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Ingredients
Grilled Poblanos:
- 3 large poblanos
- Canola oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
BBQ Onions:
- 2 sweet onions, skin-on, and cut into 1/4-inch thick slices
- Canola oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill BBQ Sauce (or your favorite jarred variety)
Coleslaw:
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 3 tablespoons apple-cider vinegar
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 small head cabbage, cored, finely shredded
- 2 carrots, finely shredded
- 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 3 scallions, thinly sliced on the diagonal
Chicken:
- 2 tablespoons ancho chili powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (8 ounces each)
- Canola oil
- 8 flour tortillas
- 2 grilled sliced poblanos
- Barbecued onions
- Coleslaw
- Guacamole, recipe follows
For the poblanos:
Directions
Heat the grill to high.
Brush the poblanos with oil and season with salt and pepper. Place the chiles on the grill and cook until charred on all sides, about 10 minutes. Remove from the grill, place in a bowl and cover with plastic for 10 minutes. Remove the skin, seeds and stem and cut into thin slices.
For the onions:
Brush the onions with oil and season with salt and pepper. Place on the grill and cook until lightly golden brown and just cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Brush with some of the bbq sauce during the last few minutes. Most of the skin should come off on the grill, but if not, take it off when the onions come off the grill.
For the coleslaw:
Whisk together the mayonnaise, sugar, celery salt, celery seed, vinegar and salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add the cabbage, carrot, onion and scallion and stir to combine, season with more salt and pepper, if needed. Let slaw sit at least 15 minutes before serving.
For the chicken:
Heat the grill to high.
Whisk together the ancho, cinnamon, cumin, brown sugar, 1 teaspoon salt and black pepper in a small bowl.
Season top side of the breasts with the rub mixture, turn over and season the back with the remaining salt. Drizzle with some of the oil and place on the grill, rub side down and grill until lightly golden brown and a crust has formed, about 3 minutes. Turn the chicken over, close the lid and continue cooking until just cooked through, about 6 minutes longer. Remove from the grill and let rest 5 minutes before slicing.
Grill the flour tortillas briefly, just to mark and heat. To build the tacos, fold each tortilla around some of the chicken, poblanos, onions, coleslaw and guacamole.
Fire Roasted Green Chile Guacamole:
- 2 ripe Hass avocados, peeled, pitted and diced
- 1 poblano chile, roasted, seeded, peeled, and diced
- 1/4 cup finely diced red onion
- 2 scallions, finely chopped
- 2 fresh limes
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- Salt and pepper
Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and season with salt and pepper.
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
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By gmstanfield_116...
Tampa, FL
on May 11, 2013
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Absolutely delicious! Would never have thought of putting the coleslaw in the taco but even the picky eaters in the family loved it! Even those that hate coleslaw! I omitted all the onion, except the grilled onions (used vidalia no bbq sauce, omitted the cinnamon as I don't like the flavor in savory dishes and halved the amount of sugar in the coleslaw, it was still sweet, I might cut it back even more next time. I think we have found a new favorite for out of town visitors : Thank you Bobby!
Also, If you cannot find poblanos, just use green peppers and treat them exactly the same. Muy Delicioso!
By gypsyhousewife
on January 21, 2013
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Great recipe for a new grilled chicken dish. My only suggestion is to cut back on the cinnamon a bit. Also i added cilantro i in the coleslaw. It was beyond.also i used new mexico chili powder. I couldnt find ancho at safeway.
By mamacantwell
Cupertino
on December 29, 2012
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A PHENOMINAL EXPLOSION OF TASTE AND TEXTURE! My family loved it! I would recommend making a double recipe of the guacomole if your family loves it like mine does. Oh, and I agree that peeling the onions before grilling might be better.
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