Shredded Chicken For Tostadas (tinga)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 -4 chicken breasts
• 3 -4 medium tomatoes, sliced in halves
• 1 (8 ounce) can chipotle chiles
• 3 -4 onions, sliced
• salt
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup water
• tostadas

Recipe

• 1 place chicken breasts in large pot and add water to cover. add salt.
• 2 turn water up to boiling and let simmer until chicken is cooked through.
• 3 once chicken is cooked, remove from pan and shred. set aside.
• 4 heat med-large skillet with oil. add halved tomatoes and cook about 5-10 minutes.
• 5 remove tomatoes from skillet and place in blender. add chipotles to blender with tomatoes (for mild taste only use 1-2 chipotles, add more for more heat).
• 6 add 1 cup water to blender and about 1 tsp salt. blend and set aside.
• 7 place sliced onion in skillet. cook about 5 minutes. add salsa to skillet; mix well.
• 8 mix chicken and salsa together and serve warm on tostadas.