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Chicken Tinga

Recipe: Chicken Tinga

Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 1 small onion
  • 4 crushed garlic cloves
  • 1 10 oz can rotel tomatoes
  • 1/2 7 oz can chipotle peppers and sauce
  • 1.5 cup chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp dried oregano
  • 1 bayleaf
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp sugar

Instructions

  1. Add diced onion and oil to large pan, cook over medium heat until softened

  2. Add chicken breasts and cook in oil until chicken starting to brown

  3. Add garlic and cook for 2 minutes, stir

  4. Add tomatoes, chipotles and sauce, chicken stock, bay leaf, sugar, oregano and cumin

  5. Cover, cook on low heat, just so sauce is simmering, cook for 45 minutes or until chicken starts to pry apart with a fork and knife

  6. Break the chicken up a little and remove the lid, cook uncovered over low-medium heat until sauce disgnifcantly reduces into more of a thick gravy, rather than watery sauce

  7. Continue gently shredding/brealking down chicken in pan as it cooks for desired final consistency