Mexican
Chicken Tinga Tacos
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Simmer the chicken thighs in salted water with the bay leaf for 20 minutes, then shred and reserve 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
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Char the tomatoes, half the onion, and the garlic in a dry skillet over medium-high heat until blistered, about 6 minutes.
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Blend the charred vegetables with the chipotles, oregano, cumin, and 1/2 cup broth until smooth.
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Heat the oil in a skillet over medium, pour in the sauce, and cook until darkened and thick, 5 minutes.
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Add the shredded chicken and reserved liquid and simmer until saucy and coating the meat, 8 to 10 minutes; season with salt.
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Warm the corn tortillas on a dry griddle until pliable, about 30 seconds per side.
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Fill the tortillas with tinga and top with crumbled queso fresco, diced onion, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime.
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Serve it with
A Mexican dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chicken Tinga Tacos, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chicken Tinga Tacos carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Albondigas en Caldillo de Chipotle (Meatballs in Chipotle Tomato Broth) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 540 kcal
- Protein
- 42 g
- Carbs
- 39 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 240 mg
- Saturated fat
- 6 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Chicken Tinga Tacos takes about 50 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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