Chicken tacos

Name: Chicken tacos
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 250g plain wholemeal flour olive oil; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 x 400g tin of black beans; 1 bunch of spring onions; 1 bunch of fresh coriander (30g); 1 ripe avocado; 2 corn on the cob; 320g leftover poached chicken; 220g ripe cherry tomatoes, on the vine; 2 limes; 1 x 220g jar of sliced jalapeño chillies; 4 heaped tablespoons natural yoghurt

Black beans, avo, corn & cherry toms

30 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 4

About the recipe

Both black beans and flour are high in iron, which our bodies need for cognitive function – that’s basically every intellectual process in our brains, from memory to reasoning.

Super Food Family Classics, p86

nutrition per serving

Calories

30%

Fat

32%

Saturates

26%

Sugars

Salt

13%

Protein

80%

Carbs

23%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

Super Food Family Classics

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

250g plain wholemeal flour olive oil

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 x 400g tin of black beans

1 bunch of spring onions

1 bunch of fresh coriander (30g)

1 ripe avocado

2 corn on the cob

320g leftover poached chicken

220g ripe cherry tomatoes, on the vine

2 limes

1 x 220g jar of sliced jalapeño chillies

4 heaped tablespoons natural yoghurt

Method

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For the full recipe, head to page 86 of Jamie's cookbook, Super Food Family Classics.

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Super Food Family Classics Chicken Mexican-style Avocado

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