1. Marinate chicken thighs with your desired seasonings (Salt, Pepper, Garlic powder, Onion powder, Paprika, Everything but the Elote Seasoning).
2. Cook chicken using your preferred method. Air fry them at 375° F for 10 minutes, flip, and cook for an additional 5-8 minutes depending on size.
3. Wash and chop nopales in your preferred size; cut them in strips.
4. Add the nopales, 1/4 onion, 1 garlic clove, and 1 tbsp salt to a pot. (Tip: add the skin of a tomatillo to decrease the “baba”).
5. Cook for 10 minutes or until the nopales turn dark. Stir every 2 minutes.
6. Once cooked, add to a strainer with ice and rinse. Make sure all the “baba” is gone; you want your nopales to be clean.
7. Chop the remainder of your onion and 3 Roma tomatoes.
8. In a bowl, add your cooked nopales, chopped onion, chopped tomato, chopped jalapeños (omit if you don’t like spicy), juice of 1-2 lemons, 1 tbsp salt, and oregano to taste. Combine well.
9. Cook beans (refer to a previous post for tutorial if needed).
10. Assemble your containers: Each meal will have 4 ounces of chicken, 3/4 cup beans topped with 28 grams fat-free cheese, 1 cup nopales salad, and 4 low-calorie tortillas.
