Shredded Chicken for Tostadas (Tinga)

Submitted by mariposa13

"My best friend taught me how to make this and it is authentic."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 3 -4 chicken breasts
• 3 -4 medium tomatoes, sliced in halves
• 1 (8 ounce) can chipotle chiles
• 3 -4 onions, sliced
• salt
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup water
• tostadas

directions

1. Place chicken breasts in large pot and add water to cover. Add salt.
2. Turn water up to boiling and let simmer until chicken is cooked through.
3. Once chicken is cooked, remove from pan and shred. Set aside.
4. Heat med-large skillet with oil. Add halved tomatoes and cook about 5-10 minutes.
5. Remove tomatoes from skillet and place in blender. Add chipotles to blender with tomatoes (for mild taste only use 1-2 chipotles, add more for more heat).
6. Add 1 cup water to blender and about 1 tsp salt. Blend and set aside.
7. Place sliced onion in skillet. Cook about 5 minutes. Add salsa to skillet; mix well.
8. Mix chicken and salsa together and serve warm on tostadas.

Reviews

[N S.5147]

I added refried beans with Chorizo as a base for the tostada, Topped the Chicken mix with romaine lettuce, Mexican Crema and Cotija Cheese.....Amazing! thanks for the recipe.

 

[browncanesugar]

Very good and easy. I added cilantro, onion and garlic powder to the water where I cooked the chicken and used that broth for the cup of water ( didn't use the whole cup as it would water it down too much). Once the chicken was cooked, I removed the breasts and added the tomato pieces and cooked until soft. Saved a little bit of calories from the oil. Once the sauce was made in the blender, I added and the chicken it to the onions and simmered. Came out great!

 

[Ginny Sue]

This had great flavor and was wonderful on crispy tostada shells. I topped the tostadas with all the usual toppings-lettuce, tomato, cheese, and avocado. The only problem for me was the amount of water, it could be reduced by half or maybe left out completely. I used 2 chipotles, which was plenty spicy for us.

 

[M. Garcia]

This recipe was very delicious! I have had tinga before, but this recipe was different and really easy to make. My husband loved it! I also added avocado and sour cream to it. Thanks for the Great Recipe! :)

 

[sweetysjd]

I liked this a lot. I've had tinga from our local Mexican eatery but I've never made it. I used the whole can of chipotles which was 7oz. When I blended the tomatoes with the chiles it was already pretty thin, I thought adding a cup of water would make it way too runny, so I left it out. The end result was very tasty, but VERY spicy, and I love spicy. I would recommend going easy on the chiles, even if you do like it spicy. I also think that marinating and cooking the chicken in the tomato mixture would work well. Maybe in a slow cooker. Thanks! I'll be experimenting with this one!