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Chicken Tinga Tostadas
These Chicken Tinga Tostadas are crispy, saucy, and piled high with smoky shredded chicken, refried beans, fresh toppings, and homemade tinga sauce.
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 55 min⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 35 min👤 Madhumita Sathishkumar📖 bellyfull
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- pot
- bowl
- cutting board
- blender
- pan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Boil
2
In a large pot, add the chicken, tomatoes, quartered onion, garlic, bay leaf, and salt. Add enough water to cover everything. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for ⏱️ 20-25 minutes, until the chicken is fully cooked and the tomatoes are soft.
medium tomatoes (halved)3½ cup tomatoes (diced)bay leaf1salt1 tspwater (enough to cover the ingredients)
3
Shred
4
Remove the chicken from the pot and transfer it to a bowl or cutting board. Shred the chicken and set aside.
5
Blend
6
Transfer the cooked tomatoes, onion, garlic, chipotle peppers, adobo sauce, oregano, cumin, black pepper, and about ¼ cup of the cooking liquid to a blender. Blend until smooth. (Add the chicken stock only if needed, otherwise, the sauce may be more than required.)
medium tomatoes (halved)3½ cup tomatoes (diced)chipotle peppers in adobo sauce3 tbspadobo sauce1 tbspdried oregano1 tsp
7
Saute
8
Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add the sliced onion and cook until soft and lightly golden, about ⏱️ 5-7 minutes.
olive oil1 tbsp
9
Simmer
10
Pour in the blended sauce and let it simmer for ⏱️ 5 minutes.
11
Combine
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Add the shredded chicken and a pinch of black pepper. Mix well and simmer for another ⏱️ 5-10 minutes, until the mixture is thick and well coated. Adjust salt if needed.
salt1 tsp
13
Serve
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Assemble the tostadas by spreading refried beans over each shell, adding the chicken tinga, and topping with lettuce, tomatoes, queso fresco, diced avocado, sour cream, chopped cilantro, and a squeeze of lime.
refried beans1 cupshredded lettuce1 cupmedium tomatoes (halved)3½ cup tomatoes (diced)medium avocado (diced)1cilantro (chopped)2 tbsplime (cut into wedges)1
Nutrition Facts
calories
407 kcal
fat Content
27 g
serving Size
1 tostada
fiber Content
6 g
sugar Content
4 g
sodium Content
677 mg
protein Content
19 g
trans Fat Content
0.1 g
cholesterol Content
94 mg
carbohydrate Content
23 g
saturated Fat Content
8 g
unsaturated Fat Content
17 g
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