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Chicken tinga tacos

Name: Chicken tinga tacos
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: mexican
Ingredients: 3 chicken breasts; 2 onions; 4 tomatoes; 2 bay leaves; 2 garlic cloves; 1 can of chipotle chillies in Adobo sauce (100 g); 1 avocado; 100 grams sour cream (or crème fraîche); 8 small corn tortillas; quarter of iceberg lettuce; 1 chicken stock cube; 100 grams feta cheese; 1 lime; olive oil; salt and pepper to taste

These soft chicken tinga tacos are an easy and delicious authentic Mexican dish of corn tortillas filled with chicken in a spicy tomato sauce. The flavours are perfectly balanced by sour cream, lime and avocado.

1 hours

4 persons

Main course

Nutrition balance score

Good

7.3/10

Glycemic Index

Glycemic Load

38.74 (Low)

25.04 (High)

Nutrition per serving

Kcal

657.38 kcal

Carbohydrates
Of which sugars

64.63 g
16.29 g

Total fat
Of which saturated fats

28.37 g
11.24 g

Proteins

48.73 g

Fiber

9.88 g

Sodium

1693.26 mg

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Chicken tinga tacos, or tinga de pollo, are made with a delicious tomato sauce which is full of flavour thanks to the addition of chipotle chillies. For the most authentic results, use chipotle chillies in Adobo sauce.

Opinions may be divided about Mexican corn tortillas (from the La Morena brand). The smell after opening the packaging is different from what you may be used to from flour tortillas. They feel a bit plastic-like when they are uncooked, but once you toast them in a dry frying pan, they become pliable and look like tortillas we are all familiar with. The texture and flavour change completely with dry frying, so it is very important to toast them well on both sides in a hot pan.

Recipe chicken tinga tacos

Recipe chicken tinga tacos allergens

This recipe contains the following allergens. Click on the allergen to search for alternative recipes.

Gluten

Celery

Milk

Made by Véronique

Published at 2024-01-10, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 1 hours.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2025-05-12

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Preparation time

30 minutes

Time cooking

30 minutes

Total time

1 hours

Preparation – 30 minutes

Peel and coarsely chop 1 onion. Fill a medium saucepan with water, the onion, 2 bay leaves and a generous pinch of salt, and bring to a boil.

Place the chicken breasts in the water and simmer until tender (around 15 to 20 minutes). The exact cooking time depends on the thickness of the chicken breasts.

Meanwhile, peel the second onion and cut it into thin half moons. Use a sharp knife to remove the cores of the tomatoes and score an X on their undersides.

Shred a quarter of iceberg lettuce into fine strips and set aside. Cut the lime into wedges and also set aside.

Finishing the chicken tinga tacos – 30 minutes

Remove the chicken breasts from the water as soon as they are cooked. Bring the water to the boil again and place the tomatoes in the boiling water for around 2 minutes.

Transfer the tomatoes and onion pieces from the water to a blender (save the cooking water!). Peel the garlic cloves and add them to the blender.

Add the chipotle chillies in Adobo sauce to the blender, along with a crumbled chicken stock cube and a tablespoon of the cooking liquid. Purée until smooth and season with salt and pepper.

Use 2 forks to shred the chicken breasts.

Heat a splash of olive oil in a large frying pan and fry the sliced rings of onion until translucent.

Add the puréed sauce and let it thicken over a medium-high heat for around 5 minutes. Add the shredded chicken and stir well. If necessary, let it thicken a little longer if the sauce is still too thin for your liking.

Slice the avocado and toast the corn tortillas in a dry frying pan until both sides are well cooked. Ideally, there should be dark spots on the tortillas.

Spread a tortilla with sour cream (or crème fraîche), then top with the chicken mixture, iceberg lettuce, and avocado, and finish with a little crumbled feta. Squeeze a wedge of lime over the taco. Enjoy!

Tips!

What are chipotle chillies?

A chipotle chilli is a jalapeño pepper which has been smoked. They are both spicy and a little sweet at the same time. The jalapeño peppers are allowed to fully ripen first, making them sweeter than green jalapeños.

What is Abodo sauce?

Adobo sauce is a Mexican sauce made of tomatoes, spices, chipotle chillies, and more. Adobo sauce is spicy, sweet and smoky, due to the use of smoked chillies.

Adobar means marinate in Spanish, which is the perfect way to use Adobo sauce.

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Nutritional values

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Pay attention! These indicated nutritional values are based on standard tables and are therefore an estimated total. No rights can be derived from the data in the nutritional value table.

General

Kcal

657.38 kcal

Carbohydrates
Of which sugars

64.63 g
16.29 g

Total fat
Of which saturated fats

28.37 g
11.24 g

Proteins

48.73 g

Fiber

9.88 g

Sodium

1693.26 mg

Show vitamines & minerals

Minerals

Iron

4.70 mg

Calcium

264.59 mg

Magnesium

113.76 mg

Potassium

113.76 mg

Phosphorus

748.70 mg

Copper

0.45 mg

Zinc

3.72 mg

Iodine

0.54 µg

Selenium

6.84 µg

Vitamins

Vitamine C

56.59 mg

Vitamine D

0.24 mg

Vitamine A

575.13 mg

Vitamine B1

0.58 mg

Vitamine B2

0.56 mg

Vitamine B6

1.56 mg

Vitamine B12

0.49 µg

Folic acid

82.04 µg

Vitamine E

1.72 mg

Vitamine K

16.63 µg

Vitamine K1

0.00 µg

Handy! Scroll this table horizontally to see all nutritional values per ingredient

