How do you feel about fusion food? I absolutely love taking flavors and techniques from one culture and meshing it with another. Taco, like burgers and pizza, are a great medium for doing this. Because you have a basic idea – a tortilla stuffed with a protein, so veggies, and some sort of sauce – that you can play with so very much. Which is exactly what I did with these Orange Bourbon Chicken Tacos. An Asian inspired orange glazed chicken added to a flour tortilla with some delicious veggies come together for your next #TacoTuesday win!
For this recipe, I used Jim Beam Orange Bourbon. It is a pre-mixed orange liqueur infused bourbon. If you can’t find it in your local stores, you can use a combination of regular bourbon and orange liqueur or orange flavoring. You can also go for some orange juice, you will just need to let it cook down a little longer so that it because a glaze. If you don’t have bourbon, you can use whiskey. The flavor will be slightly different but not dramatically.
These tacos are seriously stacked so they do not really need a side dish. You could always go classic rice and beans to add to the fusion style. You could also do a chow mein or fried rice. That’s the great thing about fusion meals – you really have no limits to what you put on the plate.
Now Let’s Get Cookin’!
Orange Bourbon Chicken Tacos
Ingredients
- 15 Tortillas fajita-style
- 1 cup Carrot shredded
- 1 cup Cabbage shredded
- 4 Green Onions
- 1 tbsp White Sesame Seeds
For the Meatballs
- 2 lbs Ground Chicken
- 3 Garlic Cloves minced
- 1 tbsp Fresh Ginger grated
- 1 cup Panko Crumbs
- 1 tsp Parsley
- 1 tsp Sesame Seeds
- 1 tbsp Sesame Oil
- ¼ cup Soy Sauce
For the Glaze
- 12 oz Orange Marmalade
- 1 cup Orange Bourbon
- ¼ cup Hoisin Sauce
- 1 tbsp Sesame Oil
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Ground Ginger
- 1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400degF.
- In a bowl, combine meatball ingredients thoroughly. Make in to 1-inch balls and line them out on a parchment paper covered baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes Remove from oven and transfer, in a single layer, to a 13×9 baking dish.
- Add glaze ingredients to a saucepan over medium heat and let simmer while the meatballs are cooking. Pour over meatballs in baking dish. Return to oven for 15 minutes longer.
- Warm up tortillas by cooking on each side for about 30 seconds over medium heat.
- Start with a warm tortilla, add sprinkle of cabbage and carrots. Add 3-4 meatballs then sprinkle with green onions and sesame seeds.
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These sound great! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party. Hope you have a great week!