Island Tacos

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup pineapple tidbits
• 1/4 cup pineapple juice, from pineapple tidbits
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger (or dry)
• 12 chicken tenderloins
• 12 (7 inch) flour tortillas
• 2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese
• 4 cups shredded lettuce
• 1 1/2 cups pineapple tidbits
• 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped green onion (green part only)

Recipe

• 1 make the teriyaki sauce by whisking cornstarch with water in a medium bowl. add remaining sauce ingredients and bring mixture to a boil. reduce heat and simmer for 7 to 10 minutes. let cool before you use it for marinating .
• 2 set aside 1 cup of the sauce. use remaining sauce and pour over the chicken tenderloins in a medium bowl. cover and let marinate 6 hours.
• 3 preheat a large skillet over medium low heat. lightly oil skillet and saute chicken in a pan for 8-10 minutes or till cooks through and browned. slice each chicken into 3 or 4 pieces and put in a medium bowl.microwave the reserved cup of teriyaki sauce for 30-60 seconds and pour sauce over sliced chicken in the bowl.
• 4 preheat another skillet over medium heat. toss a tortilla into the pan for a minute, then flip over and add 2 to 3 tablespoons of shredded cheese across the center. let tortilla sit in pan until cheese starts melting. remove tortilla and spoon equivalent of 1 chicken tenderloin into the tortilla. spoon about 1 teaspoon of teriyaki sauce ( from reserved sauce poured over chicken) over the chicken in each taco.
• 5 arrange the rest of the taco with shredded lettuce, 1 or 2 tablespoons of pineapple and tomato, and a few green onion pieces. repeat the process for the remaining tacos.