It’s been almost a year since I tried Jamaican Jerk Chicken for the first time. Cody and I were on our honeymoon (that’s right, we’ve almost been married a year! Happy Anniversary to us 😉 ) and had just arrived at our resort. We had been traveling since the night before, with back to back flights and ZERO time to eat. When we got to the resort in the middle of the afternoon, we were STARVING! So Cody walked around the resort looking for anything he could find (since it wasn’t lunch or dinner time yet) and came back with Jerk Chicken Legs and vegetables. While the chicken was definitely tasty and delicious, the spicy factor was WAY more than I could handle!
Don’t worry, I’ve toned it down a little for this recipe 😉 And if you love spicy, just add more of the spices to the chicken! I’ll fully admit that I’m a little bit (a lot a bit) of a weakling when it comes to spicy food. However, the creamy avocado and the sweet mango in the Mango Avocado Salsa balances it all out!
Now the term salsa is a pretty loose term, here. It’s really just cubed chunks of both mango and avocado. But it just seems like Mango Avocado Cubed Chunks doesn’t have the same appeal as Mango Avocado Salsa, you with me?
Ok now let’s talk about the chicken! It’s important to note that I made these tacos completely out of leftover chicken. Why is that important? Because you need to know that I’m human like you and that I don’t have time to make some fancy chicken recipe. This was totally one of those let’s-take-everything-that’s-about-to-go-bad-in-the-fridge-and-make-it-into-tacos kind of recipes! Earlier that week, I had roasted a whole organic chicken (this roaster is the BEST and I use it all of the time!). I typically do this once a week and then use the different parts of the chicken throughout the week in different recipes (or just eat leftover chicken). This is a huge time saver, and it makes weeknight meals SO much easier! In these Jerk Chicken Tacos w/ Mango Avocado Salsa, I used about 2 chicken breasts worth of leftover meat.
And of course, I used these delicious Organic Corn Tortillas that also happen to be gluten-free. 😉 These are the same tortillas I used in the Spicy Salmon Tacos w/ Avocado Lime Dressing, in case you accidentally buy way too many tortillas and have a need to consume tacos on a bi-weekly basis. Not that I know anything about that. Nope.
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Jerk Chicken Tacos w/ Mango Avocado Salsa
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts (or an equivalent amount of chicken meat)
- 1 tsp crushed coriander
- 2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp dried red pepper
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp garlic
- salt/pepper
- 1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
- 1 lime
- 1 mango
- 1 avocado
- 1 cup shredded purple cabbage
- 2 cups romaine lettuce
- 4 organic corn tortillas
Instructions
- If using leftover chicken, simply shred and set aside. If cooking fresh chicken, begin to cook the chicken breasts over medium heat.
- While the chicken is cooking, mix the spices and salt/pepper together. Use half of the spices to cook the chicken with, and set the other half aside.
- Mix the other half of the spices with the greek yogurt and juice from the lime.
- Cube the mango and the avocado.
- Top each tortilla with lettuce, cabbage, chicken, mango, avocado, and jerk spice sauce.
- Serve and enjoy!
Jeannie@jeanniestriedandtruerecipes says:
This looks like a great taco night recipe! I love your photos…the colors are beautiful.
Christine McMichael replied:
Definitely perfect for taco night! Thanks so much, Jeannie! 🙂
annie@ciaochowbambina says:
Oh yum! These flavors and colors just pop! Now I’m craving and it’s only 8am!
Christine McMichael replied:
Hahaha, that’s awesome, Annie! I hope you enjoy the recipe! 🙂
tauyanm says:
adding this recipe to my chicken breast dishes!!! looks very yummy!
Christine McMichael replied:
Yay! I hope you enjoy the recipe, Tauyanm! 🙂
Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen says:
These look wonderful Christine! I love jerk chicken, and the sweet mango avocado salsa with the spicy jerk chicken is perfect!
Christine McMichael replied:
Thanks, Mary Ann! Oh me too, it’s so good!
Rosey says:
lol on the salsa description. I feel ya. This sounds really good!
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says:
I bet the added mango adds so much flavor. I am a huge fan of jerk chicken. I was just looking for new dinner recipes, I will have to try this one out.
Tina says:
I love mango! I must try this one because the mangos are just coming in and will be in season all summer long! Thanks!
Travel Pockets says:
Such a colorful looking dish! Would love to try this dish out. Thanks for sharing!
Tess says:
These look delicious! I love the flavours of mango and avocado together and the jerk chicken seasoning sounds like the perfect spicy counterpart. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Jen | A Sip of Bliss says:
These look so good! I love mango!
-Jen
http://www.asipofbliss.com
Matz says:
This looks absolutely great. I love tacos and mangoes.
Jared @ thehesitantchef.com says:
Yeah, I’d say I would eat that. No convincing necessary!
Shirley Wood says:
What a yummy flavor combination. The mango and avocado addition sounds scrumptious! Pinning so I can add these to my Taco Tuesday menu.
Amanda | Maple Alps says:
These look so good! And what a great giveaway! Exciting! 😀
Dom says:
This looks totally delicious!!! Love the addition of pineapple – always enhances the island flavours of jerk chicken…