How to make Tacos Nicaraguense/ Como Hacer Tacos Nicaraguense

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often cheaper.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

hot sauce

🥗Healthier: salsa verde

💰Cheaper: chili powder

Salsa verde provides flavor with fewer calories, while chili powder is cost-effective.

Prep the chicken by cleaning it and adding it to a large pot.

Add 1/4 of an onion and a few garlic cloves to the pot with the chicken.

Season the chicken with salt, pepper, and any other desired seasonings.

For the salad, wash the cabbage and then add lemon juice, salt, and tomatoes last.

Cut up 1/2 an onion and 1 whole bell pepper for the taco filling.

Heat oil in a hot skillet and add the bell pepper and onions.

Sweat the onions and bell pepper, then add the shredded chicken to the skillet.

Mix everything together and season with salt and pepper.

Add about 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, and mustard to the mixture.

Let the filling cook down for a few minutes over medium heat.

Once the filling is done, heat a few corn tortillas to prepare for assembly.

Add frying oil to a hot skillet for frying the tacos.

Assemble the tacos by adding the chicken filling to the tortilla and rolling it up.

Fry the rolled tacos in the hot oil until they are nice and crunchy.

Add a generous amount of the salad on top of the tacos or on the side.

Top the salad with Crema or table cream and add ketchup.

Cooking Techniques

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