Korean-style chicken tacos recipe
Korean and Mexican food cultures come together deliciously in this flavour-packed, crowd-pleasing dinner recipe that can be rustled up in under half an hour. Let guests pack their own tortillas with aromatic chicken, fiery kimchi coleslaw and a zesty squeeze of lime.
See method- Serves 4
- 15 mins to prepare and 10 mins to cook
- 902 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 3 tbsp soft brown sugar
- 2-3 tbsp hot pepper sauce, depending on how spicy you like it
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- 25g (1oz) ginger, grated
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 x 430g packs chicken thigh fillets, cut into 1cm (1/2in) strips
- 8-12 corn tortillas
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 lime, cut into 4 wedges, to serve
For the coleslaw
- 1 tbsp kimchi paste
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1/2 small white cabbage, finely sliced
- 1 red onion, finely sliced
- 4 tbsp roughly chopped coriander
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 3790kJ 902.0kcal
- Fat
- 38g
- Saturates
- 9g
- Salt
- 4.9g
- Sugars
- 20g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 90.1gProtein 52.7gFibre 5.2g
Method
- Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C.
- In a large bowl, combine the soy sauce,rice vinegar, sugar, hot pepper sauce and cornflour. Mix until smooth. Stir in theginger, garlic and chicken. Set aside while you prepare the coleslaw.
- In a large bowl, mix the kimchi and mayonnaise together. Add the remaining ingredients and stir until thoroughly combined. Season and set aside.
- Wrap the tortillas in tin foil and heat in the oven for 5 minutes.
- Heat thesesame oilin a large wok over a medium to high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 8-10 minutes. Stir as you cook, gradually adding about 200ml (1/2pt) water to prevent the sauce from getting too thick – it should be glossy and smooth.
- Bring everything to the table and let people build up their own tortillas with a layer of chicken, the kimchi mayonnaise coleslaw and a squeeze of lime.
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