Pulled Chicken Tacos

This chicken was so tender and flavorful, I can't wait to make it again!

Season your chicken with salt, smoked paprika, chili powder, cumin, and adobo and let marinate for at least 1 hour

Add olive oil to skillet and once hot, add in seasoned chicken thighs

Once cooked, remove from skillet and shred using 2 forks

Add peppers, onion, and jalapeño to skillet, once softened, add chicken back in along with rotel

To assemble taco, dip tortilla into juices of chicken then place on skillet, top with cheese and chicken

Fold tortilla and make sure to cook on both sides

Serve with a side of rice (rice recipe below)

This was probably one of the most flavorful tacos I’ve had!

The juiciest, most flavorful shredded chicken.

Pulled chicken tacos

Makes about 8 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 lb chicken thigh

• 1 tbsp olive oil

• 1 tbsp and 1 tsp adobo

• 1 ½ tbsp cumin

• 1 tbsp chili powder

• 1 tbsp smoked paprika

• 2 tsp salt

• ½ green bell pepper

• ½ red bell pepper

• ½ red onion

• 1 jalapeño

• 10 oz can rotel

Instructions:

1. Season chicken with olive oil, cumin, chili powder, smoked paprika, salt, and 1 tbsp adobo and let sit for ~30 minutes 

2. Once chicken is marinated, add olive oil to skillet and once hot add in chicken

3. Once chicken is cooked, remove from skillet and shred using 2 forks

4. Add peppers, onion, and jalepeno to same skillet used to cook the chicken and season with 1 tsp adobo

5. Once veggies soften a bit, add chicken back in along with rotel (if you want more juices add about 5 oz water to skillet)

6. Cover and let simmer

7. Top with cilantro when ready to serve

Seasoned Rice

Ingredients:

• 1½ basmati rice

• 1 tbsp olive oil

• ½ yellow onion

• 2 tsp garlic

• 8 oz can tomato sauce

• 1 tsp cumin

• 2 c hot water

• 1 Maggi cube

Instructions:

1. Wash rice until water runs clear and then soak for ~30 minutes

2. Add olive oil to a pot, once hot add in onion and garlic

3. Sauté onion and garlic for ~2 minutes, then add in tomato sauce and washed rice

4. Combine water and Maggi cube until it’s dissolved then add to pot on high heat 

5. Once water starts to boil, cover rice and lower heat to low

6. Let rice cook for ~15 minutes (don’t open lid while rice is cooking)

7. Once rice is cooked, fluff it up and let rest for ~10 minutes