Mexican Chicken Filling for Tacos

 

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Mexican Chicken Filling for Tacos
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Meat, Mexican
Servings: 6
Calories: 161 kcal
Ingredients
Pull Rotisserie Chicken
  • 1 1/2 cup chicken pulled (fried) rotisserie chicken (Costco)
Roux
  • 1 tbsp butter unsalted (Costco)
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1/4 cup water
Sauce
  • 2 tbsp onion fine chopped
  • 2 tbsp Avocado oil (Costco)
  • 2 tbsp rosted tomatoes from can (Aldi)
  • 1 tbsp Taco seasoning low sodium (Aldi)
  • 1/2 cup vegetables mixture frozen corn, carrots, peas (Costco)
  • 1/4 cup chicken broth (Costco, Better Than Bouillon® Chicken Base)
  • 2 tbsp black beans cooked beans from can (Aldi)
  • 1 tbsp black bean juice from can
  • 1 pinch black pepper
  • 1 pinch salt
Instructions
Pull chicken
  1. Cut the Rotisserie Chicken in parts and use for this recipe the breast meat. Remove the skin, pull, shred and cut to get about 1 1/2 cups and put meat aside.

Roux (in the meanwhile)
  1. Make a roux from 1 tbsp of butter, and 1 tbsp of flour ( you heat up a small nonstick pan and then add the butter melt it and then the flour) Keep the temperature low and stir the flour. It should not get brown.  This process takes about 10 min. 

  2. Add the water stir and then add the mixture to put aside

Sauce
  1. Saute onion in oil at low heat for 5 min

  2. Cut the fire roasted tomatoes from the can and add to the pan and continue to cooking

  3. Add the taco and water and the frozen vegetables and continue to simmer for 5 min

  4. Now add the pulled chicken and the chicken stock the roux mixture simmer for 10 min

  5. Now add the black beans and some of the juice simmer 5 minutes. 

  6. If necessary add more salt, pepper or some taco powder. 

Nutrition Facts
Mexican Chicken Filling for Tacos
Amount Per Serving
Calories 161 Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Fat 7g11%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Cholesterol 34mg11%
Sodium 147mg6%
Potassium 159mg5%
Carbohydrates 4g1%
Fiber 1g4%
Protein 11g22%
Vitamin A 920IU18%
Vitamin C 3.5mg4%
Calcium 7mg1%
Iron 0.7mg4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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