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Chicken Soft Tacos with Kickin’ Corn

August 14, 2009 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

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chicken soft tacos

Using up the leftover chicken from last week, with some peppers I sliced and froze before BlogHer…Yum!  Having frozen the veggies and used leftover cooked chicken, this meal was an easy throw together!!!

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Chicken Soft Tacos with Kickin' Corn

An easy and filling weeknight dinner recipe!
Prep Time5 minutes minutes
Cook Time15 minutes minutes
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 1 tsp canola or vegetable oil
  • 2 cups leftover chicken
  • 1/2 green pepper
  • 1/2 orange pepper
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • Few dashes of Tabasco sauce
  • 8 flour tortillas Corn tortillas if GF
  • 1 cup homemade and garden fresh Pico de Gallo
  • 16 oz bag of frozen corn
  • Few pinches of ground cumin
  • Few dashes of Tabasco, to taste

Instructions

  • Add oil to skillet with leftover chicken and sliced (and frozen) green pepper, orange pepper and onions. Add ground cumin and a few dashes of tabasco sauce. Saute for 4-5 minutes, or until peppers/onions have thawed and softened.
  • Prepare fresh pico de gallo.
  • Add chicken and peppers mixture to tacos. I added some pico de gallo into my soft tacos!
  • Cook frozen corn according to package directions. Once cooked, drain any excess liquid and add a few pinches of ground cumin and a few dashes of tabasco sauce, to taste. Stir through.
  • Serve Chicken Soft Tacos with Pico de Gallo and Kickin' Corn!

chicken soft tacos

*Other options to add to your soft taco: Homemade Guacamole, Shredded Cheese or Sour Cream.

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Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Dairy Free Meal Ideas, Recipes from the Garden Tagged With: corn, green pepper

Comments

  1. One touch says

    September 17, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    Wow, that looks absolutely delicious! Great post, you did such a nice job presenting the pictures too…I am definitely going to have to try that recipe this weekend! Thanks

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