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Chicken and guacamole tacos | Yummy Recipes – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

Tacos are one typical Mexican recipe: a sort of piadina made from corn flour to be filled with many different fillings! There are many variations, one of which is exactly that of chicken and guacamole!

The filling in this case is the guacamole, a fresh and tasty avocado-based cream that seems to date back to the Aztecs. The same “legend” also applies to tacos, a typical dish of the Mexican tradition, and also of the Mayans, who apparently considered it sacred!

The sauces that can be used vary according to taste. You can also try different seasonings if you prepare the instead grilled fish tacossuch as one Yogurt Based Saucefresh and light, with a very delicate taste.

A dish very similar to this type of piadina is burritos, also Mexican, which can be obtained by rolling up the tortilla! However, if you are looking for a bigger version veggy try i tofu tacoswhich you can accompany with your avocado cream.

And if you want to try your hand at a home made recipe, try preparing tacos with your own hands! It’s simple, help yourself with the recipe Romagna piadinasfollowing it step by step, simply making the shapes a little smaller.

Tacos and skewers with kiwi? It can be done – Italian Cuisine

Kiwis like you've never tasted them. Here are two summer recipes to taste, share and customize to find out that kiwifruit and chicken can be a really successful pairing!

Tacos mon amour. We discovered them a couple of summers ago and from then on we learned to appreciate their creative taste, even beyond tex mex. Rich, joyful, very stuffed. And like all dishes that include variations from the classic recipe, with a little cunning they can perfectly fit our culinary tastes, making us fall in love bit by bit.
The recipe we offer you today is fresh, exotic, perfect for those who love to add an extra touch to each dish and love it travel with the mind. This is revealed by Zespri, the company that brings us the best quality kiwis Sun Gold and Green from New Zealand. And if you liked the idea of a chicken tacos with peppers, tomatoes and kiwis, you must also try the super exotic skewers with yellow kiwi and mango sauce. Good. Indeed, delicious!

Chicken tacos with grilled red peppers, tomato sauce, Zespri Green kiwifruit, red onion sauce and cilantro with lime

Servings: 4 people
Difficulty: easy
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Recipe suitable for: Celiacs, Dairy intolerant

Ingredients: 8 tortillas, 3 chicken breasts, 2 red peppers, 1.5 ml of tomato sauce, 6 drops of Tabasco (or finely chopped chilli pepper), 1 can of corn, 2 Zespri Green kiwis, 2 red onions, 1 bunch coriander, 1 lime, olive oil, pepper, salt

Preparation: Cut the chicken breasts into strips and brown them in a pan with a spoonful of oil. Season with salt and pepper and set aside. In the same pan, add two more spoons of oil and fry one of the onions and the two peppers, all done in strips, for about 10 minutes, stirring often. Season with salt and pepper and put the chicken strips in pans, add the tomato puree and Tabasco and cook for another two minutes.
Chop the remaining onion together with the lime juice, half a glass of water, a pinch of salt and pepper and the chopped coriander, to form a thick sauce.
Fill the tortillas with the contents of the pan and add the diced Zespri Green kiwi and the corn. Garnish with the coriander sauce and a few chopped coriander leaves. Serve immediately.

Chicken skewers with yellow kiwi and mango sauce

Servings: 4 people
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Difficulty: easy
Recipe suitable for: Lactose intolerant and Celiacs

Ingredients: 3 boneless chicken breasts, 1 onion, 2 garlic cloves, 1 or 2 lemons, 1 teaspoon of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds, 100 ml of white wine or water, 1 teaspoon of minced cumin, 1 bunch of parsley, 1 bunch of coriander, 4 loaves of pita bread or Mexican (cornmeal) tortillas

For the sauce: 2 Zespri SunGold kiwis, ½ mango, ½ lime juice, ½ tender onion, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 bunch of fresh coriander, salt

Preparation: Peel the garlic cloves and the onion. Wash the parsley and coriander and separate the leaves from the stalks.
Cut the chicken into pieces of the same size and place them in an ovenproof dish.

In the mixer bowl put the onion, garlic, sugar, wine, sesame, cumin, parsley and coriander leaves, salt, lemon juice and a little grated lemon zest. Chop everything, pour the sauce over the chicken and turn over so that the seasoning is distributed. Stop the baking dish and leave to marinate in the fridge for 3 or 4 hours.

Remove the meat from the marinade sauce and put the pieces of chicken on the wooden skewers, previously moistened with water.

Heat a plate or a pan, brush with oil and cook the skewers about 3 minutes per side.

For the sauce: Peel the kiwis and mango and cut into very small cubes. In a bowl, mix them with the lime juice, olive oil, onion and chopped coriander. Serve the skewers with the sauce and the type of bread you prefer.

Mediterranean tacos – Italian Cuisine

Ingredients for Mediterranean filling

1 pc eggplant
1 pc pepper
1 pc Courgette
40 g Basil pesto
250 g Mozzarella
chili pepper
Extra virgin olive oil

Ingredients For tacos

75 g foil flour
75 g flour 0
1 teaspoon of baking soda
salt
water to taste
Extra virgin olive oil to taste

Duration: 50 min

Level: Easy

Dose: 4 people

Preparation

1

Prepare the tacos filling: clean the vegetables and cut them into cubes, salt them and sauté them in a pan greased with nice hot oil. Add hot pepper to taste. Continue to sauté the pan for about 7-8 minutes, the vegetables must remain a little crunchy. Keep warm.
2

Meanwhile, cut the mozzarella into cubes and let it drain so that it loses its water.
3

For the preparation of tacos, mix the two flours with baking soda and a pinch of salt. Add a tablespoon of oil and water flush, working quickly with your hands until you have an elastic dough, not too moist.
Let the dough rest for about half an hour, then make 8 balls from it. Each one should be stretched out, beautiful thin. If you prefer regular shapes you can help yourself with a round pastry cutter.

Heat a crepes pan and cook the tacos from one side to the other, until they are golden brown.
4

Fill the tacos with hot vegetables, mozzarella and season with a spoonful of pesto. Serve always hot.

Homemade tacos

THE Mexican tacos they are a kind of cornmeal crêpes, readily available in supermarkets, which traditionally fill with meat. Making them at home is not so complex, we have prepared them for this recipe and also in a meat version. With the same dough you can prepare nachos, just leave them in pans a few more minutes on each side and then cut them into the classic triangles.