Happy May Day!  And, guess what is coming up in just 4 days?  Cinco de Mayo!

We made these yummy burritos in class to celebrate.  It seems like a lot of steps, but these are really very easy to throw together.  You could, of course, use a rotisserie chicken, squeezing the lime over it, instead of starting from scratch if the ingredient list seems overwhelming.

Set up a bar so that everyone in your family assembles his or his own burrito filled with his or her most favorite things.  The burritos can very easily be made vegetarian making extra black beans.

Happy Cinco de Mayo, Yummies!  Now, go make some burritos.

Chicken Burittos with Beans and Mango Sals

For the Pulled Chicken:

• Two split chicken breasts, skin-on and bone-in
• one onion, peeled and roughly chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
• two limes, juiced

1.  Place the chicken breasts in a large, heavy-bottomed dutch oven and cover with water.  Add salt, onion, and garlic.  Bring the water to a boil, turn the heat down to a simmer and cook till the chicken is completely cooked through.  
2. Remove the chicken to a bowl, remove the skin and shred the meat with two forks.  Squeeze the limes over the shredded meat.  Set aside.

For the Black Beans:

• 1 red onion, finely chopped
• 2 T. olive oil
• 2 t. cumin
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 c. cooked black beans
• 1 c. corn (frozen is fine)
• 1 c. carrots, shredded
• optional: 1-2 serrano peppers, finely chopped

1. In a large heavy-bottomed pot, heat the olive oil over low heat.  Add the onions and cumin and saute for 10 minutes, till soft and translucent.  
2.  Add the garlic (and the serrano peppers if using) and cook, stirring, for another minute.
3.  Stir in the beans, the corn, and the carrots.  Cook for another 5 minutes, stirring and mashing the beans and veggies with the back of a wooden spoon.

For the Mango Salsa;

• 2 cups cubed mango (frozen is fine)
• 2 scallions, chopped
• 2 T. olive oil
• juice of 1 lime
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 jalepeno pepper, minced (optional)

In a medium bowl, stir together all of the ingredients gently with a wooden spoon.

To Assemble the Tacos:

• 24 corn tortillas
• Pulled Chicken
• Black Beans
• 2 c. Greek yogurt
• 2 c. chopped fresh cilantro
• avocado, tomato, etc.

Grab a tortilla, spread a heaping tablespoon of the black beans in the middle, top with a heaping tablespoon of pulled chicken, some mango salsa, a dollop of Greek yogurt, and a sprinkle of fresh cilantro.  Fold top and bottom 1/2-inch of the tortilla toward the center.  Starting on either the left or right side of the tortilla, start rolling the burrito up.  Enjoy!