Tacos are one of my favorite “quick dinners.” For the most part, it all comes down to assembly. I tend to make tacos more as a way to clean my fridge of various vegetables (lettuce, tomatoes, corn, avocados, etc.) but this recipe from the August issue of Cooking Light sounded so tasty I couldn’t wait for a fridge-cleaning day, went out, and bought these ingredients.
Ingredients:
2 ears shucked corn (or 1 cup frozen corn kernels, thawed)
1 package baby heirloom tomatoes
Salt and pepper, to taste
8 (6-inch) corn tortillas
1/4 rotisserie chicken
1 peeled avocado, cut into 16 slices
8 lime wedges
Preheat your broiler. Place the corn on a pan and broil the corn for 18 minutes, rotating every 6 minutes to allow for an even char. If you are using frozen corn kernels, allow them to thaw. No cooking/broiling needed — you can skip down to combining the kernels with the tomatoes.
While the corn is cooking, quarter the tomatoes. Shred your chicken.
Cut the kernels from the corn.
Place the kernels in a bowl and mix in the tomatoes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Heat the tortillas. Divide the chicken evenly among the tortillas.
Top each with 1/4 cup of the corn mixture and 2 avocado slices. Serve with lime wedges.
I loved the flavors in this dish. However, I don’t feel like the flavor of the corn had the chance to shine through, so I’d suggest using defrosted corn kernels to speed up the process. The colors of this are so pretty too! Heirloom tomatoes add extra pizazz, but using plain old cherry or grape tomatoes would get the job done.
I really like this dish because the average taco is just loaded with meat and has a little lettuce and yours is packed with a lot more flavor. Much healthier also. Thanks for sharing.
I just found your blog. I love it. These look delish. Buzzed 🙂
-Michelle
Pretty taco!!! Great stuff in there, avocado, corn, tomatoes – yum!
Not only does this sound delicious – it is a feast for the eyes! Beautiful!
Great way to use up leftover chicken and I love all the veggies. Beautiful and colorful.
Yummy this looks delicious!! 🙂
Looks so lovely, Like the combo with avocado, great simple recipe.
Yummy sounding taco and I love the fact that it is so easily put together. 🙂
I love tacos. I am excited to try them like this.
Looks wonderful. Love tacos.
Grilled corn has been my absolute favorite veggie this year. I cannot get enough of it. Those tomatoes look pretty delicious as well!
Hubby and I love making tacos. I love these because of all of the great ingredients you added! Especially that avocado and the corn!
We’re totally on the same wavelength. I was staring at that recipe in the magazine debating whether to try it. Glad you did it first and gave some feedback 🙂 Your photos look awesome.
I also use tacos for cleaning out the fridge! Looks yummy!