52 Weeks of Cooking-Week Seven (Early Posting)

Tomorrow is my day off.

For this week, I'm making Mexican Dish.

But I have to post this tonight instead of tomorrow because I have to do some prep work first.

Too bad I don't have any margaritas :(

You'll need:

- 1 or 2 lbs of boneless chicken

- 1 bunch of cilantro

- 6 limes

-2 cans of kidney or black beans (I'm doing 2 cans kidney, 1 can black)

- 8 corn tortillas

- Lots of cheese (depends on how much you like cheese)

- Lots of salsa (again, depends on how much you like it)

- Salt, Pepper, Paprika, Chili Powder, Crushed red pepper, and olive oil

Now for the directions...

1. Cut the chicken into random chunks and place in a shallow dish.

2. Squeeze all your limes over the chicken and add a little more than half of some chopped up cilantro over top of the chicken as well.

3. Cover the chicken and put it in the fridge overnight.

4. When you're ready to really start making the meal, put the chicken dish in a 350* oven for around 25 minutes or until it's not pink anymore.

5. While the chicken is cooking, open up the cans of beans and put them in a pot over medium/low heat. Add in some garlic to make them extra yummy.

6. While the chicken and beans are cooking, get the tortillas and chop them up into little strips. Pour some olive oil over the pieces and sprinkle them with salt and pepper, paprika, chili powder, and ground red pepper. Toss them all together making sure you have both sides covered in the spicy goodness. Put them on a baking sheet and throw them in the oven for about 10 mins till they get crispy.

7. By this time, the chicken should be done so get that out of the oven and start pulling it apart with forks so it's basically shredded chicken. (And it should pull apart easily because of all the lime it was soaking in).

8. Now, we layer. Spread 1/2 beans on bottom (feel free to mash the beans if you want), spread 1/2 jar of salsa next, then chicken, then cheese then cilantro and then repeat. Then you'll end with the tortilla shreds, a little more cheese, and the rest of that cilantro from earlier.

9. Put it in the oven for about 15-20 minutes.

10. Serve with sour cream and/or guacamole and enjoy!!