Shredded-Chicken Wraps with Avocado, Cucumber, and Cilantro
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 skinless whole chicken legs (about 1 pound)
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 (14 to 16-ounce) can whole tomatoes
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 English cucumber
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, or to taste
- 1 firm-ripe California avocado
- 4 (12-inch) flour tortillas
- 2 cups fresh cilantro sprigs
- In a 2-quart heavy saucepan cook onion and chicken legs in butter over moderate heat, stirring, 5 minutes.
- Drain tomatoes and measure 1 cup packed, reserving remainder for another use.
- Stir tomatoes into chicken mixture with water, cayenne, to taste, and cumin and simmer, covered, 1 hour.
- Working over pan, pull meat off bones with tongs, returning it to pan, and discard bones.
- Simmer chicken mixture, uncovered, until most liquid is evaporated, about 20 minutes.
- Stir in salt and cool chicken mixture.
- Chicken mixture may be made 1 day ahead and cooled completely before being chilled, covered.
- Bring mixture to room temperature before proceeding.
- Halve cucumber lengthwise and crosswise and seed.
- Cut pieces lengthwise into very thin strips.
- In a bowl toss cucumber with 1 tablespoon lime juice and season with salt and pepper.
- Halve, peel, and pit avocado.
- Cut avocado into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
- In a small bowl toss avocado with remaining lime juice and season with salt and pepper.
- Cut 1-inch off 1 edge of each tortilla.
- On a work surface arrange 1 tortilla with cut edge farthest from you and smear a small piece of avocado lengthwise along cut edge of tortilla (this will help the "wrap" hold together).
- Spread about 1/4 of the chicken mixture across lower fourth of tortilla about 1-inch from bottom.
- Top chicken mixture with 1/2 cup cilantro sprigs.
- Top cilantro with 4 or 5 avocado slices and top avocado with about 1/4 of the cucumber.
- Beginning with bottom edge, tightly roll up tortilla and arrange seam side down on work surface.
- Make 3 more wraps with remaining tortillas, chicken mixture, cilantro, avocado, and cucumber.
- Wraps may be made 6 hours ahead and chilled, individually wrapped in plastic wrap.
- Serve chilled or at room temperature.
onion, chicken, unsalted butter, tomatoes, water, cayenne, ground cumin, salt, cucumber, lime juice, avocado, flour tortillas, cilantro sprigs
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/shredded-chicken-wraps-with-avocado-cucumber-and-cilantro-recipe.html (may not work)