Main meal

Chicken tinga

Name: Chicken tinga
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2½ lb Chicken thighs, boneless; 8½ oz Canned diced tomatoes; 1¼ oz Chipotle in adobo; 5½ oz Onion; 1 oz Lard; Garlic cloves, three, whole; Dried oregano and ground cumin, a teaspoon of each; Lime, two, in wedges; Sea salt, to taste

Poached and then shredded back into its own reduced cooking liquid, so the chicken carries the chipotle all the way through instead of wearing it — and it is better on the second day than the first.

5gnet carbs

25gfat

32gprotein

375kcal

Per serving60 minServes 6

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Ingredients

For the whole dish · serves 6

Chicken thighs, boneless2½ lb
Canned diced tomatoes8½ oz
Chipotle in adobo1¼ oz
Onion5½ oz
Lard1 oz
Garlic clovesthree, whole
Dried oregano and ground cumina teaspoon of each
Limetwo, in wedges
Sea saltto taste

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Green beans with brown butter and almonds

+5g net · 144 kcal · 15 min · together 10g net, 519 kcal

Method

6 steps · 60 minutes

Simmer the thighs with the garlic and half the onion in salted water for 20 minutes, then lift them out and keep the liquid.
Blend the tomatoes, chipotle, the rest of the onion and the spices with a cup of that poaching liquid.
Fry the blended sauce in the hot lard for 8 minutes. It will spit and darken, and that frying is the step that turns a raw purée into a sauce.
Shred the chicken with two forks and stir it in.
Simmer uncovered 15 minutes until the sauce clings and there is no pool left in the pan.
Start with less chipotle than you think. It carries on getting hotter as it reduces, and there is no taking it back out.

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