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Pagne said, (232 days ago)
I present to you: taco tips from a white chick.
I don't like crunchy food so I always make soft tacos. Always use corn tortillas, never flour. Real Mexicans use corn. Take some good skinless chicken breasts, trim all the fat, and boil until cooked. Wait until cool enough to touch and shred to meat with a fork and your fingers. Marinate the meat in fresh or canned salsa verde or tomatillo sauce for a couple hours. Reheat later and put out in a bowl along with bowls of the following: refried fat free pinto beans; spanish style rice (the easy microwave kind is fine because you'll only use a little); shredded lettuce; pico de gallo (also make fresh if you have the time).
Warm the tortillas and set out the bowls for everyone to choose the fillings and toppings they want.
Pagne said, (232 days ago)
Pico de Gallo:
2 small tomatoes, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 jalapeno, minced
2 T cilantro, chopped
1/2 lime, juiced
salt and pepper to taste
Mix all ingredients in a bowl and let sit in the fridge for an hour or two before serving to let the flavors mingle.
Mrs. Cakes said, (232 days ago)
All the tacos I had in mexico were just beef or pork (all grilled up or roasted on a big stick), marinated in a limey chili sauce, topped with some onions, cilantro and maybe a little crumbly goat cheese, on two little corn tortillas. Super hot sauce on the side.
I actually ate some last night, they are pretty much the best thing in the world.
bizzy said, (232 days ago)
Soft chicken tacos are my favorite! I'm totally going to save that recipe for my own dinner sometime. However, the rest of my family loves crunchy meaty tacos. And you are so right about the corn tortillas. My mom thinks she's a white chick, but cooks like a real Mexican.
lamebrains said, (232 days ago)
@PAGNE: YOUR RECIPES SOUND SO GOOD YOU'VE GOT MY MOUTH AND BUTTOX WATERING.
cupcakes, maybe said, (232 days ago)
i like white boy tacos, so their not authentic, but here it is.
First, go to your local carniceria and buy their super thin pre-marinated asada. get your grill white hot hot hot, and toss the meat on. thirty seconds, a minute at very most, and flip it. another 30 seconds or so and it's done.
avacado, sour cream, queso fresca, salsa, on the tortia of your choice. i like flour, but i'm a white kid from the suburbs, so think less of me if you like.
canned refried beans on the side, but make sure you get the full fat kind. those veggie versions can be awful.
scurvyman said, (232 days ago)
@KnottyCur: (Olestra??)
@Pagne: ahh yes, but these days real Mexicans aren't using corn tortillas because we are putting that corn into Suburbans!
@bizz, whatever you do, ensure that avocado, cilantro, and sour cream are involved in liberal amounts.
Dirty Lion said, (232 days ago)
That's something I have never experimented with.
Hmmm...I should really try to perfect the taco. I always usually just end up making them the way my mom makes them (love ya mom, but BORING)
bizzy said, (232 days ago)
thanks guys! i hope i can make this happen.
if not, i'll blame it on all the silly white people from the internet :D
Pagne said, (231 days ago)
@Knotty Curr: You think your ass is watering now? Wait till AFTER you try my tacos!
Pagne said, (231 days ago)
Also, bizz, one of my favorite things to have in the kitchen are the fresh frozen chopped herbs from Trader Joe's. They have basil and cilantro at mine that are chopped fresh and frozen into little 1 tsp cubes. They're like $1.99 for a pack of 24 cubes and they're great for when you want fresh herb flavor without having to buy an entire bunch for just a few teaspoons.
bizzy said, (231 days ago)
Ok, so my family loved my tacos. I went with lean ground chuck, corn tortillas, fresh onions, tomatoes, shredded jack, cilantro, sour cream... and my proudest accomplishment: yumlicious guacamole.
My brother (who ate five in one sitting) said they tasted just like my mom's... which is pretty much the best compliment I could have heard.
This is where you all shower me with cooking tips and tricks to help me make the best damn tacos ever for my mom's birthday tonight.
I know... I should have kinda learned sooner... but I didn't. So please help!