HAND HELDS / May 6, 2018

SALSA VERDE CHICKEN TACOS

that In honor of Cinco De Mayo falling on the fifth of May this year, we’re sharing these incredible Salsa Verde Chicken Tacos with you!

We all know you’re still feeling the festive spirit and tacos couldn’t be better than anything else this weekend.

Aside from Margaritas like these ones that are almost always our go to cocktail recipe, of course.

One thing you might not know about me that I haven’t shared is that I’ve started trying to eat 80% gluten free. I’m not gluten intolerant and I don’t get super ill when eating gluten, I just feel completely bloated and gross when I do eat it. I’ve been making a conscious effort to make recipes without gluten and seriously decrease my intake, I call it a “Reduced Gluten Diet”. Weekends are NOT easy because the temptation is too real to be honest. If I could eat warm bread and butter every day of my life I don’t think I would ever not be happy.

BUT the way bread, pizza, pitas, flour, waffles, burgers, and everything I basically love made me feel, I had to consciously make a huge change. And it is so hard.

That’s why I absolutely love these Salsa Verde Chicken Tacos, they’re gluten free and still totally amazing. This recipe uses corn tortillas instead of flour and I find myself not missing them at all.

Corn tortillas are charred perfectly over a hot flame and in doing so the edges caramelize and get slightly crispy, it’s the freaking best. Inside of the tacos is still soft and warm but the outside gives this recipe a whole new world.

This Salsa Verde Chicken Taco recipe is slow cooker (can I get a hell yes?!) so it’s super easy and literally no mess. Combining the chicken breasts with spices and green salsa verde gives it so much flavor while making sure the chicken still has enough sauce to stay happy in.

Toppings for these Salsa Verde Chicken Tacos are literally endless, I mean have you had tacos before?! In this instance we chose sliced avocado, queso fresco (a MUST!), fresh cilantro, and my absolute new favorite Valentina (mhm it’s so good). Feel free to add diced red onion, sour cream, guacamole instead of sliced avocado, lettuce, tomatoes. We could go on forever.

Once the chicken is cooked, it’s shredded, and it soaks in the salsa verde seasoned sauce until ready. Use this recipe on a week night because it’s so easy and the actual preparation is practically effortless. We made these one night when we knew we wouldn’t have time to make a long meal and it was perfection.