EXCELLENT CORN TACOS WITH PULLED PORK AND CHIPOTLE DRY RUBBED CHICKEN

POUNDED ROASTED TOMATO SALSA

TOPPINGS FOR THE TACO'S, PICO DE GALLO, ROASTED TOMATO SALSA, GRATED CHEDDAR, CRISPY ICEBERG LETTUCE, SOUR CREAM AND GUACAMOLE

DRY PAN FRIED CORN WITH CORIANDER

BBQ PULLED PORK BUTT

CHARGRILLED CHICKEN WITH CHIPTOLE DRY RUB SEASONING

THE TRADITIONAL WHITE CORN TORTILLAS

OVER STUFFED TACO YUMMY...

INGREDIENTS

1/2 iceberg lettuce shredded

1 pot sour cream

1 avocado

1 onion fine diced

3 tomatoes de-seeded and fine chopped

2 tomatoes roasted and peeled

1 bunch coriander chopped

1 lime

Salt and pepper

200g cheddar or manchaego

1 corn on the cob

50g butter

1 chicken breast

DRY RUB INGREDIENTS

1 tbsp BBQ spice or blackened spice

1 tsp cayenne pepper

1 pinch garlic powder

salt and pepper to taste

BBQ PULLED PORK

1 pork shoulder

50ml liquid smoke

2ltr coke cola

1 pack BBQ spice mix

water to top up

WHITE CORN TORTILLAS

225g masa harina

1 pinch of salt

1 tbsp ooil

300ml hot, not boiling water

TO MAKE THE BBQ PULLED PORK BUTT

Take the pork and rub with the BBQ spice and liquid smoke, place in a deep roasting tin, pour in the coke and water to cover the pork, cover the roasting tin with tin foil.  Place in the oven at 160 degrees for 2-3hrs.  Once cooked, peel off any fat and discard, using two forks pull the meat apart, this should fall apart with no effort, if it is resistant, cover and place back in the oven for another 30-60 minutes.  Let the pulled pork soak up all the cooking BBQ juices, if you feel the juices are too loose pop tray back in the oven with out a lid and on 200 degrees reduce the stock to the required thickness.

TO MAKE THE CORN TORTILLAS

It is so worth making your own tortillas, they take only a few minutes and taste amazing.  Place the masa harina, salt and ooil in a bowl, add half the water and mix, add the rest slowly while bringing the dough together to a ball.  knead for five minutes until the dough is smooth but still a little sticky, cover with a damp cloth and leave for 30 minutes.  Take a 50 pence size piece of the dough and place on a square of cling film, top with more cling film and roll out in to a 6" circle.  To cook pre heat a non stick flat griddle or pan and place the tortilla, two at a time if you can, cook for approx 30 seconds each side, you want to puff up a little and slightly char each side.  Take a tea towel and warm it in the tumble dryer or microwave and wrap the cooked tortillas in to keep warm while you cook the rest just before serving.

DRY RUB CHICKEN

Take chicken breasts or a whole chicken, and rub the seasoning all over and inside cavities, cook the chicken and shred with two forks.

ROASTED TOMATO SALSA

In a hot non stick pan

PICO DE GALLO

One of my favourites, take the 3 toms chopped and de-seeded and mix with the finely chopped onions, coriander and season with salt and pepper, and adjust the final flavour with lime juice.  You can add anything to this like red and green peppers, diced avocado etc.

ROASTED TOMATO SALSA

Take three tomatoes and roast off on a dry pan, peel the skin off and place in a pestle and mortar.  Add chopped onion, coriander some salt and black pepper corns, a hint of lime juice and dash of ooil.  Pound together well and add some red or green chilli.

GUACAMOLE

Such a simple and gorgeous dip and topping, take a really ripe, (this is really important) avocado, scoop out and place in a bowl, season with salt and pepper, add a squeeze of lime, finely dice some red pepper, a garlic clove maybe and a little onion, I like to really finely dice these and mix into the avocado,  mash together with a fork, I don't like to blend as it becomes one mush of flavour.

DRY PAN FRIED CORN

take a corn on the cob, this maximise the flavour of the corn, in a hot hot non stick pan add the corn and toss, let some of the kernels catch a little as this caramelises the sweetness in the corn, do this for a couple of minutes, turn the heat down and add a generous knob of butter, season to taste, some fresh coriander can enhance this dish further.

LET THE PARTY BEGIN

Take a taco, fill with what ever you fancy and top with what ever you fancy, eat and enjoy and repeat.