Simple Mexican tacos
Tacos are the heart of Mexican cuisine. Historically, it is said that thin cornbread filled with fish was offered to the staff of Hernán Cortés when the conquistadors arrived in the territories of present-day Mexico, at least this is what the historian Bernal Díaz del Castillo, who was a soldier in the expedition of the conquistadors to the territories of Mexico, writes.
A taco is a thin cornbread or corn-wheat bread wrapped around a filling and usually eaten with the hand. Tacos can be filled with various meats, vegetables, fish, cheese, etc. I made two types of tacos using wheat flour and blue corn flour tortillas available at the store. As a filling, I used oven-baked manatee fillet and roasted shrimp, which I seasoned with Mexican adobo seasoning. In addition, I used a not-very-spicy chili sauce and a mint coriander sauce. I used cherry tomatoes, avocado, cucumber, and herbs in addition to the meat and shrimp.
Preparation time: about 1-hour preparation, 20-30 min preparation
Level: Easy
Serves: four
Ingredients:
12 small wheat tortillas and 12 small corn tortillas
400 g chicken fillet cut in half
400 g of tiger prawns
A handful of cherry tomatoes, cut in half
250 g of fresh cucumber, sliced
2-3 avocados, sliced
2 medium peppers
3-4 tbsp Taco seasoning or Mexican adobo seasoning mix
A handful of chopped fresh coriander, parsley, and, if desired, dill
Favorite sauces, I used Mexican chili sauce and cilantro-peppermint sauce, and sour cream.
Sea salt for seasoning
A few tablespoons of cooking oil for frying
2-3 limes
Preparation:
- Prepare the chicken. Cut the chicken fillet into thirds lengthwise, and brown. The chicken will be much juicier if it is prepared after browning in the oven at 200 degrees C for about 10 minutes, but frying in a pan is also suitable.
- When the chicken is ready, cut the meat into pieces suitable for the tacos, pour into a bowl, add the taco seasoning mixture, and mix.
- Brown the shrimp in a small amount of cooking oil for a few minutes, pour into a bowl, and season with the taco seasoning mixture.
- Brown the tortilla plates in a dry pan. Heat the pan, place the tortilla plate on the pan, and fry for about a minute on each side until the tortilla plates are slightly browned. Fold the tortilla plates twice, then it’s nice to put the filling between them, but you can also put it on a plate to cool slightly.
- Cut the cherry tomatoes into suitable pieces, slice the cucumber, peppers, and avocados, and chop the herbs.
- Assemble the tacos, place chicken or shrimp on the tortilla, add tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, peppers, and herbs, add sauce if desired, squeeze fresh lime juice, and serve immediately.
You can put any other components in the taco filling, cheese, black beans, corn, etc.
Ready!!
