Pulled Chicken Tacos

Name: Pulled Chicken Tacos
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 800g chicken thighs; 2 tbsp chipotle paste; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 orange, juiced; 12 corn tortillas; 2 cups red cabbage, finely shredded; juice of 2 limes; 200ml sour cream; coriander to serve

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

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

Shred with forks.

Mix sour cream with lime juice for crema.

Toss cabbage with a little lime.

Warm tortillas.

Fill with chicken, slaw and crema.

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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