InstantPot Chicken Tinga

If you're not familiar with Chicken Tinga (I wasn't!) here's what I have learned:  It's a classic Mexican dish made with shredded chicken that's simmered in a savory, lightly spicy tomatoey-chipotle sauce.

I've recently fallen in love with the La Tiara taco shells and decided I'd try their taco seasoning along with the seasoning for the Chicken Tinga.

While the package instructions direct you to simmer in a covered skillet, we were hungry and I decided to get out the trusted InstantPot to make sure the chicken cooked quickly and would be easy to shred.

You'll need a yellow onion (chopped), 1 pound of boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into large chunks, one envelope of the Tinga seasoning and about 2/3 cup of water.

I added a tablespoon of olive oil to the inner pot and hit the saute' button.  Added the chopped onion and let it cook for 2 - 3 minutes, stirring frequently.

Then in goes the seasoning and the water.  Gave it a good stir and turned off the saute function.

In went the chicken.....

Put the top on the pot, locked it into place, and made sure the vent was set to closed.

Then set the timer to 6 minutes.

After the cook time was over, I let it naturally release pressure for 10 minutes.  During that time, I got everything out that we would want for our toppings and heated a can of refried black beans as our side dish.

When the 10 minutes was up, I carefully removed the top of the cooker.

I removed the chicken from the pot, placed it in a bowl, and shredded it with two forks.

Then I poured in the remaining sauce that was in the pot and give everything a good stir.

At this point, you have many decisions to make!  You can use the Chicken Tinga to make enchiladas, burritos, crunchy tacos, quesadillas, or soft tacos!

We had soft tacos tonight and maybe we'll have crunchy tacos tomorrow with the leftovers.

The chicken was so tender and the sauce had just a little heat.  It was extremely flavorful and Sweet Harold kept bragging about how good it was the entire time we were having dinner!

I had the Chicken Tinga, shredded Mexican blend cheese, diced raw onion, pickled jalapenos, and taco sauce.  Sweet Harold had the same, but added black beans and sour cream to his.