Mexican Shredded Chicken
Mexican Shredded Chicken

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, mexican shredded chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Shredded chicken breast tossed in a killer Mexican sauce, loaded with smokey chipotle flavours. I know there are a gazillion Mexican chicken recipes out there in this big-wide-cyber-world. Next up is Mexican Shredded Chicken Salad, a classic salad for summer and a great option for children's birthday parties.

Mexican Shredded Chicken is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Mexican Shredded Chicken is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have mexican shredded chicken using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

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

This big batch of Mexican shredded chicken is great served with rice or inside taco shells with letttuce, tomatoes and cheese. Remove chicken from slow cooker to bowl. Mexican Shredded Chicken can be made in a slow cooker or a heavy bottom dutch oven! Use this in place of plain shredded chicken; and it will kick an average Mexican recipe up a notch (IMHO).

Instructions 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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