Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Shredded Chicken
















A few months back, I posted a recipe for shredded chicken burritos. I have since perfected my recipe for shredded chicken. I apologize, this isn’t even my picture. We ate those burritos right up before I even had the chance to take a picture. So this picture is courtesy of google image search!
Anyway. This is really pretty easy and quite delicious.

Ingredients
  • 2 (8 ounce) cans Tomato Sauce
  • ½ tablespoons water
  • ½  tablespoons chicken broth
  • 2 teaspoons White Distilled Vinegar
  • 1 garlic clove, Minced
  • 3 1/2 teaspoons chile powder
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
  • 2 teaspoons Oregano  - dry
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • ½ tbs medium hot sauce (whatever your favorite is)
  • 2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (if you want you can buy the one’s with the bone-in. I think they might make it tastier
Directions
  1. In medium bowl, mix together tomato sauce, water, chicken broth, vinegar, garlic, chili powder, cumin, oregano, hot sauce, and sugar. set aside.
  2. Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook chicken, turning once, until light golden brown on both sides, about 5 minutes. Add reserved tomato sauce mixture to pan; bring to a boil. Lower heat to medium low. Simmer, covered, until cooked through, flipping once, about 20 minutes.
  3. Transfer chicken to cutting board; reserve sauce in pan. Using two forks, shred chicken breast. Transfer chicken to skillet with sauce, mixing to combine; continue to cook until sauce reduces and blends into chicken, and mixture begins to caramelize, about 10 minutes more.
  4. Transfer chicken mixture to serving bowl.
You can use this chicken in tacos, burritos, enchiladas…whatever! But I promise you, its sooooooo good.

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