# tostadas de tinga

This video teaches you how to make tostadas de tinga.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Lunch
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 chicken breast
- 0.5 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 bay leaves
- chicken bouillon
- salt
- 2 tomatoes
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 piece onion
- oil
- 1 can chipotle peppers
- 1.5 cup water
- 2 spoonfuls chicken bouillon
- salt

## Instructions

1. Boil 3 chicken breasts.
2. Add half an onion to the pot.
3. Add 2 garlic cloves.
4. Add 2 bay leaves.
5. Add some chicken bouillon.
6. Add a little bit of salt.
7. Take the chicken out of the pot.
8. Shred the chicken.
9. Add oil to a pan and cook 2 tomatoes, 2 garlic cloves, and a piece of onion.
10. Once the tomatoes, garlic cloves, and onion are soft, add everything to the blender.
11. Add a whole can of chipotle peppers to the blender.
12. Add about a cup and a half of the water where you boiled the chicken.
13. Add 2 spoonfuls of chicken bouillon to season.
14. Add a little bit of salt.
15. Add oil to a pan and sauté some onions.
16. Once the onions are soft, add the chicken.
17. Let it cook together for about a minute.
18. Add all the sauce.
19. Give it a good mix and make sure all the chicken is nicely coated.
20. Cover and let it simmer on medium-low for about 5 minutes.
21. Add some Mexican sour cream, the tinga, some lettuce and finally, some queso cotija to your tostada.

## Equipment

- pot
- tongs
- fork
- shredder
- pan
- bowl
- blender

## Tips

- You can add about 4 chipotle peppers if you don't want it that spicy.
- If the sauce needs it, add more of the water where the chicken was boiled.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPHpCn4UHkyRY-rj8Mv/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/67de1934-0925-422b-a6b5-6fc0792f024b
- Extracted: 2025-07-29

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