was left cooking is well cooked, its color must be white outside and inside; if not cook it for a longer time.
- Take from the saucepan the chicken breasts, with a kitchen spoon, wait until they cool a little and shred them; then set aside.
| Don’t throw away the broth that was obtained from cooking the chicken because it is very tasty and you can use it to prepare a soup. |
- Heat on a griddle over medium heat 10 maize tortillas for approximately 1 minute per each side, until they are soft.
- Remove from the griddle the tortillas and put on each one some of the chicken that was shredded.
- Roll all the tortillas as tacos and close them with some toothpicks; then set aside.
Make the Fried Tacos
- Pour in a frying pan approximately 1 cup of vegetable oil, so you end up having about a 1/2’’ deep oil layer.
- Heat the frying pan oil over high heat.
- Put in the frying pan the chicken tacos that were prepared (just the ones that fit in) and fry them for about 2 minutes starting from the end where the tortilla was closed, until they are moderately fried; turn them regularly with some tongs.
| The tacos start to be fried from the side where the tortilla was closed to seal them and in this way the filling doesn’t spill. |
- Transfer from the frying pan to some paper towels, with the tongs, the fried chicken tacos that were prepared, so they dry and the fat excess is absorbed.
- Remove from the fried chicken tacos the toothpicks, then reserve.
- Repeat the same procedure with the chicken tacos that were not fried, it won’t be necessary to add more vegetable oil in the frying pan.
Garnish the Fried Tacos
- Cut 1 avocado into strips, then set aside.
| The avocado is cut at the end so it doesn’t oxidize nor it turns black. |
- Transfer from the paper towels to a large plate the fried chicken tacos that were prepared.
- Put over the fried chicken tacos the following ingredients:
- 1/2 cup of Mexican Cream.
- The Red Onion that was minced.
- The Lettuce strips that were cut.
- The Tomato slices that were cut.
- The Avocado strips that were cut.
- Sprinkle 1/4 cup of crumbled Fresh Cheese.
| Preferably put the ingredients in the same order as given so the tacos look beautiful. |
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