Name: Chicken tacos with spicy cucumber salsa
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 fresh corn cob; 2 lebanese cucumbers, seeded, chopped; 1 small red onion, finely chopped; 1/2 bunch coriander, chopped; 1 lime, grated zest, juice; 1/2 long red chilli, thinly sliced (optional); 2 teaspoon woolworths select sweet chilli sauce or to taste; 12 woolworths select taco shells; 1/2 iceberg lettuce, shredded; 2 tomatoes, sliced; 1 barbeque chicken, meat shredded, bones discarded; lime wedges, to serve

Chicken tacos with spicy cucumber salsa

Spice up dinner tonight with these succulent chicken tacos garnished with a spicy cucumber salsa!

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Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

15M

Total

30M

Ingredients

1 fresh corn cob

2 lebanese cucumbers, seeded, chopped

1 small red onion, finely chopped

1/2 bunch coriander, chopped

1 lime, grated zest, juice

1/2 long red chilli, thinly sliced (optional)

2 teaspoon woolworths select sweet chilli sauce or to taste

12 woolworths select taco shells

1/2 iceberg lettuce, shredded

2 tomatoes, sliced

1 barbeque chicken, meat shredded, bones discarded

lime wedges, to serve

Method

1.Heat a chargrill pan on medium. Cook corn on all sides for 10-15 minutes. Using a sharp knife, remove corn kernels from cob.

2.In a medium bowl, combine cucumber, onion, coriander, zest, juice, chilli and sweet chilli sauce together to make salsa. Season to taste.

3.Heat taco shells following packet instructions.

4.To serve, fill taco shells evenly with lettuce and tomato. Top with chicken and cucumber salsa. Sprinkle with corn. Serve accompanied with lime wedges.

Add chopped pineapple or mango to the salsa. Replace the sweet chilli sauce with a few drops of Tabasco.
Note

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