Chipotle Chicken Tacos

Marinating meat is a wonderful thing. It tenderizes the meat and gives it tons of flavor and helps to keep it moist while you are cooking it. However, most of the marinades at the grocery store are loaded with a lot of unhealthy ingredients. It is so incredibly easy to make your own homemade marinades, whether it be for chicken, beef, pork, or turkey.

We saw this marinade recipe and thought it sounded good to try as chipotle chicken tacos. We made the marinade and poured it over chicken breasts in the morning and set it in the refrigerator, covered, until dinner time. We grilled the chicken and then just sliced it into strips for tacos. We used wheat low carb/high protein flour tortillas and topped the tacos with organic salsa, shredded lettuce, reduced fat shredded cheese, and peppers and onions. I also topped mine with some fresh chopped cilantro. We served the tacos with some pinto beans spiced with jalapeno chunks.

I hope you love this chicken recipe. You could use this for tacos, fajitas, wraps, etc...

Chipotle Chicken Tacos
Serves: 4-6
Adapted by: http://www.simplyscratch.com/2010/07/chipotle-chicken-marinade.html

Ingredients:
For the marinade -
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves of garlic smashed, peeled and roughly chopped
1 tablespoon pure honey (try to use local honey)
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 to 4 chipotle chiles in Adobo, roughly chopped (seeds and all)
a pinch of salt and black pepper, to taste

boneless chicken breasts
all the fixings for tacos (feel free to use soft or hard shell tacos and top with whatever you prefer)

Directions:
-In a food processor add the olive oil, honey, salt, pepper, cumin, garlic, and chopped chipotles. Let the processor run until the marinade is thick. Place chicken breasts in a dish and cover with the marinade. Let the chicken marinade for 2-8 hours.
-Grill the chicken breasts until cooked completely and then slice into strips for the tacos
-Prepare tacos how you normally prepare them

Enjoy! :)

*Tip:
Canned chipotle chiles in adobe can usually be found in the hispanic food section of the grocery store. We used 3 chipotles because we like things spicy. Try 2 and see if you like the taste first.