Chicken Tango Recipes

CHICKEN TINGA TACOS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the onions and saute until they begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Add the chipotles, garlic, cumin, salt and cayenne and saute until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the tomatoes and stock and cook until they begin to simmer, about 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and carefully ladle the sauce into a heat-safe blender. Puree until smooth. Pour the sauce back into the pan over medium heat and add the chicken, stirring to incorporate the chicken into the sauce. Cook until the sauce has thickened, about 5 minutes. Serve with tortillas and desired toppings.
• Combine the white vinegar, sugar and 1 teaspoon salt in a small saucepan with 1/2 cup water. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Add the onions and shallots to a pint jar and pour the liquid over the top. Let cool completely. Refrigerate up to 1 week.

MANGO CHICKEN WITH JASMINE RICE

Steps:

• Cook jasmine rice in unsalted water according to package instructions.
• Sauté chicken in a non-stick skillet with the sesame oil, half (2 cloves) of the minced garlic and half (1 Tbsp / 5 mL) of the fresh lime juice. When chicken is browned, push to the side of the pan.
• Stir in onion and sweet red pepper. Sauté 3-5 minutes in skillet until onion is translucent. Add one diced mango and minced cilantro.
• Purée other mango with remaining lime juice and minced garlic, soy sauce, red chili, Thai sweet chili sauce, ginger, and water.
• Add puréed sauce ingredients to stir-fry and stir until well mixed. Bring to a boil. Serve immediately.
• Arrange mixed greens around the edge of each of four plates. Serve mango chicken with a scoop of cooked jasmine rice. Garnish each plate with some of the roasted whole cashews.

CHICKEN & MANGO STIR FRY

Steps:

• Trim the roots and tops off the spring onions and slice diagonally. Peel and grate the ginger and crush or finely chop the garlic. Cut the mango lengthways on either side of the stone, then peel off the skin and chop the flesh into cubes. Slice the chicken into thin strips.
• Heat half the oil in a large frying pan or wok. Add the chicken and stir-fry for 4-5 minutes until lightly coloured. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and transfer to a plate. Heat the remaining oil in the pan and add the spring onions, ginger and garlic. Stir-fry for 30 seconds, then add the mango and vegetables and stir-fry for a further 1 minute.
• Return the chicken to the pan and splash in the soy and chilli sauces. Stir until evenly mixed, then cover and cook for a further 2 minutes until the chicken is tender and the veggies are slightly softened.

SLOW-COOKER CHICKEN TINGA TACOS

Steps:

• In a 6- to 8-quart slow cooker, combine the chicken thighs, crushed tomatoes, garlic, chipotle chiles and adobo sauce, tomato paste, vegetable oil, bay leaf, oregano, cumin and half the onion. (Reserve the other half for serving.) Stir to combine and season with 2 teaspoons of salt. Cook on low until the chicken is very tender, about 6 hours.
• About 15 minutes before serving, turn the heat to high and stir in the corn kernels, onion powder and lime juice. Cook until the corn is warmed through, about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, if using tortillas, warm them.
• Remove and discard the bay leaf. Using two forks, coarsely shred the chicken. Taste the tinga and add more salt or lime juice if necessary. Serve the tinga on tortillas or tostadas, topped with the remaining sliced onion, the crema and the avocado.

CHICKEN TANGO

Steps:

• Pre- heat oven to 325° F. Bake tortillas for 10 minutes Let them cool. Blend tortillas into coarse powder, add Sargento cheese. Make sure cheese does not melt. Broil poblano peppers. Remove some charred skin. Chop ¼ red onion, garlic, poblano pepper and blend it well. Take ½ cup yoghurt in a bowl, add onion, garlic mixture. Add salt, pepper, lime juice, roasted cumin, red chili pepper, 1 tablespoons oil. Marinate chicken thighs in it for 30-45 minutes.
• For avocado sauce, blend avocado, 3tbsp yoghurt, ½ broiled poblano pepper, salt and lime juice.
• Toss the marinated chicken in tortilla and cheese mixture. Add olive oil in pan on slow heat. Add coated chicken and let it cook on both sides.
• For cole slaw finely chop red cabbage. Add salt, lime juice; mix it gently.
• To make spicy mango relish, chop mango into fine pieces and add small pieces of poblano pepper.

BLACKENED CHICKEN FINGERS WITH WANGO TANGO SAUCE

Steps:

• Marinate chicken in the oil and hot sauce while blending blackening spices.
• Whisk sour cream and dressing with last 5 ingredients.
• Roll chicken strips in the dry mix one at a time and place on non-stick cookie sheet (do not layer).
• Spray tops of tenders with"Pam", or lightly brush with oil.
• Bake in top half of PREHEATED 425 degree oven for 10-15 minutes.
• Let cool, serve on platter with dipping sauce in the middle.

MANGO-TANGO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place 1 tablespoon olive oil in large skillet. Add chicken breasts to pan and drizzle an additional tablespoon of oil over the breasts.
• Top chicken with the diced mangoes and the chopped green onions, then sprinkle with the chile powder.
• Drizzle the remaining tablespoon of olive oil and the lemon juice over all.
• Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir well and turn chicken over, being sure to keep the chicken well coated with the mango sauce.
• Reduce heat to medium; cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes until breasts are done.
• Serve over steamed white rice, and top with snipped fresh coriander leaves.

TANGY BAKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees Grease a 13x9 baking pan Place chicken in the baking dish In a saucepan, whisk flour and water until smooth Stir in brown sugar, ketchup, vinegar, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 mins or until thickened Stir in remaining ingredients Pour over chicken Cover and refrigerate for 2-4 hours Remove from refigerater 30 mins before baking Bake, uncovered for 35-45 mins, or until chicken is done.