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Chicken Street Tacos From The Cookbook Every Family Needs

September 18, 2018
These Chicken Street Tacos fulfills every family's weeknight dinner dreams: easy, healthy, and truly delicious! From A Chef Walks Into a Cafeteria Cookbook. #chicken #chickentacos #healthyMexican #AChefWalksIntoACafeteria
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Raise your hand if meal time is a pain in your butt? I know you can’t see me, but my hand is raised.

You may be surprised to find out that making dinner every night is one of my least favorite tasks. I shared this with Armando the other night and even he was stunned by this news. It’s not that I don’t like cooking—I very much do—it’s just cooking for children that I don’t enjoy.

These Chicken Street Tacos fulfills every family's weeknight dinner dreams: easy, healthy, and truly delicious! From A Chef Walks Into a Cafeteria Cookbook. #chicken #chickentacos #healthyMexican #AChefWalksIntoACafeteria

Rarely do I see a recipe in a cookbook that I think they will eat willingly. It is my firm belief that most cookbooks are made specifically for adults—as they should be I guess, since they are the ones who buy them—but it makes it hard when you are tasked with filling the bellies of small children on a daily basis to come up with something everyone can get excited about.

These Chicken Street Tacos fulfills every family's weeknight dinner dreams: easy, healthy, and truly delicious! From A Chef Walks Into a Cafeteria Cookbook. #chicken #chickentacos #healthyMexican #AChefWalksIntoACafeteria

But, but, but there’s a new cookbook that I’ve been cooking from all summer and I’m not kidding friends, every recipe I’ve made from here my kids have devoured. The book is called A Chef Walks Into a Cafeteria… by Emily Burson, RD, Chef Brandon Neumen, and the entire team behind School Nutrition Plus. It is the most popular recipes that these school lunch pros serve to over 20,000 kids daily so they are definitely kid-friendly but they are also interesting enough that both Armando and I can get happy about eating them too.

Let’s take a peek inside.

These Chicken Street Tacos fulfills every family's weeknight dinner dreams: easy, healthy, and truly delicious! From A Chef Walks Into a Cafeteria Cookbook. #chicken #chickentacos #healthyMexican #AChefWalksIntoACafeteria

Recipes for breakfast like this Quinoa Granola.

These Chicken Street Tacos fulfills every family's weeknight dinner dreams: easy, healthy, and truly delicious! From A Chef Walks Into a Cafeteria Cookbook. #chicken #chickentacos #healthyMexican #AChefWalksIntoACafeteria

Everyone in our house devoured this Bolognese recipe.

These Chicken Street Tacos fulfills every family's weeknight dinner dreams: easy, healthy, and truly delicious! From A Chef Walks Into a Cafeteria Cookbook. #chicken #chickentacos #healthyMexican #AChefWalksIntoACafeteria

And I haven’t tried this Pineapple Slaw but it looks REALLY good!

One of the kid’s favorite recipes has been the Chicken Street Taco. They have an addictive spice rub with just the right balance of cayenne to brown sugar that gives them a little kick but not too spicy that the kids won’t eat it.

These Chicken Street Tacos fulfills every family's weeknight dinner dreams: easy, healthy, and truly delicious! From A Chef Walks Into a Cafeteria Cookbook. #chicken #chickentacos #healthyMexican #AChefWalksIntoACafeteria

Emily and her crew have been kind enough to share a copy with me that I can give to YOU! So head on over to Instagram to enter to win it.

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Chicken Street Tacos From The Cookbook Every Family Needs

Recipe shared with permission from A Chef Walks Into a Cafeteria by Emily Burton, RD, Chef Brandon Neumen and School Nutrition Plus

  • Author: Kate
  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 12 tacos 1x
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Ingredients

Southwestern Dry Rub:

  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons paprika
  • 2 tablespoons granulated garlic
  • 1 tablespoon ground mustard
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne

Tacos:

  • 1/4 cup Southwestern Rub
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • 24 (4.5-inch) corn tortillas
  • 6 tablespoons chopped onion
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • Favorite salsa
  • 6 lime wedges

Instructions

For Southwestern Dry Rub:

  1. Mix all dried spices together in a bowl. Use 1/4 cup to make the tacos, and store remaining rub in an airtight container.

For Tacos:

  1. Combine 1/4 cup rub, oil, and lime juice in a bowl. Toss chicken in marinade. Rub all over chicken. Cover with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for at least 2 hours or overnight.
  2. Preheat oven to 350°F. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; cook chicken 2 minutes on each side.
  3. Place chicken on sheet pan and bake in oven 12 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165°F (mine took 20 minutes).
  4. Pull from oven. Tent with foil and let it rest for 10 minutes.
  5. Dice chicken and heat tortillas according to package directions. Divide tortillas into 12 stacks of 2 tortillas each. Divide chicken evenly among tortilla stacks. Top with onions, cilantro, and salsa. Serve with lime wedges.

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OTHER RAMOS FAMILY FAVORITES:

  • Picadillo Enchiladas
  • Chicken Milanesa Sandwiches

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