Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken tinga. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chicken tinga is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chicken tinga is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chicken tinga using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken tinga:
- Make ready Large rotisserie chicken pulled. You want about 2 1/2 to 3 lbs of meat
- Get 32 is chicken stock
- Prepare 1 cup water(or extra chicken stock)
- Prepare 1 large yellow onion diced
- Prepare 1 large yellow onion halved
- Make ready 7 ox can chipotle pepper is adobo seeded(unless you prefer hot)
- Take 4 cloves garlic
- Get 6 dried guajillo seeded
- Prepare 2 tbsp Dried crushed Mexican oregano(I crush to remove any hard stems and to release the oils in the oregano)
- Prepare 2 tsp dried cilantro (optional)
- Get Cilantro finely chopped
- Prepare Salt
Steps to make Chicken tinga:
- Add your chicken stock and water followed by the halved onion, chiles and garlic and simmer covered for 20 minutes.
- While that simmers add the tomatoes, lime juice and the chipotle with adobo into a large blender.
- After you simmer for 20 minutes remove the onion, garlic and chiles to the blender and pour the stock into a separate container. Blend the mixture until smooth.
- Add olive oil to the pot and heat up. Add the diced onion, pinch of salt and cool until browned. Retune the stock back to the pot and reduce by half.
- Once reduced add the sauce followed by the oregano, a few pinches of salt and a few pinches of sugar and return to simmer and reduce for 30 minutes.
- Remove 2/3 of the sauce into a sieve and push it through to remove the extra pulp, add back to the pot and simmer for another 15 to 20 minutes to reduce.
- Once the sauce is where you want it add the chicken to the pot and heat through for about 15 minutes
- Serve with cotija cheese, cilantro and diced white onions (optional diced avocado and crema)
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