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Pulled Chicken Tacos

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Pulled Chicken Tacos

Slow-cooked chipotle pulled chicken tacos topped with cabbage slaw and a tangy lime crema. Cooking the chicken slowly at 160°C with chipotle and orange juice for ninety minutes is what lets it shred apart easily with forks, tender enough to pull without any resistance.

Total time
110 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
100 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
Mexican

Ingredients

800gchicken thighs
2 tbspchipotle paste
1 tspcumin
1 tspsmoked paprika
1orange, juiced
12corn tortillas
2 cupsred cabbage, finely shredded
juice of 2limes
200mlsour cream
corianderto serve

Instructions

1

Slow-cook chicken with chipotle, cumin, paprika and orange juice at 160°C for 1.5 hours.

2

Shred with forks.

3

Mix sour cream with lime juice for crema.

4

Toss cabbage with a little lime.

5

Warm tortillas.

6

Fill with chicken, slaw and crema.

7

Top with coriander.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
658
Protein
69.9g
Fat
19.8g
Carbs
51.5g
Fiber
7.4g
Sodium
207mg

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