Night #10- Mexico

Last night we had tacos in honor of Mexico.  Now granted if we wanted to be really authentic we would have made everything from scratch, but alas I do not have a tortilla press or the desire/time to make homemade tortillas, etc.  With a little help from the store, we made easy and delicious taco and a cool, refreshing aqua fresca to drink.

Ingredients for Meat for Tacos:

1 pound ground chicken (could use beef or turkey)

1 cup chicken stock

1 tablespoon chili powder

1 teaspoon onion powder

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

In a frying pan over medium high heat, heat the oil and add the ground chicken and all the seasonings.  Cook until browned and cooked through.  Turn heat down to the lowest setting and add 1/2 cup of chicken broth.  Stir.  Continue to simmer and stir periodically until ready to eat (add more stock if it gets dry).

Simmering chicken

Chicken tacos with corn & avocado salsa

Serve tacos with your favorite tortilla (I like La Tortilla Factory white corn), avocado and corn salsa (recipe is under Cuban night), crumbled goat cheese (I'm not a big queso blanco fan), and your favorite salsa (we use the jalapeno salsa verde from Taco Bus). 

Ingredients for Aqua Fresca:

3/4 glass full of favorite juice, nectar, or fruit puree (we used 100% peach nectar)

1/4 glass full of soda water

Garnish with fruit slices

peach aqua fresca

**this would be even better with your own fruit puree (just peel and slice favorite and blend, strain into a glass....watermelon, strawberry, peach, etc.)