Chicken tacos with mashed red kidney beans
With avocado, lime, red kidney beans and red cabbage it's hard to resist these tasty tacos.
Prepared with:
Red Kidney Beans No Salt Added
Ingredients
- 1/3 c (80 ml) sour cream
- 1 tsp (5 ml) lime zest
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) lime juice
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 tbsp (30 ml) olive oil
- 2 chicken breasts, cut into strips
- ½ onion, chopped
- 1 c (250 ml) fresh or frozen broccoli florets
- 1 c (250 ml) fresh or frozen cauliflower florets
- 1/4 tsp (1 ml) crushed flax seeds
- 1/4 tsp (1 ml) ground cumin
- 1/4 tsp (1 ml) paprika
- 1 can 14 oz (398 ml) Del Monte red kidney beans
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/2 tbsp (7 ml) chili powder
- 2 tsp (10 ml) lime juice
- 12 small corn tortillas or 8 small wheat tortillas
- 1 c (375 ml) finely shredded red cabbage
- 1 avocado, sliced
Preparation
- In a bowl, mix together sour cream with lime zest and juice. Season to taste and refrigerate.
- Preheat oven to 450 ºF (230 ºC).
- On a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, place chicken strips and onion on one half and the broccoli and cauliflower on the other half.
- Coat with 1 tbsp (15 ml) of olive oil, sprinkle with fennel, cumin, salt and pepper.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
- In the meantime, in a frying pan, heat remaining oil over medium-high heat and cook red kidney beans with garlic chili powder for 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat. Using a pestle, mash while adding 3 tbsp (45 ml) of water, 2 tsp (10 ml) of lime juice and season to taste.
- Heat tortillas in the oven for a few minutes.
- Garnish with mashed red kidney beans, chicken and cooked vegetables. Add red cabbage, avocado slices and lime cream sure.
- Enjoy.