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Crispy Chicken Ceasar Tacos

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Crispy Chicken Caesar Tacos

Bring bold flavour and casual sophistication to your menu with this Crispy Chicken Caesar Taco. Soft flour tortillas are generously filled with crispy sliced chicken fillets, rindless back bacon, baby gem lettuce, red onion, cherry tomatoes and a rich avocado cream. Finished with crunchy croutons, shaved Parmesan and a drizzle of creamy Caesar dressing, this dish delivers familiar flavours in a fresh, modern format. A ready-made dressing keeps prep time to a minimum without compromising on taste.

Recipe created exclusively for Chefs’ Selections by Chloe Quinlan, MasterChef quarter-finalist.

Fusion Innovation: This dish perfectly captures the ‘familiar-yet-fresh’ trend, transforming the beloved Caesar salad into an exciting handheld format that appeals to diners seeking comfort food with a contemporary twist.

Ingredients

For the meat:

4Chefs’ Selections American Style Battered Chicken Fillets

2Unsmoked Streaky Bacon Rashers

For the croutons:

2 slicesDay-old Bread (cut into cubes)

1 tspChefs’ Selections Garlic Powder

1 tspChefs’ Selections Dried Mixed Herbs

PinchChefs’ Selections Cracked Black Pepper

PinchChefs’ Selections Salt

1 tspOlive Oil

For the avo cream:

1Ripe Avocado (cut into chunks)

2 heaped tbspSour Cream

1 tspChefs’ Selections Garlic Purée

2 tspLime Juice

⅓ tspChefs’ Selections Cracked Black Pepper

⅓ tspChefs’ Selections Salt

For the Caesar Salad:

1Baby Gem Lettuce

7Cherry Tomatoes

⅓Red Onion (finely sliced)

2 tbspChefs’ Selections Caesar Dressing

To serve:

4Soft White Medium Tortillas

50gParmesan (grated)

Method

Pre-heat your oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6.
Cook your Chefs’ Selections chicken and bacon as per the package instructions.

For the croutons, place the bread cubes in a bowl with all other ingredients and mix so all evenly coated.
Place on a lined baking tray and bake in the oven for 10 minutes until crispy. Set aside until ready to serve.

Meanwhile, onto your avo cream. Place all ingredients in a food processor/blender/or use a stick blender and blitz until smooth.
Set aside in the fridge until ready to serve.

For the Caesar salad, mix all ingredients in a medium bowl and season with a pinch of pepper.
Cut your chicken into slices and roughly chop/break your bacon into small chunks.

To assemble, spread each tortilla with avo cream, top each with Caesar salad, followed by sliced chicken, a sprinkle of bacon, Parmesan and croutons.
Serve in a taco tray.

Warm the tortillas briefly in a dry pan or microwave before assembling to make them more pliable. Assemble the tacos just before serving to prevent the croutons from going soft and maintain the crispy textures.