Cilantro Lime Beer Can Chicken Tacos

Name: Cilantro Lime Beer Can Chicken Tacos
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Mexican-inspired
Ingredients: 4.5 kg whole chicken; 1 cup fresh coriander; 50 ml extra virgin olive oil; ½ pc yellow onion; 2 pc limes; 3 clove garlic; 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 1½ tbsp kosher salt; 2 tbsp chilli powder; 1 tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp black pepper; 330 ml beer; 2 cup white cabbage; ⅓ cup carrots; 1 pc lime; 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander; ½ tsp kosher salt; ¼ tsp black pepper; 1 pc tortillas; 1 tbsp fresh coriander; 1 tbsp hot sauce

Beer-can grilled chicken marinated in cilantro, lime and spices, served in warm tortillas with a quick zesty slaw.

30 min 881 kcal/serving serves 5

881kcal131gprotein17gcarbs28gfat

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🍗whole chicken

🌿fresh coriander

🫒extra virgin olive oil

🧅yellow onion

🍋limes

🧄garlic

🍎apple cider vinegar

🧂kosher salt

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About Isabel Orozco-Moore

Mexican-American home cook and founder of Isabel Eats

Isabel Orozco-Moore is a Mexican-American home cook and recipe developer, best known as the creator of Isabel Eats, a website dedicated to traditional Mexican cooking made approachable for home kitchens. Her recipes are rooted in family tradition and aimed at cooks who want authentic results without specialty equipment or hard-to-find ingredients.

Her cooking draws on classic Mexican staples such as corn tortillas, dried chiles, fresh salsas, beans, and slow-cooked meats, often reworked into clear, step-by-step formats for home cooks. She favors traditional flavor bases, achieved through techniques like toasting and rehydrating chiles or building sauces from scratch, while keeping ingredient lists and methods practical for a weeknight kitchen.

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