Tinga Mexican Dish Food

AUTHENTIC MEXICAN TINGA DE POLLO (CHICKEN CHIPOTLE IN TOMATO SAUCE)

Steps:

• Bring a pot of salty water to a boil and add the chicken breast to cook. Let the chicken simmer until it is cooked through.
• Make sure you skim the foam that forms on top of the water as it starts boiling.
• While the chicken is cooking, place the tomatoes in a medium saucepan, cover with water, bring to a simmer over medium-high heat and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the tomatoes are soft and mushy but not falling apart.
• Slice the onions thinly. Heat the oil in a large pan(skillet) and add the onion. Cook the onion until soft and translucent for about 5-6 minutes.
• In a blender, throw the tomatoes, garlic, salt, pepper, and 2-3 chipotle chiles from the can. Be careful with the chiles. The original Mexican recipe calls for the entire can of Chipotle, but I found it to be too powerful and spicy for us, so I added fewer chiles in the blender.
• After blending the ingredients, taste the salsa for salt and pepper and adjust the amount of salt and pepper.
• Pour the salsa over onions. Add oregano, marjoram, thyme, and pepper. (Be careful as the sauce will steam and bubble).
• Simmer the sauce, occasionally stirring, until the sauce deepens in color, becomes darker and less soupy, about 7-8 minutes.
• Take the chicken out of the broth, and with two forks, shred the meat.
• Add it to the sauce and mix well to incorporate the chicken.
• Let it simmer for only a minute and serve over rice or on warm tortillas.
• Bon Appetite!

MEXICAN TINGA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions; cook and stir until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, puree the tomatoes with chipotle peppers and adobo sauce to taste. Pour into the onions, and add chicken. Cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.
• To serve, mound the chicken onto tostada shells, and garnish with a dollop of sour cream.

TINGA

Steps:

• Put the chicken into a large pot with 1/4 c sliced onion, garlic and enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook until the chicken is no longer pink, about 25 minutes.
• Remove chicken, cool, and shred meat. If using bone-in chicken, discard skin and bones.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add remaining onion slices, and fry until transparent.
• If using fresh tomatoes, place them in a pan of boiling water (can use water used to boil chicken) and boil until they split open.
• Place the tomatoes, chipotle peppers (use 3-4 for a little heat, up to the whole can according to your taste), and boullion into a blender or food processor. Process until smooth.
• Pour into a large pan and add the shredded chicken and cooked onions. Heat through.
• To serve, spread a layer of sour cream on a tostada, top with the chicken and shredded lettuce.

TINGA

Steps:

• Place chicken into a large saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook until chicken is tender. Remove from heat, drain, and set aside to cool.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of canola oil in a skillet over medium heat. Saute the tomatoes, jalapenos, and onions until soft. Remove the chicken meat from the bones, shred and throw it in the skillet with the tomatoes and peppers. fry for a few minutes to give the chicken some flavor.
• Heat the cup of canola oil in a clean skillet over medium-high heat. Fill each corn tortilla with about 1/4 cup of the chicken mixture, and roll into a cylinder. Fry filled tortillas in the hot oil until golden, turning once. Drain on paper, and serve hot with sour cream or salsa - or both!

TINGA (MEXICAN DISH)

Steps:

• In large sauce pan wilt the 5-6 sliced onions in the oil until very soft, but not brown.
• About 10-15 minutes meanwhile in blender add as many chipotle chiles as you dare (when making it for my husband I add the whole can) and add lots of the adobo from the can as it adds tons of flavor but almost no heat.
• To the chiles add the tomatoes, chopped onion, garlic, bullion, and salt blend until smooth.
• Add puree to onions and cook about 5 minutes.
• Add shredded meat (to make the shredded meat I boil a chuck roast, or pork roast for several hours in salted water until very tender and then shred-the chicken I just boil until cooked through and no longer pink, if cooked too long it will become mushy) stir entire mixture and cook until warmed through 1-2 minutes.
• To eat take a tostada and spread with sour cream.
• Sprinkle on some parmesan cheese if desired.
• Add shredded lettuce and top with tinga mixture.
• Bite!
• Serve with several napkins on the side.