Look at this fucking taco:

Pan sear chicken thighs, remove from pan when browned.  Deglaze pan with water, and add the spice mix you've blatantly stolen from here.  For my own sanity:

• 2tsp onion powder
• 2tsp ground cumin (mine was hand ground, so it was chunkier)
• 1tsp garlic powder (mine needed some severe beatings until it was broken up enough to come out of the jar)
• 1tsp paprika (out of regular, used smoked, big improvement)
• 1tsp oregano
• 1tsp sugar
• .5tsp salt
• 1tsp-ish cayenne
• 1.5tsp-ish chili powder

While the pan deglazes and soaks up the spices, the chicken has cooled enough to slice against the grain into strips and bites.  They go back into the pan, and brought to a simmering braise.  Half covered or so to let some moisture escape, but not enough that it dries out.  This infuses the chicken with the sauce, creating optimum taco meat.

Take hot taco shells, add chicken, top with cheese (so it can melt), then salsa (it's a buffer), then thin strips of  tomato (just the outer shell, no seeds no ribs), and thumb sized pinches of the most tender part of the Manoa lettuce.  This keeps the hot stuff hot, and the cold stuff cool, and you don't have to worry about tiny shreds of terrible tasting lettuce warming up and soiling your meat.  Each bite was basically the perfect blend of flavors, although like always, a bit more cheese wouldn't have hurt.