Mexican Chicken Tinga

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

Mexican chicken tinga, or tinga de pollo, is tender shredded chicken in a spicy chipotle-tomato sauce; serve on crunchy tostadas for a crowd favorite!

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, diced
1 (15 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
1 (7 ounce) can chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, or to taste
2 pounds shredded cooked chicken meat
16 tostada shells
1/2 cup sour cream

Directions

1 Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onions; cook and stir until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes.
2 Meanwhile, blend tomatoes and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce in a blender.
3 Pour pureed mixture over onions in the saucepan; add chicken and stir to combine. Cover and simmer until hot and heated through, about 20 minutes.
4 Mound shredded chicken mixture onto tostada shells and garnish with sour cream.