Chicken tacos with marinated onion
Serving Suggestion: Serve with an avocado and tomato salad
BEST SERVED WITH AN ICE-COLD COCA-COLA ZERO SUGAR!
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Prep: Cook: |
15 minutes 15 minutes |
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| Serves: | 2 |
| Ingredients |
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| ½ red onion, peeled and thinly sliced |
| Juice of ½ lemon |
| 1 large chicken breast |
| 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped |
| ¼ packet taco spice mix |
| 2 tomatoes, chopped |
| Handful iceberg lettuce leaves, shredded |
| 1 tbsp vegetable oil for frying |
| Sugar |
| Salt |
| 4 taco shells |
| 20g white cheddar to garnish (optional) |
directions
- Put the chopped red onion into a small bowl with the lemon juice, a pinch of sugar and a pinch of salt and allow to marinate
- Put chicken breast into a saucepan, cover with water, bring to the boil and gently simmer for 10 minutes until the chicken is cooked right through.
- Transfer to a bowl to cool, and then pull the chicken into shreds using 2 forks
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan, add the onions and cook at a medium heat for 5 minutes until starting to turn golden.
- Then add taco sauce and cook for another minute.
- Add the shredded chicken to the pan, and warm through.
- Add the chopped tomatoes to the red onions.
- Put the shredded lettuce into the taco shells, followed by the chicken mixture and top with the red onions and tomatoes. Sprinkle with cheese (optional).
