Sunday, March 6, 2011

Delicious And Authentic Mexican Food Which is Low Calorie

It may surprise you to know that Mexicans eat beef, chicken, fish, seafood and various kinds of cheese, and various kinds of fruits and vegetables. Famous Mexican foods such as quesadillas, empanadas and Mexican layered salad consumed regularly but Mexican style soup and seafood dishes are also very popular there and the Mexican variety of love.

Typical Mexican food recipe combines meat, poultry, or fish with vegetables such as corn, tomatoes, avocado, onion, peppers, and garlic. Popular spices in authentic Mexican food recipes covering various types of chili powder, cumin, salt and black pepper. Mexican cheese, homemade salsa, tortillas, and sour cream are also served in or with a lot of Mexican food recipes but you can get low-fat versions of cheese and cream, which really does not feel much different from full-fat alternatives.

A Tasty Recipes for Healthy Chicken Tacos

You will need:

* 8 corn tortillas
* 1 / 2 teaspoon salt
* 1 1 / 4 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, diced
* 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
* 1 yellow onion, chopped
* 4 teaspoons canola oil or low-fat spray oil
* 1 cup low-fat sour cream
* 3 cloves garlic chopped
* 1 tablespoon cumin
* 1 jalapeno pepper, de-seeded and chopped
* 1 cup salsa
* 1 / 2 cup grated low-fat cheese
* 1 / 4 cup chopped fresh cilantro


How to make:

Heat half the oil in a skillet over high heat and add chicken. Brown all over for 5 minutes, soaking some began to boil the liquid if the chicken is not browned. Remove chicken from pan. Turn off the heat to medium and add remaining oil. Cook onion in oil until soft. Add garlic, cumin, jalapeno, and paprika. Continue stirring, scraping every bit burnt from the bottom of the pan, cook for about 4 minutes.

Microwave them briefly. Stir in salsa and chicken into the onion mixture and cook until everything is hot. Stir in cilantro and spoon a taco filling into warm tortilla. Great food has always been a way of life in our homes and many have different easy recipes to choose from is very important.