Katie Lee Biegel's Summer Taco Board Beauty, as seen on The Kitchen, Season 34.
Recipe courtesy of Katie Lee Biegel

Summer Taco Board

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  • Level: Easy
  • Total: 2 hr 30 min (includes marinating time)
  • Active: 1 hr 30 min
  • Yield: 8 to 10 servings
I usually do taco night with a ton of different bowls of toppings, but I tried it as a board and realized it’s so much better than having to do all those dishes!

Ingredients

Adobo Grilled Chicken:

Grilled Halloumi:

Watermelon Relish:

Creamy Chipotle Sauce:

Ryan’s Pickled Onions:

Directions

  1. Arrange the ingredients on a large board, keeping salsas in their bowls and putting looser ingredients, like cabbage and cilantro, directly on the board.

Adobo Grilled Chicken:

  1. In a large bowl, whisk the oil, lime juice, chipotle adobo sauce, and garlic paste together. Add the chicken and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to overnight.
  2. Prepare a grill pan over medium-heat. Remove the chicken from the marinade and season with salt and pepper. Put the chicken on the grill and cook, flipping once until cooked through, about 5 to 6 minutes per side. Remove to a carving board and slice on the diagonal.

Grilled Halloumi:

Yield: 4 to 6 servings
  1. Preheat a grill to medium-high heat.
  2. Drizzle the cheese with the olive oil, then sprinkle with pepper. Grill the cheese until grill marks appear and it begins to melt slightly, about 2 minutes per side.

Watermelon Relish:

Yield: 1 cup
  1. In a medium bowl, combine the watermelon, basil, mint, shallot, salt and pepper. Keep chilled.

Creamy Chipotle Sauce:

Yield: 1 cup
  1. In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, cilantro, honey, chipotle chiles in adobo, lime juice and salt. Keep chilled.

Ryan’s Pickled Onions:

Yield: 2 cups
  1. Place the onions in a jar. In a medium bowl, whisk together the vinegar, cider, sugar, salt and 1 cup water until dissolved. Add the peppercorns.
  2. Pour over the onions, then cover and refrigerate for a few hours before using. Keeps about 2 weeks.

Cook’s Note

For Ryan’s Pickled Onions, you can also boil the liquid mixture, then pour over the onions if you want them to have a little less "bite."