Tacos are a given for celebrating Cinco de Mayo. But you don't have to serve the usual ground beef tacos (although those are wonderful too). These easy Spicy Chicken Tacos are made by cooking chicken breasts all day in salsa and Taco Seasoning Mix until they fall apart. The chicken is shredded, then combined in a crisp taco shell with a cool broccoli slaw and creamy avocados. You can add some cheese if you'd like, but it's not really necessary.

The whole point of the tacos is the contrast between the warm and tender chicken wrapped in a spicy sauce, and the cool and crisp slaw in sour cream. The avoc

To start this meal, guacamole with chips is the perfect beginning. Serve these tacos with a sweet and tangy fruit salad and an easy and luscious airy lemon angel food cake for dessert. Use some fun pottery for china, and serve white wine spritzers or some very cold beer. Make sure you have some Mexican music on your iPod. Not to be too typical, I always have some type of piñata for the kids to hit too. It really adds to the atmosphere of the party. Have a wonderful meal!

 

Chicken Tacos for Cinco de Mayo

• Guacamole
  My recipe for guacamole is very simple. I don't like onions or jalapeños in it because I feel it distracts from the wonderful buttery nuttiness of the avocado when it is perfectly ripe. You could certainly add those ingredients if you'd like. Serve with crisp taco chips, carrots, and celery sticks. If I'm serving more than four people, I like to double this recipe so everyone is satisfied. 

• Spicy Chicken Tacos
  This recipe is not classic, but it is wonderful. It is a variation on spicy fish tacos, which are served with a cool coleslaw. It's easy to assemble these tacos when you get home because the filling cooks all day in your slow cooker.
• Strawberry and Gooseberry Salad
  This fresh, sweet and tart salad is the perfect complement to the slightly spicy tacos. If you can't find gooseberries and champagne grapes (I hardly ever can myself), use regular grapes and blueberries. The salad will be just as delicious, since the two ingredient dressing is the important part!
• Lemon Angel Food Dessert
  And to top off the meal, this fabulous and sweet three ingredient recipe is perfect. Just buy an angel food cake and some lemon curd on the way home, and this dessert can be assembled in a few minutes. Be sure to use a serrated knife to slice the cake, since a regular knife will just compress it and you'll lose that wonderful fluffy texture. Keep the dessert in the fridge while you eat, then slice and dig in.