# Chicken Birria Tacos

A recipe for delicious and easy low-calorie chicken birria tacos.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 45 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 ancho chili
- 2 arbol chili
- 2 guajillo chili
- 1 white onion
- 1 tiny spray avocado oil
- 1 handful garlic
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 cloves
- 1 tomato
- 1 enough to cover water or stock
- 1 pinch thyme
- 1 a whole lot black pepper
- 1 pinch oregano or marjoram
- 1 pinch cumin
- 1 pinch coriander
- 1 generous amount sea salt
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1 white onion
- 1 cilantro
- 1 oaxaca cheese or low fat mozzarella
- 4 corn tortillas or gluten free tortillas
- 1 a little consomme

## Instructions

1. Remove stems from ancho, arbol and guajillo chilies and deseed them.
2. Rough chop the chilies and onions.
3. In a frying pan, saute onions in avocado oil until they start to brown.
4. Add garlic and the trio of chilies to the pan.
5. Add tomato paste.
6. Add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cloves, and tomato.
7. Cover everything with water or stock.
8. Once slightly cooled, put the mixture in a blender.
9. Add thyme, black pepper, oregano or marjoram, cumin, coriander, and salt to the blender.
10. Blend the mixture.
11. Pour the blended mixture back into the pan and bring it to a light boil.
12. Add sliced boneless skinless chicken breast to the pan.
13. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and cover.
14. Cook for about an hour or until fork-tender.
15. Shred the chicken using two forks.
16. Keep the shredded chicken hydrated with a little consomme.
17. Dice white onion and chop cilantro.
18. Shred Oaxaca cheese.
19. Warm tortillas.
20. Assemble the tacos: tortilla, cheese, chicken, sauce, white onions, and cilantro.

## Equipment

- knife
- blender
- frying pan

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegoldenbalance/video/7106139709927378222?lang=en
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8429dfa2-226d-4ee2-8f17-4dc911af9130
- Extracted: 2025-01-07

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