date: 2020-10-03T16:06:49.045Z 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: Francis Brady ratingvalue: 4.9 reviewcount: 12524 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: 164 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT19M" cooktime: "PT34M" recipeyield: "2" recipecategory: Lunch ---  Hello everybody, hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, mexican pulled chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious. Mexican Pulled Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It's enjoyed by millions every day. It's simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Mexican Pulled Chicken is something which I have loved my whole life. They're nice and they look wonderful. To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mexican pulled chicken using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that. ##### The ingredients needed to make Mexican Pulled Chicken: 1. Make ready chicken breasts, around 300g worth, 1. Take Chipotle BBQ sauce, 1. Prepare For the chicken dry rub 1. Take cayenne pepper, 1. Make ready smoked paprika, 1. Get garlic granules, 1. Prepare red chilli flakes, 1. Prepare pre-mixed Mexican herb blend, (optional), 1. Take Salt and white pepper to season, 1. Make ready For the broth base: 1. Make ready boiling water, 1. Take chipotle Morita dried chillies, 1. Prepare guajillo dried chillies, 1. Take chicken or vegetable stock, 1. Get For frying: 1. Prepare Enough vegetable oil to cover 2mm entire base of the skillet 1. Take Equipment recommended: 1. Make ready large cast iron skillet ##### Steps 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 it up for this exceptional food mexican pulled chicken recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I am sure you can make this at home. There's gonna be interesting food in home recipes coming up. Don't forget to save this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!