first meal

It’s not really the first meal we’ve eaten in our new home. We’ve had toast, ailment cereal, pills coffee, turkey chili and many many sandwiches. But it was the first time I really cooked on a weeknight, for just the two of us. And it was just lovely. I made chicken tacos with hominy salsa, which Tom loves and is easy to make. I cooked the chicken in a spicy chipotle broth and seasoned it with chili powder, cumin and a bit of saffron. The hominy salsa is my standard for any tacos and also works well on chili and veggie burgers.

Recipes below

Chicken Taco filling

2 chicken breasts, sliced very thin
1 small chipotle pepper in adobo, chopped into tiny pieces
1/2 – 3/4 cup chicken stock
1 tsp. ground cumin
2 tsps. chili powder
1/8 tsp. ground saffron

Heat a non-stick skillet on medium-high with a light coat of cooking spray. Once it’s hot, add the chicken and brown for about 3 minutes. Add the stock, chipotle pepper, cumin, chili powder and saffron. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for another 10 – 15 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the stock reduces a bit.

Spoon into 2 small, warm corn tortillas and top with hominy salsa.

Hominy Salsa

1 15 oz can white hominy
1 small yellow onion, chopped
1 large handful of chopped cilantro
juice of 2 limes

Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl and let stand for 15 – 20 minutes. Serve with tacos, chips, on top of homemade chili, on veggie burgers, etc.