Chicken Tinga Lettuce Tacos
Shredded chicken simmered in a smoky chipotle tomato sauce, served in crisp lettuce cups with pickled red onion.

Total
50 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
35 min
Serves
2
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Recipe serves 2
Ingredients
- 1 lb lb chicken thighs
- 2 whole chipotle peppers in adobo
- 1 cup cup crushed tomatoes
- 1 whole onion
- 3 cloves cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp tbsp avocado oil
- 8 leaves leaves butter lettuce
- 1/2 whole red onion(optional)
- 1 whole lime
- 1 tsp tsp oregano
- 1 tsp tsp salt
Instructions
- 1
Season chicken with salt and sear in avocado oil until browned; remove.
- 2
Sauté sliced onion and garlic until soft; add chipotles, crushed tomatoes, and oregano.
- 3
Return chicken to the pan, cover, and simmer 25 minutes until tender.
- 4
Shred chicken in the sauce and simmer 5 more minutes.
- 5
Quick-pickle sliced red onion with lime juice while the chicken cooks.
- 6
Spoon tinga into lettuce cups and top with pickled onion.
Nutrition per serving
Calories
430
22% of a 2,000 kcal day
| Protein | 34 g |
| Carbohydrate | 14 g |
| Fat | 26 g |
| Fiber | 4 g |
| Sugar | 8 g |
| Sodium | 620 mg |
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