Mild Chicken Tinga

Name: Mild Chicken Tinga
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: Serves 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast; 5 tomatoes; 6 cloves garlic; 4 red onions; 1/4 pound queso fresco; 1 package tostada shells; Thyme, bay leaf, salt, oil, and pepper to taste; 2 avocados; 1 guajillo chile; 1 pasilla chile; 1 cup sour cream (240 ml)

Chochi @cook_113632977

Tinga is a traditional Mexican dish made with shredded meat (chicken, pork, or beef) in a sauce of tomatoes, onions, garlic, and chipotle chile. It's usually served on tostadas, tacos, quesadillas, or molotes, and topped with avocado and queso fresco.

Chochi @cook_113632977

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Ingredients

1 hour

Serves 6 servings

1 poundboneless, skinless chicken breast
5tomatoes
6 clovesgarlic
4red onions
1/4 poundqueso fresco
1 packagetostada shells
Thyme, bay leaf, salt, oil, and pepper to taste
2avocados
1guajillo chile
1pasilla chile
1 cupsour cream (240 ml)

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Steps

1 hour

1

Wash the tomatoes and roast them in a skillet along with the garlic, guajillo chile, and pasilla chile.
2

After roasting, you can add some of the chicken breast cooking broth. Let it simmer for 10 minutes.
3

Blend all the ingredients together.
4

In a skillet, sauté the onions with a little pork lard (or use regular butter if you prefer).
5

Add the blended mixture and the shredded chicken to the skillet.
6

Prepare guacamole and assemble your tostadas with sour cream and queso fresco.