Amount		Ingredient	Allergens	Kcal	Carbs	Carbs of which sugars	Fat	Fat of which saturated	Protein	Fibers	Sodium	Iron	Calcium	Magnesium	Potassium	Phosphorus	Copper	Zinc	Iodine	Selenium	Vitamin C	Vitamin D	Vitamin A	Vitamin B1	Vitamin B2	Vitamin B6	Vitamin B12	Vitamin B11	Vitamin E	Vitamin K	Vitamin K1
0.75		chicken breasts		128.25	-	-	4.50 g	1.69 g	33.75 g	-	56.25 mg	0.79 mg	11.25 mg	39.38 mg	450.00 mg	382.50 mg	0.03 mg	0.79 mg	-	-	-	0.11 mg	0.02 mg	0.08 mg	0.08 mg	0.79 mg	0.34 µg	2.25 µg	-	-	-
0.5		onions		22.50	3.81 g	3.81 g	0.13 g	0.06 g	0.75 g	1.56 g	5.63 mg	0.31 mg	18.75 mg	6.25 mg	109.38 mg	26.25 mg	0.05 mg	0.50 mg	-	-	4.06 mg	-	-	0.02 mg	0.02 mg	0.08 mg	-	6.25 µg	-	-	-
1		tomatoes		23.75	3.63 g	3.63 g	0.25 g	-	1.25 g	1.25 g	10.00 mg	-	17.50 mg	12.50 mg	371.25 mg	32.50 mg	0.06 mg	0.13 mg	-	-	26.25 mg	-	0.05 mg	0.05 mg	0.03 mg	0.10 mg	-	8.75 µg	0.63 mg	9.38 µg	-
0.5		bay leaves		1.57	0.36 g	-	0.04 g	0.01 g	0.04 g	0.13 g	0.25 mg	0.22 mg	4.17 mg	0.60 mg	2.65 mg	0.57 mg	-	-	-	-	0.23 mg	-	-	-	-	0.01 mg	-	0.90 µg	0.04 mg	-	-
0.5	clove	garlic		2.10	0.42 g	0.01 g	-	-	0.09 g	0.03 g	0.06 mg	0.02 mg	2.55 mg	0.30 mg	9.00 mg	1.95 mg	-	0.02 mg	0.02 µg	-	0.21 mg	-	-	-	-	0.01 mg	-	0.06 µg	-	-	-
0.25	can	of chipotle chillies in adobo sauce		57.50	8.63 g	5.75 g	2.59 g	0.29 g	0.86 g	1.15 g	460.00 mg	0.86 mg	28.75 mg	11.50 mg	172.50 mg	57.50 mg	0.06 mg	0.29 mg	-	0.58 µg	17.25 mg	-	575.00 mg	0.06 mg	0.11 mg	0.17 mg	-	5.75 µg	0.58 mg	2.88 µg	-
0.25		avocado		70.50	0.56 g	0.52 g	6.79 g	1.42 g	0.98 g	2.40 g	1.88 mg	0.15 mg	3.75 mg	11.25 mg	168.75 mg	11.25 mg	0.15 mg	0.22 mg	-	-	1.13 mg	-	-	0.03 mg	0.04 mg	0.15 mg	-	3.75 µg	-	-	-
25	gram	sour cream	milk	46.25	0.88 g	0.88 g	4.50 g	3.00 g	0.70 g	-	12.50 mg	0.03 mg	25.00 mg	2.50 mg	35.00 mg	20.00 mg	-	0.08 mg	-	-	0.25 mg	0.13 mg	0.05 mg	0.01 mg	0.04 mg	0.01 mg	0.08 µg	2.50 µg	-	-	-
2	small	corn tortillas	gluten	231.20	44.64 g	1.44 g	3.60 g	0.96 g	6.48 g	2.88 g	532.00 mg	2.00 mg	38.40 mg	28.00 mg	124.80 mg	127.20 mg	0.08 mg	0.96 mg	-	6.24 µg	-	-	-	0.32 mg	0.16 mg	0.24 mg	-	50.40 µg	0.40 mg	1.52 µg	-
0.06		iceberg lettuce		0.34	0.03 g	-	-	-	0.04 g	0.03 g	0.31 mg	0.03 mg	1.09 mg	0.16 mg	9.38 mg	1.09 mg	-	0.01 mg	-	-	0.25 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.25 µg	-	-	-
0.25		chicken stock cube	celery	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
25	gram	feta cheese	milk	63.00	0.30 g	-	5.38 g	3.75 g	3.55 g	-	275.00 mg	0.18 mg	107.50 mg	-	155.00 mg	85.00 mg	-	0.73 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.08 mg	-	0.08 µg	-	-	-	-
0.25		lime		4.00	0.25 g	0.24 g	0.31 g	-	0.06 g	-	0.25 mg	0.03 mg	1.88 mg	-	10.00 mg	1.38 mg	-	-	-	-	5.63 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		olive oil		2.03	-	-	0.23 g	0.03 g	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		salt and pepper		4.39	1.13 g	0.01 g	0.06 g	0.02 g	0.18 g	0.44 g	339.13 mg	0.09 mg	4.00 mg	1.33 mg	11.09 mg	1.51 mg	0.01 mg	0.01 mg	0.52 µg	0.02 µg	1.34 mg	-	-	-	-	0.01 mg	-	0.18 µg	0.08 mg	2.86 µg	-
				657.38	64.63 g	16.29 g	28.37 g	11.24 g	48.73 g	9.88 g	1693.26 mg	4.70 mg	264.59 mg	113.76 mg	1628.78 mg	748.70 mg	0.45 mg	3.72 mg	0.54 µg	6.84 µg	56.59 mg	0.24 mg	575.13 mg	0.58 mg	0.56 mg	1.56 mg	0.49 µg	82.04 µg	1.72 mg	16.63 µg	-