mexican chicken tinga

Chicken

Mexican Chicken Tinga

Mexican chicken tinga, or tinga de pollo, is a shredded chicken dish with tender sliced onions cooked in a spicy tomato and chipotle chili sauce. Delicious served on crunchy tostada shells topped with sour cream. This recipe is easy to make and great for feeding a crowd!

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
½ cup sour cream

Directions

Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onions; cook and stir until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, blend tomatoes and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce in a blender.
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.
Mound shredded chicken mixture onto tostada shells and garnish with sour cream.