Chicken, Nopalito, and Black Bean Tacos

I like to make these tacos when I have chicken left over in the refrigerator from some previous dish. By bulking out the chicken with onions, nopalitos, and black beans, seven or eight ounces of chicken will easily and fully feed two people by making a dozen tacos.

Chicken, Nopalito, and Black Bean Tacos with Pineapple Salsa

Garlic, Nopalitos, Chicken, and Onions

Start with a large yellow onion cut into strips, a couple cloves of minced garlic, a cup or so of pickled nopalitos, and something under a half a pound of pulled cooked chicken. In a pan filmed with oil, cook the onions until they become translucent. Add the garlic and cook for a minute or two longer. Next into the pan go the chicken, nopalitos, and a drained and rinsed can of black beans. Splash the pan with a little water just to get all the flavors to mingle and stop cooking when the onions are crunchy-soft. I could eat tacos of just these onions!