# Chicken Birria

A recipe for Chicken Birria, a Mexican dish.

- Total time: 76 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 6 chicken legs
- 4 four chiles guajillos
- 1 one chile ancho
- 2 Tbsp chicken bullion
- 1 salt
- 1 Tbsp pepper
- 1 pinch oregano
- 1 pinch cumin
- 1 pinch sesame seeds
- 1 pinch ground ginger
- 3 cloves
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tomato
- 0.25 onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 serving white rice
- 1 serving cebolla
- 1 serving cilantro
- 1 serving lime
- 1 serving salsa
- 2 charred tortillas

## Instructions

1. Remove the skins from the chicken legs and put them in a pot.
2. Rehydrate four chiles guajillos and one chile ancho.
3. Add bay leaves to the chicken.
4. Add the tomato, quarter piece of onion, and three garlic cloves to a blender.
5. Add the rehydrated chiles, a cup of vinegar, and some of the juice from boiling the chiles to the blender.
6. Blend everything and strain into the pot with the chicken to remove the chile skins.
7. Completely submerge your chicken, cover it up, and once it comes to a boil, lower to a low simmer.
8. Simmer for an hour, constantly mixing the chicken to make sure it evenly cooks.
9. When it's ready, complete with some white rice, cebolla, cilantro, a squeeze of lime, some tortillas and salsa.

## Equipment

- pot
- blender
- strainer
- tongs

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@nanajoe19/video/6906918734321978629?lang=en
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/51131a06-8067-4d3b-9ffc-e65b9fa6292d
- Extracted: 2025-01-07

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