Grilled Chicken Nachos With Lime Crema Food

GRILLED CHICKEN NACHOS WITH LIME CREMA

Steps:

• Whisk tequila, oil, lime juice, cilantro, cumin, garlic powder, salt, and cayenne for marinade together in a bowl. Place chicken slices into a plastic bag, add marinade, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Mix sour cream, mayonnaise, lime zest and juice, and enough heavy cream to make crema thin enough together in a bowl and refrigerate.
• Remove chicken from the refrigerator and let come to room temperature for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Cook chicken on the preheated grill until caramelized and no longer pink in the center, about 5 minutes on each side.
• Lay tortilla chips out in a single layer over two cookie sheets. Mix pepper Jack and Mexican cheese together and sprinkle half of the mixture over the chips. Cut the grilled chicken into bite-sized pieces and distribute evenly over cheese. Top chicken with remaining cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, 10 to 15 minutes. Drizzle lime crema over nachos and sprinkle with cilantro.

LIME CREMA

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, combine all of the ingredients and whisk until well blended and creamy.
• Use at once or cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days.

GRILLED CHICKEN NACHOS WITH LIME CREMA

Steps:

• Whisk tequila, oil, lime juice, cilantro, cumin, garlic powder, salt, and cayenne for marinade together in a bowl. Place chicken slices into a plastic bag, add marinade, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Mix sour cream, mayonnaise, lime zest and juice, and enough heavy cream to make crema thin enough together in a bowl and refrigerate.
• Remove chicken from the refrigerator and let come to room temperature for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Cook chicken on the preheated grill until caramelized and no longer pink in the center, about 5 minutes on each side.
• Lay tortilla chips out in a single layer over two cookie sheets. Mix pepper Jack and Mexican cheese together and sprinkle half of the mixture over the chips. Cut the grilled chicken into bite-sized pieces and distribute evenly over cheese. Top chicken with remaining cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, 10 to 15 minutes. Drizzle lime crema over nachos and sprinkle with cilantro.

GRILLED CHICKEN TACOS WITH AVOCADO CREMA

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix together 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, cumin, and chili powder. Sprinkle cumin mixture over chicken and massage well.
• Preheat grill on medium-high. Lightly brushed grill with oil. Place chicken on grill and cook for 5 minutes. Flip chicken and cook for 5 minutes more. Continue to flip chicken in 5-minute increments until internal temperature is 165 degrees F, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a clean, medium-sized mixing bowl and cover loosely with foil.
• In a medium mixing bowl add 1 chopped avocado, mayonnaise, zest of 1 lime, 1 tablespoon lime juice, and cilantro; mash together using a fork and whisk until smooth. Remove foil from chicken and shred into bite-size pieces using 2 forks.
• Warm tortillas in a dry skillet. Transfer to a clean kitchen towel and wrap to keep warm. Continue to warm remaining tortillas. Assemble tacos; in each tortilla layer shredded cabbage, chicken, pico de gallo, remaining avocado cut into slices, chopped jalapeños, and cilantro. Serve with remaining limes cut into wedges and side of avocado-cilantro crema.

LIME CHICKEN NACHOS

Steps:

• Cut chicken into small strips.
• Combine lime jice, pepper, chili powder and olive oil and use it to coat chicken. Marinate chicken for at least half an hour.
• While chicken is marinating, cut up onion and cook corn. Toss these with an additional 1 tablespoon of lime juice.
• Grill or pan-fry marinated chicken pieces. When finished, add them to the salsa mixture.
• Serve over tortilla chips. Add cheese if desired.