Fried Tacos

 I saw a post about baked tacos.  But it needed flour tortillas as the corn tortillas would not work. I prefer corn tortillas so I just did fried tacos.  Not in a deep fryer, but in a thin layer of hot oil in a fry pan.

I used rotisserie chicken, but you could use any type of taco meat you like.

Fried tacos

shredded chicken, I used rotisserie but you can go vegetarian and leave it out

diced onion

oil

taco seasoning

refried beans

shredded cheese

avocado

cilantro lime dressing

Cook the onions in oil until translucent. Add the chicken to the onions and heat through, or cook the meat of your choice.  Add the seasoning packet and follow the directions.

Spread a thin layer of the refried beans on a tortilla.  

            

Place some of the cooked chicken and some shredded cheese on one half of the tortilla. Don't over fill.  Repeat for as many tacos as you are cooking. 

Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a fry pan. Fold a taco in half and place in the hot oil, carefully.

Cook until golden brown and then flip over gently and fry the other side.  Add a bit more oil if needed to make all the tacos. As you cook, put the finished tacos on a plate lined with a paper towel.

I chopped an avocado and poured a small puddle of the cilantro lime dressing.  I scooped up the avocado and dipped the taco in the dressing, but I suppose you could peel open the taco and add whatever you wanted.

These fried tacos were quite delightful!  I liked the addition of the refried beans in a taco and the dressing added a piquant bite to the tacos!

I recommend this variation of our usual taco routine. It was especially nice served with half a papaya and a lime wedge!

Blueberry Sausage Bites

 This recipe popped up while I was lazing through Facebook.  It was promoted as a quick and easy breakfast.  Breakfast bites to freeze and grab when you are running late. It also looked like a fun breakfast for dinner to me.

Blueberry Breakfast Bites

Blueberry muffin mix

milk

pre-cooked sausage links

cooking spray

Preheat the oven to 400 °.

Heat up six pre-cooked sausages according to the package.  It only takes a minute or two.

While that is happening, spray Pam in 18 wells in a mini muffin pan.

In. medium bowl mix the muffin mix according to the directions.  Basically, just add milk and mix. 

Cut each sausage into equal 4 pieces.

Fill each well in the mini muffin pan half way up with the batter. Place one cut up section of sausage in the center of the each muffin tin.

Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.  

Cool slightly and serve warm.

Serve with pancake syrup, if desired.  Then they are like a blueberry pancake with sausages! If you want to save these for an easy morning treat, cool completely and freeze.  

These mini muffins were tasty, but I think they could have been better. 

The recipe called for pre-cooked sausages in an effort to make this easy and fast.  I liked them but they would have been better with fresh cooked sausages. That takes away some of the quick and easy part, but we just ate them for dinner a few times and the sausages didn't taste the same as fresh cooked.