Cooking with Rena Lee

Spicy Chicken Tortillas

Tips: For a vegetarian filling, replace the chicken with 14 oz canned pinto or cannellini beans and use vegetable stock instead of chicken stock.
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 30-35 min
Comments: CAN BE VEGETARIAN>>>

Yield:4

INGREDIENTS:
2 tbsp oil
8 skinless, boneless chicken thighs, sliced
1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tsp cumin seeds, coarsely crushed
2 large dried chiles, sliced
14 oz can tomatoes
14 oz can red kidney beans, drained
2/3 cup chicken stock
2 tsp sugar
salt and pepper
lime wedges, to garnish
1 large ripe avocado, to serve
1 lime, to serve
8 soft tortillas, to serve
generous 1 cup thick plain yogurt, to serve
DIRECTIONS:
  1. Heat the oil in a large skillet or wok, add the chicken, and fry for 3 minutes until golden. Add the onion and fry for 5 minutes, stirring until browned. Add the garlic, cumin, and chiles, with their seeds, and cook for about 1 minute.

  2. Add the tomatoes, kidney beans, stock, sugar, and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, breaking up the tomatoes. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove the lid and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has thickened.

  3. Halve to avocado, discard the pit, and scoop out the flesh onto a plate. Mash the avocado with a fork. Cut half of the lime into 8 thin wedges. Squeeze the juice from the remaining lime over the avocado.

  4. Warm the tortillas following the instructions on the package. Put 2 tortillas on each serving plate, fill with the chicken mixture, and top with spoonfuls of avocado and yogurt. Garnish the tortillas with lime wedges.

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