{"id":433,"date":"2014-07-09T15:29:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T15:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downdogsaltydog.com\/?p=433"},"modified":"2014-07-09T15:29:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T15:29:20","slug":"chicken-soft-tacos-with-mango-salsa-and-chili-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.downdogsaltydog.com\/?p=433","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Soft Tacos with Mango Salsa and Chili Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Can I just tell you how crazy good these are?\u00a0 Good enough that when we have\u00a0them, my husband says “why do we not eat this more often?”\u00a0 So, so good!<\/p>\n

Let’s start with the salsa so the flavors can come together while we do the rest.<\/p>\n

Mango Salsa:<\/p>\n

1 ripe mango, peeled, diced<\/p>\n

1 ripe avocado, diced<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup minced red onion<\/p>\n

1 jalapeno, minced (more or less according to your heat preference)<\/p>\n

1\/3 red pepper diced fine<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup fresh tomato, diced<\/p>\n

juice of 1 lime (or 2 if they are stingy with the juice)<\/p>\n

1 pinch of good salt (Himalayan pink salt or\u00a0Celtic salt)<\/p>\n

2 TBSP chopped cilantro (optional – you know if you like cilantro or not!!)<\/p>\n

Place all salsa ingredients into a bowl, stir gently to combine.\u00a0 Taste for seasonings.\u00a0 STOP!\u00a0 I know how good it is!\u00a0 Save it for the meal, snitchers!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Now, for the chili sauce.\u00a0 Don’t leave this out.\u00a0 It brings this meal up several notches and you can use the chili sauce in a great number of other dishes for great umami.\u00a0 (Umami is the 5th flavor center.\u00a0 If you hit all the flavor notes of:\u00a0 sweet, salty, bitter, sour and umami, you tend to be MORE satisfied with LESS!)<\/p>\n

You will need a bag of dried Poblano peppers, called chile ancho.\u00a0 They look like this: \"untitled\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Place a large non-stick skillet on low-medium heat.\u00a0 Place as many as you can easily fit onto a single layer on the pan’s surface.\u00a0 You are only wanting them to soften slightly so they are workable.\u00a0 (They are pretty stiff and unyielding right out of the bag!)\u00a0 Let the peppers\u00a0heat until you\u00a0begin to smell the oils releasing their flavor.\u00a0 Some slight blistering may occur.\u00a0 Flip the peppers to get both sides.\u00a0 When they are pliable, remove from the pan using tongs.\u00a0 Allow to cool just enough to hold\u00a0(or use a kitchen towel to hold) while you remove the\u00a0stems.\u00a0\u00a0They will just pull right out.\u00a0 Now, place the de-stemmed peppers into a blender or food processor.\u00a0\u00a0Add\u00a01\/2 cup of freshly-squeezed\u00a0orange or mandarin juice to the blender.\u00a0 Drizzle in 2-3 TBSPs of olive oil, 2-3 cloves of garlic and\u00a01 tsp. of good salt.\u00a0 You want to turn this into a paste so you will need more liquid.\u00a0 I\u00a0add\u00a0hot water, 1\/2 cup at a time, until it turns into a soft paste.\u00a0 Now, pour and scoop the entire contents of the blender back into the skillet.\u00a0 Cook over low-medium heat to dry and concentrate the flavors.\u00a0 It won’t need long, maybe 5-7 minutes.\u00a0 Remove from heat and store in a glass jar.\u00a0 Excess will store in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.\u00a0 And a side note here, if you put this on a chip to try – it will be bitter.\u00a0 It’s really not delicious by itself.\u00a0 It’s ah-mazing in conjunction with a little sweetness or with a protein (like an omelet with chili sauce and cheddar cheese!)<\/p>\n

So, now you’ve got the go-alongs.\u00a0 On to the chicken.\u00a0 If you are lucky, you can have your friend\/spouse\/significant other grill boneless, skinless chicken breasts (or thighs) while you have been working on the salsa and chili sauce.\u00a0 Or you can use a rotisserie chicken that has been de-skinned and deboned.\u00a0 Either way, you need cooked chicken or shrimp or\u00a0even white fish.\u00a0 Whatever you\u00a0choose, it’s going to be great!<\/div>\n
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And, you need wrappers!\u00a0 Corn tortillas are traditional.\u00a0 Flour are just fine.\u00a0\u00a0Plan on 2 per person and\u00a0run each tortilla through heated oil (I used coconut oil)\u00a0to soften so the tortilla won’t tear on assembly.<\/div>\n
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To assemble:<\/div>\n
Place 2 tortillas on a plate and give each a schmear of chili sauce right down the middle.\u00a0 Top this with 2 ounces of chicken and then the mango salsa.\u00a0 We like to add a few strips of purple cabbage and top with feta crumbles or goat cheese.\u00a0 Fold and enjoy!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Can I just tell you how crazy good these are?\u00a0 Good enough that when we have\u00a0them, my husband says “why do we not eat this more often?”\u00a0 So, so good! Let’s start with the salsa so the flavors can come together while we do the rest. Mango Salsa: 1 ripe mango, peeled, diced 1 ripe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.downdogsaltydog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.downdogsaltydog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.downdogsaltydog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.downdogsaltydog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.downdogsaltydog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.downdogsaltydog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437,"href":"http:\/\/www.downdogsaltydog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.downdogsaltydog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.downdogsaltydog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.downdogsaltydog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}