Pressure Cooker Mexican Pulled Chicken

This Mexican Pulled Chicken is a flavour-packed dinner that’s ready in under 30 minutes thanks to the pressure cooker!

Juicy chicken thighs are cooked until fall-apart tender in a rich, spiced taco sauce - perfect for stuffing into tacos, piling onto nachos, or layering into quesadillas and enchiladas.

With minimal prep and bold, family-friendly flavours, this midweek dinner is an easy win. It’s also freezer-friendly and includes a slow cooker option if you want to set and forget.

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Dinner

Mexican

Yield: 6-8

Author: Ange Zahn

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Pressure Cooker Mexican Pulled Chicken

We all love a quick and easy dinner midweek. What could be better than melt in your mouth Mexican chicken? A simple pressure cooker recipe that will be ready in just a few minutes, we all love that don’t we!

Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 45 Min

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Ingredients

• 1kg boneless chicken thighs fillets, cut in half
• 1 onion, diced
• ½ cup chicken stock
• 3-4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 sachets taco seasoning
• 2 bottles taco sauce
• 1 -2 tablespoons cornflour + ⅓ cup water for a cornflour slurry

Instructions

1. Pour the chicken stock into your pot, followed by the diced onion.
2. Lay the chicken pieces over the onion & stock.
3. Sprinkle taco seasoning evenly over the chicken.
4. Sprinkle crushed garlic over the taco seasoning.
5. Pour the taco sauce over the top. There is NO NEED TO STIR
6. Place the lid on the pot.
7. Pressure cook: Switch valve to seal. Cook on Poultry for 12 minutes. Full NPR.
8. When the chicken has finished cooking, remove the chicken with tongs and place on a large chopping board. Using 2 forks, shred the chicken.
9. Create a cornflour slurry with the cornflour and water. Pour into the sauce and stir over high heat until it starts to thicken.
10. Put the shredded chicken into a clean bowl and using a ladle, scoop the sauce 1 ladle at a time and pour over the chicken to combine. Continue until you are happy with the amount of sauce you have added to the chicken. I usually use 2-3 scoops.

Notes

• Serve with your favourite Mexican sides:  salsa, guacamole, sour cream etc
• You can use the chicken to create loaded nachos, tacos, quesadillas or enchiladas.
• To cook in the slow cooker follow the recipe above and cook for 6 hours slow or 3 hours high.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

418.67

Fat

28.04 g

Sat. Fat

7.6 g

Carbs

11.93 g

Fiber

0.49 g

Net carbs

11.43 g

Sugar

1.18 g

Protein

27.98 g

Sodium

187.69 mg

Cholesterol

164.25 mg

The nutritional information provided is computer generated and is only an estimate. This data is provided as a courtesy for informational purposes only.

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