
Chicken Tinga
Serves 4
What to Pair With
Chicken Tinga is a dish that hails from Mexico and would be considered one of their most loved comfort dishes. Typically, shredded chicken (pork may be used) is stewed in a smokey and spicy tomato sauce with onions and then serves on tostadas with garnishes such as avocado, cheese and salsa.
The dish lends itself to some variations and is easily customized to your tastes. I adapted a recipe from one of my favorite chefs, Kenji Lopez-Alt. While I would usually serve these on some warmed corn tortillas, here I made a polenta (corn meal) to make it a little more fancy. Enjoy!
Ingredients
2 bone-in skin-on chicken breast
Salt
Oil
4 small tomatillos, paper skins removed
2 medium tomatoes
1 onion, sliced or chopped
3 garlic cloves, whole
2 tsp dried oregano
2 bay leaves
1.5 cups water or stock
2 tbsp cider vinegar
2 canned chipotle peppers and 1 tbsp of adobo sauce
Garnish:
Goat cheese (or cotija or feta)
Scallions
Chili flakes
Lime juice
Polenta:
4 cups water
1 cup coarse corn meal
Butter
Salt
Preparation

Chris Chisholm is a Certified Specialist of Wine and a graduate of Boston University Wine Studies and Wine Making programs. He is also a graduate of Cook Street School of Culinary Arts in Denver, CO. He has worked as a personal chef and chef instructor.
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