Ground Chicken/Shrimp Tacos

INGREDIENTS:
- Corn tortillas (I always get the small tortillas, and you can use flour tortillas as well)
- Taco seasoning
- Shredded lettuce
- Cotija cheese (or shredded nacho cheese! whatever you have)
- Salsa
- OPTIONAL: I topped these with cilantro jalapeño lime and chipotle aiolis, mango slaw, and elote dip.
  - Aioli Recipe: (https://cookinginclerkship871672316.wordpress.com/2020/05/04/chipotle-aioli-cilantro-jalapeno-lime-aioli/)
  - Mango Slaw: https://cookinginclerkship871672316.wordpress.com/2020/05/06/mango-slaw/
  - Elote Dip: https://cookinginclerkship871672316.wordpress.com/2020/05/05/elote-dip/
- Ground Chicken Tacos
  - 1 lb of ground chicken
  - 1 bell pepper sliced (I used red)
  - 1 can of green chilis
  - Oil (1 tablespoon)
- Shrimp Tacos
  - Frozen pre-cooked shrimp (thawed)
DIRECTIONS:
- Ground chicken tacos
  1. Heat up 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan (medium heat)
  2. Put the ground chicken in the pan and cook for 5-7 minutes – breaking up the chicken (cook until no longer pink, and color turns a light brown)
  3. Add taco seasoning, sliced peppers, and green chilis – combine and cook for an additional 3 minutes until peppers are less firm
  4. Remove from heat and put on warmed tortillas
- Shrimp tacos
  1. Put thawed, cooked shrimp in a pan over medium heat, sprinkle taco seasoning on it, cook for about a minute on each side.
  2. Remove from heat and serve on warmed tortillas
TIPS: You don’t need to make both types of tacos each night. Also, you can warm up tortillas in the microwave (about 15 seconds) or in a pan on the stove. I also prefer the mango slaw with the shrimp tacos, but my friends say it is good on everything! The shrimp tacos are awesome because you can make without a stove top (just toss them in taco seasoning and warm up for 30 seconds in the microwave).
Pros: Healthy, easy, and awesome for meal prep! I love all varieties of tacos, and you can use the protein for various dishes throughout the week. You can use the chicken on a salad, in pasta sauce, or a burrito. You can put the shrimp on salads, pasta, burritos, in quinoa bowls or just on it’s own! Also, the shrimp is precooked so just so easy to prep.
Cons: You can’t make ground chicken without a stovetop, but you can use a rotisserie chicken and make shredded chicken tacos and use a frozen fajita blend for the pepper mixture!

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