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Chicken and Salad Corn Tortilla Wraps

Corn tortillas warmed until they are pliable, filled with poached chicken, crunchy salad and a lemon-yoghurt dressing.

Chicken and Salad Corn Tortilla Wraps. Corn tortillas warmed until they are pliable, filled with poached chicken, crunchy salad and a lemon-yoghurt dressing.
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Prep 15 minCook 15 minServes 2

Ingredients

Why metric?

Metric avoids regional spoon ambiguity. US uses 5 mL tsp, 15 mL tbsp and 240 mL cup. Small masses stay in grams unless a verified recipe conversion exists. More on measurements

  • 300 g chicken breast
  • 6 corn tortillas, labelled gluten free (150 g)
  • 120 g plain greek-style yoghurt
  • 150 g cucumber, halved and sliced
  • 150 g cabbage, finely shredded
  • 100 g carrot, coarsely grated
  • 20 ml lemon juice (20 g)
  • 15 ml extra-virgin olive oil (14 g)
  • 2 g ground cumin
  • 1 g iodised table salt
  • Ground black pepper, to taste

Method

  1. Put the chicken in a small pan, cover with cold water and bring to a bare simmer. Put the lid on, take it straight off the heat and leave it 15 minutes. It poaches gently in the residual heat and stays juicy; held at a simmer for that long it goes stringy. Check it is 74C/165F at the thickest point, then rest 5 minutes before shredding.
  2. Mix the yoghurt with the lemon juice, cumin, salt and pepper.
  3. Toss the cabbage, carrot and cucumber with the oil.
  4. Warm the tortillas one at a time in a dry pan over medium-high heat, about 20 seconds a side, until they puff slightly and smell toasted. Corn tortillas crack if you fill them cold, and warming them is the whole difference.
  5. Shred the chicken, pile it into the tortillas with the salad and spoon the dressing over.

Serve

Check the tortilla packet. Plenty of supermarket "corn" tortillas are blended with wheat flour, and the ones that are not usually say so on the front. Keep them wrapped in a clean tea towel as you warm them so they stay soft.

Safety and storage

Cook to
74°C / 165°F in the centre (poultry, including minced poultry)
Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C

The table gives poultry cuts as 74°C. Minced poultry is taken to the same temperature rather than the 71°C mince figure, because mincing spreads surface bacteria through the whole mass. Colour and clear juices are not a reliable test. Check the thickest part with a thermometer.

Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.

Where these temperatures come from