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Three homemade chicken tacos with avocado, corn, salsa, pickled onion and lime crema on a wooden board
Three tacos lined up – spiced chicken, charred corn, avocado, salsa and pickled red onion on soft tortillas, lime crema drizzled over.

Chicken Tacos

Charred thigh meat, chopped rather than shredded, with a lime crema. Skip the taco seasoning, the mix already does that job.

Prep
20 mins
Cook
15 mins
Total
35 mins
Serves
4
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Before you cook

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  1. Watch forChar outside, cook through
  2. Make sureRest before chopping
  3. Avoid thisDo not double-season

Ingredients

  • Crema
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Method

8 steps

  1. Mix the chicken with AL Mix, paprika, lime and oil.

    Leave for 20 minutes.

  2. Heat a frying or griddle pan over high heat.

  3. Cook the chicken for 5–7 minutes per side until charred and fully cooked.

    Chicken pieces with natural charred patches cooking on a hot griddle pan in an ordinary kitchen

  4. Rest for five minutes before chopping into small pieces.

    Three unevenly browned chicken thighs resting on a scratched chopping board before slicing

  5. Mix the crema ingredients and loosen with a teaspoon of water if needed.

  6. Warm the tortillas in a dry pan until pliable.

  7. Fill with chicken, corn, avocado, salsa and pickled onion.

  8. Drizzle over the crema.

    Avoid adding taco seasoning as well as AL Mix, or the flavours turn muddy and over-salted.

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How much spice blend per person?

Allow 4 g of an all-purpose South Asian spice blend per person for a curry – about one level teaspoon – which is 16 g for a family of four, or roughly 2 g for every 100 g of raw meat or vegetables.

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