Crunchy chicken and fish taco platter




Ingredients 

Crispy chicken tacos

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 5 tbsp chicken spice
  • 2 tbsp salt
  • 1 tbsp black pepper 

coating

  • 1 cup flour
  • 3 tsp paprika
  • 1 tbsp black pepper
  • 3 tbsp chicken spice  


Fish tacos 

  • 4 fish fillets
  • 5 tbsp bbq spice/ fish spice
  • 2 tbsp salt
  • 1 tbsp black pepper

  • 1 cup butter milk
  • 2 tsp paprika
  • 1 tbsp black pepper

coating

  • 1 cup flour
  • 3 tsp paprika
  • 1 tbsp black pepper
  • 3 tbsp chicken spice  

For the coleslaw
  • 1 cup shredded white cabbage
  • 1 cup shredded purple cabbage
  • 1 large carrot grated
  • 5 tablespoons mayonnaise or eggless mayonnaise

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Pour oil into a medium-sized saucepan.
  2. Switch the stove on to medium-high heat and place the saucepan on the stove.
  3. Cut the chicken breasts into cubes 
  4. Season them with chicken spice, salt and  black pepper.
  5. Combine the ingredients for the chicken  coating.
  6. Coat each chicken cube in the coating.
  7. Place the chicken cubes in the hot oil and let them fry for about 8 minutes on each side till they are golden-brown. (You may need to fry them in batches depending on the size your pan)
  8. Repeat steps 3 -8 with the fish , but dip the fish cubes into the buttermilk combined with the black pepper and paprika before placing them in the flour coating.
  9. Add the shredded purple and  white cabbage , carrots and mayonnaise to a bowl and mix them.
  10. To assemble the tacos, first spread a teaspoon of mayonnaise on each tortilla.
  11. Then for  chicken tacos, start by placing one tortilla on the serving board then a slice of lettuce on the tortilla.
  12. Place 2-3  tablespoons of the coleslaw onto the tortilla.
  13. Add about 5 chicken strips onto the tortilla.
  14. Repeat the same procedure for the other chicken tacos.
  15. To assemble the fish tacos, repeat steps 11-14.
  16. Add 5 fish cubes to each of the fish tacos. 
  17. Drizzle mayonnaise across the fish tacos and garnish them with fresh parsley.
  18. Decorate the board with red lettuce, lemon wedges and picco di Gallo(optional) https://www.missrejo.com/2021/11/beef-tacos-topped-with-picco-di-gallo.html.