Name: Freezer Meal Chicken Tinga
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; half of an onion; 2 cloves garlic; 2 individual chipotles in adobo sauce; 1 teaspoon oregano; 1 teaspoon cumin; 1 14-ounce can crushed fire-roasted tomatoes; 1⁄2 teaspoon salt; 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken thighs

This Freezer Meal Chicken Tinga is THE BEST! Just mix it all together in a bag, freezer, and you've got saucy, spicy, real food perfection.

Freezer Meal Chicken Tinga

tablespoon olive oil

an onion

cloves garlic

individual chipotles in adobo sauce

teaspoon oregano

teaspoon cumin

tomatoes

1⁄2 teaspoon salt

lbs. boneless skinless chicken thighs

INSTANT POT: From frozen, 12-15 minutes on high pressure + 10 minutes natural release.

SLOW COOKER: 

FINAL STEP

 Serve as tacos, or on a salad, or in a rice bowl, or in enchiladas…. limitless possibilities!

Thank you for your response, Emily! I made this last night with fresh (unfrozen) chicken and followed your suggestion of 10 minutes. It was perfect!

This meal was SO easy and REALLY delicious! I had mine over spinach with rice, black beans, avocado, and corn. My husband had his burrito-style. The chicken has some heat from the chipotles, but not so much that I --somewhat of a spice-wimp--couldn't handle it.

Honey, like many things I have made from your site (which I definitely love), this dish needs more flavour. I doubled the onions and garlic and cumin, and my family still said it didn't have any taste at all right out of the Instant Pot. I added even more cumin and a few other things, reduced the entire thing in a frying pan to reduce the liquid, and it was very yummy then.We had it with shredded red cabbage slaw and a corn salsa. This was the first recipe I tried with my new Instant Pot and it was a great confidence-builder. As always, sincere thanks for everything you do but, please confirm your seasoning measures!

Agreed - love the concept and structure of the recipe, but the final taste was a little underwhelming. Adjusting with some salt, cumin, hot &amp; smoked paprika and a few other seasonings made it perfect :)

This is so tasty and perfect for me for college. Thank you!!

Should I adjust the cooking time if I'm using breasts as opposed to thighs? I'm using a slow cooker. Thank you! I'm excited to try this.

I made this tonight, and the 15 minute cook time was not enough for the frozen.  Some of the chicken was still raw.

I did this in the Instant pot from frozen and followed the directions and after 15 min + 10 min natural release the chicken thighs were raw :( disappointing!

Freezer Meal Chicken Tinga

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total: 35 minutes

Servings: 8

Cost: $4.73 /serving

Author : Pinch of Yum

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