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Healthy Grilled Tacos

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Healthy grilled tacos with spicy chicken, queso fresco and piquillo peppers – a delicious dinner you can make without even dirtying a pan.

Ingredients

  • 1-½ pound Chicken Breasts
  • 2 teaspoons Ancho Chili Powder
  • 1-½ teaspoon Garlic Salt, Divided
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
  • ½ teaspoons Cayenne Pepper
  • 1 whole Lime, Juiced, Divided
  • 1 cup Corn Kernels
  • 3 whole Roasted Piquillo Peppers, Sliced
  • 1 cup Black Beans
  • 2 ounces, weight Queso Fresco
  • 2 Tablespoons Cilantro, Roughly Chopped
  • 4 whole Whole Wheat Tortillas

Preparation

Trim any fat off chicken breasts, cut each breast in half horizontally to make chicken a uniform thickness, pound flat if necessary. Combine chili powder, 1 teaspoon of garlic salt, cumin, and cayenne pepper in a small bowl. Coat both sides of chicken pieces with spice mixture. Squeeze juice from half the lime over chicken. Cover and refrigerate for about 30 minutes. (This makes about twice as much chicken as you need for 2 servings.)

Preheat grill on medium-low heat. Grill chicken about 6 minutes, flip and grill 5-6 minutes more, until cooked through. Remove to a plate and cover with foil. Turn the grill off and place tortillas on the grill for 20-30 seconds per side to warm. You don’t want the tortillas to char or crisp up or you will have tostadas instead of soft tacos so watch them carefully.

Combine corn, peppers and black beans in a small microwave-safe bowl and add 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt, microwave about 2 minutes until hot. Slice chicken thinly and assemble tacos with chicken and bean mixture. Crumble cheese over the top and add cilantro. Squeeze remaining lime juice over tacos. Serve with fresh salsa or pico de gallo if desired.

Note: Queso fresco is generally found in the dairy case with other specialty cheeses or in an ethnic food section of the grocery store. Roasted piquillo peppers are similar to roasted red peppers but are really good if you can find them; if not, you can substitute roasted red peppers.

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cookincanuck on 5.21.2010

The colors in this are really pretty. I like the addition of ancho chili powder.

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homemadebyholman on 5.20.2010

Thanks Heidij – the leftover chicken also makes an awesome spicy chicken pizza – the recipe is in my blog if you are interested.

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heidij on 5.20.2010

These look awesome! I have most of the ingredients and will be making them tonight. Thanks!

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