Cajun Chicken Taco with Pineapple Salsa

Howdy Brunch Buddies!

I cannot resist myself when it comes to mexican food. It makes a great breakfast, dinner and lunch. I really don't mind having them all day. Well, generally it is quite easy to find a store-bought tor-tee-ya in Indonesia. Sorry, can't resist, how fun it is to keep saying it! tor-tee-ya!

Anyway, store-bought tortilla is great and very convenient, but I'm just very curious how do you actually make tortilla. Read a couple of recipes online and turned out it was really easy! For the sake of my healthy-eating plan, I used olive oil instead of lard. tough decision. but I was convincing myself that olive oil is just as good. With the tortilla skin you could be very creative, you could turn it into a taco, burrito, quesadillas, enchiladas, or make it as a crispy pizza base. My favourite is taco, but quesadillas will always have a special place in my heart.

So for my taco I chose chicken and I slow-cooked them. I have this obsession towards slow-cooked chicken. Nothing beats the tastiness and tenderness of a slow-cooked chicken as it soaks up all the stock and seasoning, it became sooo tasty. I was just checking out my fridge the other day (I did this often in my free time, one day my mom thought I could pull off the fridge door by opening it too often) and found a cajun seasoning mix. I first discovered cajun when KFC came out with a grilled cajun chicken. I was a loyal fan of KFC back in Australia, they always have a special on tuesday and as a student, I was a big fan of tuesday specials, pizza, movie, anything. So for tuesday special they offered two pieces of chicken and small chips for 9,95 and I noticed they have a new menu and instead of the fried chicken you could get a grilled cajun chicken breast with salad. So I tried it and man! it tasted delicious! Anyway, sorry to bore you with my cajun discovery story.

So, tortilla done, chicken done, and it is not a taco without a salsa! So I whipped up just the usual tomato salsa, but I added pineapple to it, the sweet and sour taste kicks in just right in my mouth.

Cajun Chicken Taco with Pineapple Salsa

Yield: 8 tacos
Cooking Time: 5 hours

Ingredients:

Cajun Chicken

4 boneless skinless chicken breast

1tbsp cajun seasoning mix

2tsp chili powder

1cup chicken stock

1tsp garlic powder

salt and pepper

Tortilla

2cups all-purpose flour

1/4cup olive oil

3/4cup warm water

1tsp salt

Pineapple Salsa

1cup chopped tomato 

1cup chopped pineapple

1/2cup roughly chopped coriander

1/4cup finely chopped red onion

2tbsp lime juice

Method:

Cajun Chicken

1. Mix all ingredients together in a slow-cooker pot
2. Slow-cook for 3-4 hours until the meat is tender
3. Shred the chicken using two forks
4. Add the leftover juice to the shredded chicken

Tortilla

1. In a large bowl, mix the flour, salt and olive oil with a fork until the mixture is crumbly and slowy add warm water to the mixture until it sticks together

2. Transfer the dough into a floury surface, knead 5-10 times
3. Divide the mixture into 8 small balls and roll each ball individually into a circle. Roll it as thin as you can 
4. Heat a skillet, cook the tortilla in a medium heat until you see brown spots appearing. Stay in the medium heat, if it's get too hot, it will become crunchy. We are going for the foldable tortilla here.

Pineapple Salsa

1. Toss all the ingredients in a bowl. Taste it to make sure it suits your taste buds. Add salt and pepper to your preference.