Monday, January 17, 2011

Tinga

Continuing our little trip on the Mexican cuisine through the Mexican Cooking Workshop that I went last week... 
The next dish is made with shredded chicken, onions, tomatoes and chipotle chiles. You serve it on "tostadas", adding some shredded lettuce, salsa roja, refried beans and creme fraiche (or sour cream).



Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts with bone, cooked in water with onion, garlic and salt.
1/2 white onion sliced in half
6 Roma tomatoes
2 garlic cloves
3 cloves
1 chipotle chili (from a can)
salt

Preparation:

Shred the chicken and set aside. In a mixer, put the tomatoes, garlic, cloves and chipotle. Beat.
Fry the onion till transparent. Add the tomato mixture from the mixer to the onion. Let it cook in low heat for about 20 min. Add the chicken to the sauce and let it simmer for 15 more minutes.
Serve over tostadas, this way:
First cover the tostada with a layer of refried beans (you can use a can of cooked pinto beans, then cook them in a pan, mashing with a wooden spoon until they look like a coarse paste, or buy ready to eat refried beans).
Then put some lettuce, some of the chicken, some fresh cheese ("queso fresco") or other type of cheese, crumbled. Add salsa roja (red sauce) and creme fraiche or sour cream.

Tostadas

chipotle chiles in a can


refried beans, ready to eat

heating refried beans

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