Chipotle-Lime Chicken Tacos

Name: Chipotle-Lime Chicken Tacos
Prep time: 2 h 5 min
Cook time: 2 h 5 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, finely minced into a paste; 8 6-inchs (6-inch) corn tortillas, warmed; 237 milliliters crema; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper; 1 lime, zested and juiced (lime halves reserved), plus 1 lime, zested; 1 bone-in, skin-on whole chicken, rinsed and dried; 59 milliliters water

Chipotle-Lime Chicken Tacos

Chipotle-Lime Chicken Tacos is a gluten free recipe with 4 servings. One portion of this dish contains around 8g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 254 calories. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have lime zest, corn tortillas, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 5 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Generously season the chicken, on the outside and inside of the cavity, with salt and pepper, to taste. With your fingers, put some of the lime zest under the skin of the chicken.

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Salt And Pepper

Lime Zest

Whole Chicken

Sprinkle the lime juice over the chicken and put the halves into the cavity.

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Lime Juice

Whole Chicken

Put the chicken in a roasting pan, breast side up, and add 1/4 cup of water to the bottom of the pan. Roast the chicken until the internal temperature registers 165 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer, when inserted in the thickest part of the thigh.

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Whole Chicken

Water

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Kitchen Thermometer

Remove the chicken from the oven to a carving board, let sit until cool enough to handle.

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Whole Chicken

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In a small bowl, combine the crema, minced chipotles, remaining lime zest, and salt and pepper, to taste.

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Salt And Pepper

Chipotle Chiles

Lime Zest

Mexican Crema

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Once the chicken has cooled, pull the meat from bones and shred.

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Meat

Put some of the shredded chicken on each tortilla, top with chipotle crema and garnish with some zest from the remaining lime.

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Shredded Chicken

Chipotle Chiles

Tortilla

Mexican Crema

Lime

Serve with lime wedges.

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Lime Wedge

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Servings:

chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, finely minced into a paste 86-inchs

(6-inch) corn tortillas, warmed 237milliliters

crema 4servings

Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper 1

lime, zested and juiced (lime halves reserved), plus 1 lime, zested 1

bone-in, skin-on whole chicken, rinsed and dried 59milliliters

water

Recommended wine: Cava, Grenache, Shiraz

Cava, Grenache, and Shiraz are my top picks for Chili. These juicy reds don't have too much tannin (important for spicy foods), but a sparkling wine like cava can tame the heat even better.

50% Xarel-lo, 30% Macabeo, and 20% Parellada aged for 18 months on the lees make this cava an incredible value. Delicate bubbles with a silky texture and a chalky minerality make this cava drink like NV Champagne.