Thai Chicken Tacos with Beet Infused Pickled Onions
Not your average taco! Beet infused pickled onions are the bomb, y'all. Get in my belly!
Ingredients
- 16 ounces Chicken breasts or thighs - whichever fits your diet plan
- Mushroom powder optional seasoning for chicken
- 1/2 tsp dried orange peel optional seasoning for chicken
- 1 tablespoon Chile Lime optional seasoning for chicken
- Lime Leaves a couple *see notes
- 1 cup Yogurt I prefer Siggi's Triple Cream
- Lime juice and zest
- 2 cups cabbage slaw or shredded cabbage
- sliced radishes
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- Salt and pepper
- Purple onion
- 1/4 teaspoon beet root powder *see notes
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 ounce Rice Vinegar divided
- 1 teaspoon minced ginger
- 2 tablespoons Harmless Hunny or other sweetener of choice *see notes
- green onions for garnish
- Pineapple Mango Salsa optional
- tortillas gluten-free, low-carb, wraps, whatever you like
Instructions
- To an instant pot, add one cup of chicken broth (or just water), chicken, Chile Lime seasoning, Mushroom Seasoning Blend, orange peel, Lime Leaves, salt and pepper.
- Alternatively, cook chicken in an a crock pot, oven, or stove top. You could also use this method, which is how I always have prepared chicken on hand. (Or if you don't wanna cook a chicken, just use a rotisserie chicken!)
- In a small bowl, mix 1 ounce Rice Vinegar, 1/4 tsp beet root powder, 1 tablespoon Harmless Hunny (or Pyure Stevia Powder or Liquid to taste - measurement will vary depending on the sweetener you use)
- Peel and thinly slice the red onion, place in small bowl with the mixture from step three (one ounce of the vinegar, Harmless Hunny (or pure stevia), and beet root powder.) Let the onion mixture marinate and pickle while you prepare the other ingredients.
- In a small jar, mix sesame oil, one ounce of vinegar, ginger and one tablespoon of Harmless Hunny and pour over cabbage, toss to coat and set aside.
- Make Lime Crema, by mixing yogurt, lime juice and lime zest together, set aside.
- Shred the cooked chicken by pulling apart with two forks, add more salt and pepper if necessary.
- Warm tortillas, build tacos by putting chicken on a warm tortilla, topped with the cabbage slaw, sliced radishes, beet infused onions and lime crema. Thinly sliced green onion goes on top as a garnish.
- Serve with Pineapple Mango Salsa if desired.
Notes
Lime Leaves are availabe in the herb section of some grocery stores. If you have a hard time finding it there, check out your local Asian Supermarkets.
Beetroot Powder is found in bulk sections of stores like Three Rivers Market and other Zero Waste Style Stores, but you can also find it on Amazon.
Trader Joe's has a great Chile Lime seasoning blend that I use sometimes. Other times, I mix my own. If you can't find Chile Lime Seasoning, just use chile powder and a squeeze of lime! I also add a dash of Trader Joe's Umami Mushroom Seasoning Blend.
If you like to make bulk foods, go ahead and make an instant pot full of the chicken and use it in other recipes throughout the week.
You can also make Avocado Lime Crema to top these.
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