🌮 Tostadas de Tinga

Name: Tostadas de Tinga
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexico · Puebla
Ingredients: 8 tostadas; 400 g chicken breast; 3 tomatoes; 1 onion, sliced; 2 chipotle chillies in adobo; 100 g shredded lettuce; 60 ml Mexican-style cream; 60 g crumbled fresh cheese; 1 avocado; 1 tbsp oil

Origin: Mexico · Puebla

370kcal

per serving · 200 g

185kcal

per 100 g

20 gProtein10 g / 100 g

18 gFat9 g / 100 g

34 gCarbs17 g / 100 g

Tostadas de tinga are crisp fried tortillas piled with tinga, shredded chicken stewed in a smoky chipotle and tomato sauce. They are topped with shredded lettuce, a drizzle of cream, crumbled cheese and slices of avocado. Every bite mixes crunch, smoke, gentle heat and cool creaminess.

Diets

✓

No porkfor halal, the meat must be halal-slaughtered

✓

Gluten-freeno wheat, barley or rye in a typical recipe

Not vegetarianbecause of: chicken tinga

Not veganbecause of: chicken tinga, cream, cheese

Contains dairybecause of: cream, cheese

Not keto17 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Milk

What it is made of

tostadachicken tingalettucecreamcheeseavocado

Recipe

4 servings45 min

Ingredients

8 tostadas
400 g chicken breast
3 tomatoes
1 onion, sliced
2 chipotle chillies in adobo
100 g shredded lettuce
60 ml Mexican-style cream
60 g crumbled fresh cheese
1 avocado
1 tbsp oil

Method

Simmer the chicken in salted water for 20 minutes, then shred it.
Blend tomatoes with the chipotles.
Soften the onion in the oil, add the tomato sauce, simmer 5 minutes, then stir in the chicken and cook until thick.
Top each tostada with lettuce and tinga.
Finish with cream, cheese and avocado slices.

How to make it lighter

Bake the tortillas instead of frying them to make the tostadas.
Use a teaspoon of cream per tostada and plenty of lettuce.
Two tostadas with a generous chicken layer make a filling meal.

History

Tinga is associated with the state of Puebla in central Mexico, where it is a long-standing home and market dish. Served on tostadas, it is a common snack and party food across the country.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →