Turkey Tacos with Cranberry Salsa

Name: Turkey Tacos with Cranberry Salsa
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 8 corn tortillas; 1 serving Extra virgin olive oil; 473 milliliters grated Monterey Jack cheese, or mild cheddar; 1 serving Cooked turkey meat, cut into bite-sized pieces; 1 serving Lettuce, thinly sliced; 1 serving Fresh cilantro for garnish; 355 milliliters fresh or frozen cranberries; 1 an apple, peeled and cored; 1 serving Chopped serrano or jalapeno chili to taste (about a half a chili, but taste for desired heat); 4 Tbsps sugar; 2 Tbsps chopped peeled ginger; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh cilantro; 1 Tbsp lime or lemon juice; 1 Dash salt

If you want to add more Mexican recipes to your recipe box, Turkey Tacos with Cranberry Salsa might be a recipe you should try. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains about 22g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 478 calories. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up lemon juice, sugar, cilantro, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 25 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. It works well as a rather inexpensive main course. Grilled Turkey Tacos + Mango Radish Salsa, Chipotle Quinoa Sweet Potato Tacos with Roasted Cranberry Pomegranate Salsa, and Turkey Croquettes with Cranberry Salsa are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Prepare cranberry salsa:

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Cranberries

Salsa

Put the cranberries, apple, chile, sugar, ginger, cilantro, and lime or lemon juice in a food processor and pulse until coarsely shredded, about 10 short pulses.

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Cranberries

Lemon Juice

Cilantro

Ginger

Apple

Chili Pepper

Sugar

Lime

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Food Processor

Let sit 15 minutes for the cranberries to macerate. You can also use cranberry relish, just add chopped chiles and cilantro.

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Cranberry Relish

Cranberries

Cilantro

Chili Pepper

Heat a large frying pan on medium high heat. Unless you are using freshly made homemade tortillas, you will need to soften them first.

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Tortilla

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Frying Pan

Place a small amount (1/2 a teaspoon) of oil in the pan and spread to coat the bottom of the pan.

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Spread

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Place a tortilla in the pan and let it heat up until bubbles start to form. Then flip it over.

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Tortilla

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Frying Pan

Sprinkle grated cheese on half of the tortilla, and top with chopped cooked turkey. Fold the empty half of the tortilla over the side with cheese and turkey (like an omelette).

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Tortilla

Cheese

Whole Turkey

Cook until the cheese begins to melt, then flip the taco over so that the tortilla browns on the other side as well. Continue to cook the tacos in this manner.

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Tortilla

Cheese

To serve, open up the tacos and put some chopped lettuce and plenty of cranberry salsa over the cheese and turkey.

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Cranberries

Lettuce

Cheese

Whole Turkey

Salsa

Garnish with fresh cilantro leaves.

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Fresh Cilantro

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Servings:

corn tortillas 1serving

Extra virgin olive oil 473milliliters

grated Monterey Jack cheese, or mild cheddar 1serving

Cooked turkey meat, cut into bite-sized pieces 1serving

Lettuce, thinly sliced 1serving

Fresh cilantro for garnish 355milliliters

fresh or frozen cranberries 1

an apple, peeled and cored 1serving

Chopped serrano or jalapeno chili to taste (about a half a chili, but taste for desired heat)4Tbsps

sugar 2Tbsps

chopped peeled ginger 2Tbsps

chopped fresh cilantro 1Tbsp

lime or lemon juice 1Dash

salt

Recommended wine: Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Sparkling rosé are great choices for Tacos. Acidic white wines like riesling or low-tannin reds like pinot noir can work well with Mexican dishes. Sparkling rosé is a safe pairing too. You could try Tudor Wines Balo Vineyard Pinot Noir. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 68 dollars per bottle.