date: 2020-08-24T00:11:48.039Z image: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/37159bb85bcb0e64/751x532cq70/mexican-pulled-chicken-recipe-main-photo.jpg thumbnail: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/37159bb85bcb0e64/751x532cq70/mexican-pulled-chicken-recipe-main-photo.jpg cover: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/37159bb85bcb0e64/751x532cq70/mexican-pulled-chicken-recipe-main-photo.jpg author: Adeline Owens ratingvalue: 4.1 reviewcount: 5028 recipeingredient: - " chicken breasts around 300g worth" - " Chipotle BBQ sauce" - " For the chicken dry rub" - " cayenne pepper" - " smoked paprika" - " garlic granules" - " red chilli flakes" - " premixed Mexican herb blend optional" - " Salt and white pepper to season" - " For the broth base" - " boiling water" - " chipotle Morita dried chillies" - " guajillo dried chillies" - " chicken or vegetable stock" - " For frying" - " Enough vegetable oil to cover 2mm entire base of the skillet" - " Equipment recommended" - " large cast iron skillet" recipeinstructions: - "Stir the chicken/vegetable stock through the boiling water, then add in the dried chilli peppers. Cover in cling film and set aside to infuse for at least an hour. The longer, the better." - "Mix together the dry rub ingredients in a bowl or upon a tray then cover the chicken breasts in the mixture evenly so no gaps are showing." - "Heat up a large skillet over a medium heat. Add in the oil. Place in the marinated chicken breasts and gently fry on both sides until lightly charred and the spices are cooked off." - "Pour in the pre prepared chilli broth by tipping it through a sieve to catch the rehydrated chilli peppers. Set the chillies aside on a chopping board. Bring the stock to a gentle simmer." - "Chop up the rehydrated chillies, discarding the stalks. Add them in with the chicken. Simmer away gently until the chicken is cooked right through. Once cooked through using a couple of forks shred up the chicken breasts by pulling them apart and leave the pieces to simmer in the now reduced broth." - "Once the broth has almost completely reduced down and soaked into the pulled chicken remove from the heat and stir through the chipotle BBQ sauce, simmer for a couple more minutes and if needed pour in around 50ml water to loosen up the sauce, depending on how dry/saucy you like your pulled chicken. It's now ready to serve! Enjoy. :)" categories: - Recipe tags: - mexican - pulled - chicken katakunci: mexican pulled chicken nutrition: 120 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT27M" cooktime: "PT54M" recipeyield: "2" recipecategory: Lunch ---  Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, mexican pulled chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I'm gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Mexican Pulled Chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It's simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Mexican Pulled Chicken is something that I have loved my whole life. They're nice and they look fantastic. To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have mexican pulled chicken using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that. ##### The ingredients needed to make Mexican Pulled Chicken: 1. Take chicken breasts, around 300g worth, 1. Prepare Chipotle BBQ sauce, 1. Make ready For the chicken dry rub 1. Make ready cayenne pepper, 1. Make ready smoked paprika, 1. Get garlic granules, 1. Take red chilli flakes, 1. Prepare pre-mixed Mexican herb blend, (optional), 1. Make ready Salt and white pepper to season, 1. Take For the broth base: 1. Take boiling water, 1. Prepare chipotle Morita dried chillies, 1. Get guajillo dried chillies, 1. Make ready chicken or vegetable stock, 1. Make ready For frying: 1. Take Enough vegetable oil to cover 2mm entire base of the skillet 1. Make ready Equipment recommended: 1. Take large cast iron skillet ##### Instructions to make Mexican Pulled Chicken: 1. Stir the chicken/vegetable stock through the boiling water, then add in the dried chilli peppers. Cover in cling film and set aside to infuse for at least an hour. The longer, the better. 1. Mix together the dry rub ingredients in a bowl or upon a tray then cover the chicken breasts in the mixture evenly so no gaps are showing. 1. Heat up a large skillet over a medium heat. Add in the oil. Place in the marinated chicken breasts and gently fry on both sides until lightly charred and the spices are cooked off. 1. Pour in the pre prepared chilli broth by tipping it through a sieve to catch the rehydrated chilli peppers. Set the chillies aside on a chopping board. Bring the stock to a gentle simmer. 1. Chop up the rehydrated chillies, discarding the stalks. Add them in with the chicken. Simmer away gently until the chicken is cooked right through. Once cooked through using a couple of forks shred up the chicken breasts by pulling them apart and leave the pieces to simmer in the now reduced broth. 1. Once the broth has almost completely reduced down and soaked into the pulled chicken remove from the heat and stir through the chipotle BBQ sauce, simmer for a couple more minutes and if needed pour in around 50ml water to loosen up the sauce, depending on how dry/saucy you like your pulled chicken. It's now ready to serve! Enjoy. :) So that's going to wrap this up for this exceptional food mexican pulled chicken recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I'm confident you will make this at home. There's gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page in your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!