Smashed Avocado With Crispy Chicken, Pickled Onions & Tortillas
This recipe brings together crispy, flavorful chicken strips with a zesty avocado smash, tangy pickled red onions, and fresh coriander all wrapped in warm tortillas. The chicken is coated in a crunchy polenta and spice mix, giving it a satisfying crunch with each bite. The combination of textures and flavors in these delicious wraps will make them a surefire hit at any meal.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 2 large, very ripe avocados
- juice 1 lemon
- 8 seeded soft tortillas , or your favourite flatbreads, warmed
- small bunch coriander , to serve
- 1 large red onion , very thinly sliced
- 100ml red wine vinegar
- 4 tbsp caster sugar
- 4 skinless chicken breasts , each cut into 3-4 chunky strips
- 284ml pot buttermilk
- 85g polenta or cornmeal
- 85g plain flour
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp sweet paprika
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- 2 pinches ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp garlic salt (or normal salt)
- sunflower oil , for shallow-frying
Instructions
- Mix the chicken strips with the buttermilk and chill for about half a day.
- Mix all the onion ingredients, season with salt and set aside to marinate for at least 30 mins or up to half a day.
- Mix together the polenta or cornmeal, flour, sesame seeds, paprika, cayenne pepper, cinnamon and garlic salt on a plate. Heat 2cm sunflower oil in a deep frying pan (or slightly more in a big wok) until a cube of bread browns in 1 min. Lift the chicken from the buttermilk and drop into the flour mix, tossing to coat well. Add about 3 chicken strips at a time to the oil and fry, turning, until golden on all sides and just cooked through. Drain on kitchen paper while you fry the rest.
- Halve and stone each avocado, scrape out the flesh into a bowl with the lemon juice and some seasoning, and very roughly smash together with the back of a spoon. Spread over the warm tortillas or flatbreads, top with the crispy chicken, pickled onions and some coriander, and roll up to tuck in.
Cook Time
25M
Prep Time
PT50M
Yield
Serves 4
Nutrition
- Calories: 941 calories
- Fat Content: 32 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 8 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 104 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 29 grams sugar
- Fiber Content: 8 grams fiber
- Protein Content: 45 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 2 milligram of sodium
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