Tequila-Lime Chicken Tacos with Mango Salsa

Budget Tip

Any gold tequila is great in this recipe so feel free to get the cheap stuff!  It'll keep and you'll want to make this again so it won't go to waste.

Suggested Ingredients

Marinade
I found this marinade from the Barefoot Contessa, but she used jalapenos instead.

1/2 cup gold tequila
1 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
1/2 cup orange juice, no pulp
1 TBSP chili powder
1 medium Serrano pepper, ribs and seeds included
2 or 3 cloves freshly minced garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Tacos

several boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into small strips
small tortillas
shredded lettuce

Mango Salsa

1 mango, diced into cubes
1 Serrano pepper, remove ribs and seeds
1 small cucumber, peeled and diced
1/2 red onion diced
cilantro, however much you think you'd like
juice from one lime (2 or 3 tablespoons worth)

Suggested Method of Cooking

Combine all ingredients for the salsa and store in the fridge until needed.

Combine all ingredients for the marinade into a bowl.  Place chicken strips into the bowl and put in the fridge.  Marinate 3 - 4 hours.  Remove the chicken from the marinade with a slotted spoon and cook in a skillet over medium high heat.  It's OK if you have some of the juice in the skillet from the marinade.  Cook until the chicken is no longer pink. Remove from the skillet and cut the chicken into smaller pieces. 

Construct the tacos with the chicken, shredded lettuce and the mango salsa.  They really don't need anything more.  I like to serve this with black beans and rice.