Shredded Chicken and Tomatillo Tacos With Queso Fresco
"This recipe is courtesy of Bobby Flay and it is fantastic! It is very simple to put together but has wonderful flavor for such minimal effort. When in a hurry, I have skipped grilling/blackening the tomatillos and serrano and just sautéed them in a hot pan until softened and the skins were slightly charred and it still tastes great. I highly suggest you blacken them on the grill if you have time because it adds a beautiful smokiness to the tomatillo sauce."
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 6 tomatillos, husked, washed, and grilled until blackened
- 1 serrano pepper, grilled until blackened
- olive oil
- 1⁄2 small red onion, coarsely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 lime, juice of
- 2 tablespoons honey (I usually only need 1 tbls of honey and add the second tbls only if the serrano was too spicy)
- 1 1⁄2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
- 8 blue corn tortillas (white corn will work too)
- 1 cup crumbled queso fresco
- 1⁄4 cup chopped cilantro
directions
- Add the blackened tomatillos and serrano to a small sauté pan and briefly sauté in a little olive oil over medium high heat.
- Place the tomatillos, serrano, onion, garlic, cilantro, lime juice, and honey in a blender and blend until smooth. Place the tomatillo mixture in a large sauté pan. Bring the mixture to a simmer, add the chicken, and heat through. (You may also skip this last step and just drizzle the tomatillo sauce over the top of the chicken after you have placed it in the tortilla).
- Run the tortillas under the tap to lightly moisten them and then place the tortillas on the grill or warm non-stick griddle, and grill for 20 seconds on each side. Spoon the chicken mixture into the tortillas and top with some cilantro and a few tablespoons of queso fresco. Fold the tortillas in half serve immediately.
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Reviews
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EXCELLENT!!! We really, really enjoyed these tacos. We'll be making these regularly. Thanks for sharing this recipe. -
We LOVED this! -
I LOVE this recipe!!! it's so pretty too when you can find blue corn tortillas!!! The leftovers are YUMMY on nachos! -
This is my husband's FAVORITE recipe and it's so easy to make! We use 2 serranos so we keep the 2 TBLS of honey in but we love spicy! The combination of flavors in this recipe is delicious! We're not that familiar with using blackened ingredients so even though we grill the tomatillos and serranos, we remove the blackened part before we saute it. -
This recipe was very authentic. The tomatillo sauce and queso fresco were fresh and tastey. This one is a keeper.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
shimmerchk
Poulsbo, CA
<p>Hello, My name is Monica and I am a 35 year old, happily married mom of 2. After working as a project manager for many years, I currently am a stay-at-home mom to our beautiful daughter Hannah who is 10 years old,& our sweet son Liam who is 6. I love being home with them! I am a Navy wife of 19 years. It is an adventurous, fun, sometimes stressful life but we are proud to be a Navy family in service of our country. <br />Cooking is one of my passions. I could sit down and read recipes like I would a regular novel. I would say I am more of a recipe gatherer rather than a recipe orginator. I do tweak things a lot to suit my families taste, but other than that I rely on recipes for ideas and technique. I find most of my own recipes have been posted in some form or another here, but I look forward to having more to add in the future. <br />I am an avid baker and also love international foods. Being half Thai, I love Thai food and have gotten my family to learn to appreciate it as well.</p>
