My husbands youngest niece is in a baseball tournament this weekend in San Diego and that means that family could be visiting Casa de Santillan sometime during the trip. It’s always hard to prepare for these visits since I don’t know when or if I will be cooking, so I have developed a recipe to make chicken tacos using only a rotisserie chicken and a few other ingredients I have here on hand. This easy recipe is always a crowd pleaser and doesn’t take very long to make.
So rather than sharing a cake recipe today (like I have done on some Friday’s in the past), I thought I would share my super easy chicken taco filling recipe.
Ingredients
1 rotisserie chicken
2 cans chicken broth
1/2 can of water
1/4 cup (approximately) Las Palmas Chili Colorado Sauce
Directions:
Place rotisserie chicken, water and chicken broth in large pan. Cover with a lid and boil for approximately 15 minutes. Remove chicken and add Chili Colorado sauce to broth. Using fork or tongs shred chicken removing skin and bones and add to broth mixture (caution chicken will be hot!). Simmer chicken mixture for another 10 minutes.
This works great for tacos or burritos.
***Blatant Family Plug***
Today’s picture is from a quilt made by my cousin Beth. I loved the colors and pattern so much I asked her permission to use it as my photo today. You can check out her quilts on her Etsy site.
Enjoy!
Suzanne Santillan
Writing on the Sidewalk
Thanks for the Blatant Family Plug, Suz!
You’re welcome.
I LoVe the “Dia de los Muertos” quilt. Very cool!!!
Now, does a rotiserie chicken really cook in 15 min plus an additional 10 min? Is it precooked? Maybe I just boil my chickens too long. Your recipe sounds yummy! I think I’ll try it with green chili. Love Las Palmas brand. Thanks for the great recipe! And hope your niece’s team won at the ball game!
Thanks Maria,
Yes the chicken is pre-cooked and pre seasoned the purpose of boiling it in the broth is to give the broth a little more flavor and make the chicken easier to shred. Of course the longer you simmer the chicken the more of a chance it gets to absorb the red chili sauce but technically it’s done in 10 mins. I have made the same recipe with the green chili sauce this makes great enchiladas. I love “cooking” with connivence foods it makes it much easier.
You find the rotisserie chickens at Costco or usually in the deli section of the market.
Have fun.
Sue