Tim Love's Dove Tacos

I got this recipe from a friend several years ago, but if you have enough patience you can find it online still.    If you do not like dove, I bet these would taste great with chicken or any other meat of your choice.  What I like about these tacos is how fresh they are.   What stinks is that we usually only get to make these once or twice a year depending on how much dove the husband brings home from his hunting trips.

Here's the recipe:

16 cleaned dove breasts
1/4 cup chopped raw bacon
1 cup Ranchero sauce
1/2  red onion diced
1 avocado
2 whole fresh limes
1 bunch of cilantro
8 fresh white corn tortillas
1 cup Oxacan cheese
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup pico de gallo

In a hot sauce pad add 1T oil and bacon.  Season the dove with salt and pepper and sear quickly.  It does not take long to cook the small breasts.  Add 1/2 cup ranchero sauce and stir.  This whole process should take approx. five minutes.  Turn off heat.  On a flat grill or iron skillet place the tortillas 10 seconds on each side on the grill.  Slice the dove breasts and return to the sauce.  Spoon sliced dove on to the tortillas and serve immediately with sliced avocado, limes, chopped onions, cheese and remainder of ranchero sauce on the side.

Hope you enjoy these tacos as much as we do!

Stuffed,

Brittany