Fried Chicken Tacos

45 mins
Serves 4
  • 2 chicken breasts, cut into 4 long strips
  • Vegetable oil, for frying
  • 400ml butter milk
  • 8 x 6” soft flour tortillas
  • 1/4 iceberg lettuce, shredded
  • Cheddar cheese, coarsely grated

Sauce

  • Juice 1/2 lime
  • 3/4 whole- egg mayonnaise
  • 1 tbs tomato sauce
  • 6 drops of tobasco (or to taste)
  • Spiced flour mix
  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1/4 tsp Chinese five spice
  • A good pinch of salt
  • For the sauce combine all the ingredients together.
  • For the spiced flour mixture, combine all the ingredients together
  • Heat vegetable oil in a wok or medium pot until it reaches 180C.
  • Dip the chicken pieces into the buttermilk and then into the spiced flour mix, pressing the flour into the chicken so it looks shaggy. Shake excess off.
  • Fry the chicken until golden brown and crisp. Drain fried chicken on a tray lined with a rack.
  • Heat a pan over a medium heat. Warm tortillas on each side for a minute in a large flat pan and then keep warm in a clean tea towel until ready to serve.
  • To serve, drizzle sauce on to each tortilla. Top with lettuce, cheese and chicken.

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