Fiesta Chicken Tacos with Pineapple Salsa
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Recipe type: EntrĂ©e
 
A Spicy chicken with peppers and onion, topped with sweet and tart pineapple salsa, served on a warm corn tortilla.
Ingredients
  • For Pineapple Salsa:
  • 1 cup chopped fresh pineapple
  • ¼ cup chopped red onion
  • ¼ cup chopped red pepper
  • Handful of chopped cilantro (to your liking)
  • 1 juiced lime
  • For Chicken Filling:
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 pound of skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into strips
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • ⅓ teaspoon cumin
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground red pepper
  • 1 cup red pepper, sliced into strips
  • 1 onion, sliced into strips
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 8 corn tortillas
Instructions
  1. For Salsa: Mix all ingredients in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator until tacos are ready
  2. For Taco Filling: Heat 1 teaspoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat.
  3. In a bowl combine chicken strips, lime juice, chili powder, cumin, and ground red pepper.
  4. Add chicken mixture to pan and cook for 3 minutes. Remove chicken from pan.
  5. Heat remaining 1 teaspoon of oil in the same skillet and add in pepper and onion strips. Cook for 3 minutes.
  6. Add chicken back to pan and cook until chicken is done. Sprinkles with salt.
  7. To Serve: Heat corn tortillas in a warm frying pan sprayed with cooking spray. Heat both sides until warmed.
  8. Serve chicken/pepper mixture on warmed corn tortilla and top with pineapple salsa.
Recipe by 2 Sisters 2 Cities at https://www.2sisters2cities.com/2012/06/fiesta-chicken-tacos-with-pineapple-salsa/