Updated 07/27/2010 05:00 AM

Recipe: Soft, Baja Style Tacos with Spicy Chicken

By: Dan Eaton

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SERVES:
4

INGREDIENTS:

  • 8-12 small corn or flour tortillas (soft taco shells)

  • 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts, thinly sliced crosswise

  • Olive or vegetable oil for lightly coating sliced chicken

  • Cajun spice rub to generously coat chicken strips

  • Approx. 2 cups thinly sliced white cabbage

  • 1/2 cup chopped cilantro

  • Lime mayonnaise (approx. 3/4 cup mayo with juice 1/2 large lime)


    PROCEDURE:

    You'll need small, fresh corn or flour tortillas for these tacos and what makes this style unique is that they are simply served with thinly sliced white cabbage, chopped cilantro and a lime mayonnaise.

    The lime mayonnaise is nothing more than regular mayonnaise with a generous amount of limejuice squeezed into it...to help thin out the mayonnaise and help give it a nice citrus punch.

    Cut the boneless skinless chicken breasts crosswise into thin slices and then drizzle a little olive oil over the top of those and generously season them with the spicy spice rub.

    You can cook the chicken outside on the grill or in a large nonstick pan or in a heavy cast iron skillet.

    Add a little splash of oil to the skillet and then cook the chicken on both sides until it is cooked through...but not dried out....and it is time to eat.

    Put 2 or 3 shells on a plate and top them with some of the cooked chicken, a little shredded cabbage....drizzle some of the lime mayonnaise over the top of that and finish with a sprinkling of fresh chopped cilantro.


    HINTS:

    Try topping the tacos with diced avocado and tomato salsa as well. Use hard taco shells if you like instead of the soft ones.