Make Your Own Tacos Bar
×Category: International Ingredients | Type: Mexican | Servings: 10 | By: The Mikey
Taco bar with chipotle turkey and pork-and-bell-pepper fillings, toppings, and yellow pico de gallo.
Ingredients
- Chipotle Turkey Taco Filling
- Extra-Virgin Olive Oil (1 turn of the pan): 1 TBSP
- Ground Turkey Breast (the average weight of 1 package): 1 1/3 Lbs.
- Onion (Chopped, Small): 1
- Garlic (Chopped): 2 Clove
- Chipotles In Adobo Sauce (Chopped): 2
- Tomato Sauce: 1 Cup
- Chili Powder (a rounded palmful)
- Salt
- Water: 1/2 Cup
- Pork and Bell Pepper Filling
- Extra-Virgin Olive Oil (1 turn of the pan): 1 TBSP
- Ground Pork: 1 1/3 Lbs.
- Red Bell Pepper (Chopped): 0.5
- Yellow Bell Pepper (Chopped): 0.5
- Green Bell Pepper (Chopped, Small): 1
- Ground Cumin (a palmful): 1 TBSP
- Cayenne Pepper Sauce (Optional)
- Allspice: 1/2 TSP
- Salt And Freshly Ground Black Pepper (Fresh, Ground)
- Water: 1/2 Cup
- Taco Bar Assembly
- Shredded Cheddar Or Smoked Cheddar (Shredded, about 1/2 pound): 1 1/2 Cup
- Shredded Monterey Pepper Jack Cheese (Shredded, about 1/2 pound): 1 1/2 Cup
- Shredded Romaine Lettuce (Shredded, 2 hearts)
- Scallions (Chopped): 6
- Diced Red Plum Tomatoes (Diced)
- Taco Sauce (any brand)
- Yellow Pico De Gallo (recipe follows)
- Super Size Taco Shells (Warmed, to package directions): 10
- Yellow Pico de Gallo
- Yellow Vine Ripe Tomatoes (Seeded, Diced): 3
- Jalapeno Peppers (Chopped, Seeded, Small): 2
- White Onion (Chopped, Small): 1
- Fresh Cilantro Leaves (Chopped): 3 TBSP
- Coarse Salt
Instructions
- Chipotle Turkey Taco Filling
- In a small skillet preheated over medium high heat, add oil and turkey breast meat.
- Brown meat 2 or 3 minutes, then add onions and garlic.
- Cook onions and meat together for another 3 to 5 minutes.
- Stir in chipotles, chili powder and tomato sauce.
- Season your filling with salt to your taste.
- Stir 1/2 cup water into your filling.
- Reduce heat to medium low and simmer until ready to serve.
- Pork and Bell Pepper Filling
- Heat a small to medium skillet over medium high heat.
- Add oil and pork to hot pan.
- Break up pork as it browns, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add peppers to the pork and season mixture with cumin, cayenne sauce, allspice, salt and pepper.
- Reduce heat to moderate and cook filling 5 minutes longer.
- Add 1/2 cup water to the pork.
- Reduce heat to low to keep filling warm.
- Yellow Pico de Gallo
- Combine all Pico de Gallo ingredients in a small bowl and serve.
- Taco Bar Assembly
- To assemble bar, arrange taco shells next to the stove top.
- Serve the fillings from the skillets they were cooked in.
- Place toppings in small dishes on opposite side of the stove top.
- Note: Tex Mex Red Beans and Rice or store bought refried beans make a great side dish.
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