{"id":7601,"date":"2025-06-08T21:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T21:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/?p=7601"},"modified":"2025-06-08T21:44:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T21:44:38","slug":"chicken-tinga-tacos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/chicken-tinga-tacos\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Tinga Tacos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span>Chicken Tinga Tacos<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Chicken Tinga Tacos are a flavorful Mexican dish where shredded chicken is cooked in a smoky tomato and chipotle sauce, then stuffed into warm tortillas.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Total Time<\/span>20 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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Servings: <\/span>3<\/span> (10 to 12 tacos)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n
Author: <\/span>Lindsay – Pinch of Yum<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n

<\/span>Ingredients<\/span><\/h3>

<\/span>Chicken Tinga Tacos:<\/span><\/h4>
  • 1<\/span> tablespoon<\/span> olive oil<\/span><\/li>
  • 1<\/span> cup<\/span> sweet onion<\/span> roughly chopped <\/span><\/li>
  • 2<\/span> cloves<\/span> garlic<\/span> minced<\/span><\/li>
  • 1 to 2<\/span> chipotle peppers in adobo sauce<\/span> chopped<\/span><\/li>
  • 1<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> dried oregano<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bd<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> ground cumin<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00be<\/span> cup<\/span> canned crushed fire-roasted tomatoes<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bc<\/span> cup<\/span> chicken stock<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bd<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> kosher salt<\/span><\/li>
  • 3<\/span> cups<\/span> shredded cooked chicken<\/span> (rotisserie chicken works!)<\/em><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>

    <\/span>For Serving:<\/span><\/h4>
    • 10<\/span> (6-inch)<\/span> corn tortillas<\/span><\/li>
    • 2<\/span> ripe avocados<\/span> sliced<\/span><\/li>
    • \u00bc<\/span> cup<\/span> chopped fresh cilantro<\/span><\/li>
    • \u00bd<\/span> cup<\/span> diced red onion<\/span><\/li>
    • \u00bc<\/span> cup<\/span> crumbled Cotija cheese<\/span><\/li>
    • 1<\/span> lime<\/span> cut into wedges<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n

      <\/span>Instructions<\/span><\/h3>
      • Sauce<\/strong>: Heat a large skillet over medium. Once warm, add the oil and onion. Saut\u00e9 for 4 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add in the garlic and cook for 30 seconds more. Stir in the chipotles, oregano, and cumin, and toast for 1 minute. Add in the tomatoes, stock, and salt. Bring to a simmer, and cook for 7 minutes.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
      • Blend<\/strong>: Place the tomato mixture in a high-powered or regular blender, and blend until smooth.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
      • Chicken<\/strong>: Return the blended sauce to the pan over low heat. Add the chicken, and cook for 5 minutes. Taste and add more salt if necessary.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
      • Serving<\/strong>: Prepare the garnishes. To assemble, top the tortillas with the chicken and garnish with the avocado slices, cilantro, red onion, and Cotija. Serve with a lime wedge for squeezing.<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n
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        <\/span>Notes<\/span><\/h3>
        Instant Pot Chicken Tinga Tacos:<\/strong> Blend all sauce ingredients (I did not<\/em> saute them first). Add sauce to Instant Pot along with about a pound of chicken breasts (raw, not cooked). Cook on high pressure for 10 minutes. Shred chicken in sauce and serve.<\/span>
        <\/div>\nSpiciness:\u00a0<\/strong>I like to use two chipotle peppers for optimal \u201cmedium\u201d spiciness. If you want a mild version, just use one chipotle pepper. If you want it hot hot hot, go for three.<\/span>
        <\/div>\nAvocado Mash:\u00a0<\/strong>I found my avocados sliding out of the tacos because I am a taco monster and things got a little messy. To make sure I got every ounce of avocado goodness possible, I mashed up the avocado, squeezed in some lime juice, sprinkled in some salt and a super light dusting of garlic powder, and spread that on my tortillas before adding the chicken.<\/span>
        <\/div>\nCHAR YOUR TORTILLAS PLEASE:\u00a0<\/strong>Place directly over a gas flame to char the edges. Place on a plate, and cover with a towel to steam. (If working on an electric stovetop, heat the tortillas on a warmed pan, and cover to steam.)<\/span>
        <\/div>\nPickled Onions<\/strong> \u2013 I like to add pickled onions to add an extra umph to this recipe.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[136,1715,909,2505,388,3489,696,697],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entree","category-gluten-free","category-instant-pot","category-lunch","category-mexican","category-rotisserie-chicken","category-snack","category-stove-top"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chicken-Tinga-Tacos-6.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7601"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7607,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601\/revisions\/7607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}