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lime street chicken tacos in yellow corn shells

Lime Chicken Street Tacos

Staci at Random Sweets
Can you resist a soft corn tortilla warmly blanketed around tender shredded lime chicken, melty cheese, and the warming taste of cumin?
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 6
Calories 590 kcal

Equipment

  • crockpot

Ingredients
  

Cilantro and Red Onion Sauce

  • ½ large red onion, finely diced
  • ½ cup chopped cilantro
  • ¼ cup lime juice, freshly squeezed
  • sea salt to taste

Lime Chicken Filling

  • 2 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
  • ½ cup lime juice, divided into 2 (¼ cup each) portions, freshly squeezed
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon onion salt
  • 1 cup frozen corn
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • 1 jalapeño pepper, finely diced
  • 24 soft corn tortillas
  • 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack and/or sharp cheddar

Instructions
 

Cilantro and Red Onion Sauce

  • In a small bowl, combine the diced red onion, chopped cilantro and 1/4 cup lime juice. Add sea salt to taste. Keep refrigerated until ready to eat.

Lime Chicken Filling

  • Place chicken breasts in a crockpot. Combine 1/4 cup of lime juice, chili powder, cumin, and onion salt. Pour over chicken, put the lid on the crockpot, and slowly cook the chicken until cooked all the way through and no longer pink, approximately 5-6 hours.
  • Remove the chicken from the crockpot and place on a plate. With two forks, shred the chicken.
  • Dump the frozen corn, diced tomato, and diced jalapeño pepper on the plate with the chicken. Put it all in the crockpot and pour 1/4 cup lime juice over it all and stir. Cover and cook at low temperature for another 30 minutes or until everything is hot.
  • To serve: place a couple spoonfuls of chicken on a warm tortilla. Top with cilantro and red onion sauce, shredded cheese, and toppings of your choice like sour cream, black olives, guacamole.

Nutrition

Calories: 590kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 49gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 130mgSodium: 863mgPotassium: 1018mgFiber: 9gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 1047IUVitamin C: 20mgCalcium: 397mgIron: 3mg
Keyword chicken breast, cilantro, lime, tortillas

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