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Mexican pulled chicken with black beans
This lightly spiced pulled chicken with black beans is ideal for filling tortillas and tacos. Make ahead or freeze in advance.
Servings: 4 Serves 4
Ingredients
For the pulled chicken
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 onion - peeled &chopped
- 3 cloves garlic - Peelied chopped
- 1 tsp cumin seed
- 1 tsp coriander seed
- 1 tsp chilli flake - according to taste
- 1 tsp tsp sweet paprika
- 6 skinless - boneless chicken thighs each cut into quarters
- 1 cup roughly chopped cherry tomatoes
- 1 tbs heaped honey
- 1 can black beans - drained and rinsed
- 1 tsp cornflour
- 1 tps pickled jalapeños
To Serve
- 1 cup grated cheese
- Guacamole
- Salsa
- Sour Cream
- Fresh Coriander
- Limes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4.
- Pour the oil into a small cast iron casserole dish. Fry the onion over a low heat until translucent, then add the garlic.
- Grind the cumin, coriander and chilli. Add the spice mix and the sweet paprika to onion and garlic and fry until fragrant.
- Add the chicken pieces and cook for a few minutes. Add tomato and few slices of fresh chilli according to taste. Stir in the honey.
- Place the lid on the casserole and cook in the oven for an hour.
- When cooked, shred the chicken, stir through the black beans, add the pickled jalapeños with some of the vinegar to balance the sweetness of the chicken if desired.
- If the sauce needs thickening mix the cornflour with a little water to make a thin paste and stir through the chicken mixture. Return to the oven to heat through.
- To serve spoon the pulled chicken into 12 mini tortilla shells, and top with the grated cheese. heat in the oven until piping hot, and the cheese has melted.
• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
• Unless stated otherwise cup conversions have been made with an online tool. For accuracy please check with your favoured conversion tool. We recommend buying inexpensive digital kitchen scales.
Calories: 368kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 190mg | Sodium: 342mg | Potassium: 592mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 655IU | Vitamin C: 11.2mg | Calcium: 242mg | Iron: 2.4mg