Mexican Shredded Chicken
Mexican Shredded Chicken

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Mexican Shredded Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Mexican Shredded Chicken is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

Shredded chicken breast tossed in a killer Mexican sauce, loaded with smokey chipotle flavours. Mexican shredded chicken made in the Instant Pot/ Pressure Cooker. Tender, pull apart chicken, perfect to put in enchiladas, tacos, etc. so versatile!

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook mexican shredded chicken using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mexican Shredded Chicken:
  1. Take 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast
  2. Get 1 tbsp chilli powder
  3. Prepare 1 tbsp cumin
  4. Make ready 4 cloves minced garlic
  5. Make ready 1 tsp salt
  6. Make ready 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
  7. Prepare 12 oz your favorite beer
  8. Take juice and zest from one orange
  9. Prepare juice and zest from 2 limes

It simmers for about two hours and turns out perfect every time. I just shred the chicken right in the crock pot even because I don't like to dirty extra dishes! 🙂. Use this in place of plain shredded chicken; and it will kick an average Mexican recipe up a notch (IMHO). This Mexican Pulled (or shredded) Chicken is an easy, healthy recipe to add to burritos, tacos, enchiladas, or served as a main course.

Steps to make Mexican Shredded Chicken:
  1. Mix garlic and spices in a small bowl.
  2. Cover chicken in spice mixture and place in crock pot.
  3. Pour beer over chicken, squeeze in the orange and lime juice, put the zest of the orange and both limes in as well. (The zest gives the chicken a very citrus taste, zest only half the orange and lime if you want to dial it down a little.)
  4. Cover and let cook 6-8 hours on low.(4-6 hours on high)
  5. Shred the chicken with 2 forks. Put into a broiler pan, pour 1/3 cup of remaining juice over the shredded chicken and place under the broiler for 5 min, stir and repeat untill chicken gets a little crispy on the edges.
  6. Serve in your favorite mexican dish. Works well in tacos, burritos, and enchiladas.

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