You know what I noticed that I use my hands a lot when I talk. I look like one
of those blow-ups outside a used car dealership. I'm like tune in.
Hi thanks for tuning in I'm Megan Mitchell and I'm here in the Thrive Market Test Kitchen,
and today I'm gonna show you a Whole30 Chicken Tinga Taco recipe that's
made in an Instant Pot. It's low carb, it's delicious, it's super easy to make. But
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Alright let's get started, I've done a couple recipes using the instant pot. It
just cuts down on time if you have a tough cut of meat, I'm using chicken
thighs. Sometimes they can take a little bit to cook down; this will be cooked in
about 20 minutes. I did Whole30 in September and I'm gonna do it again in
January, this is a great recipe. It makes a lot so you can eat it throughout the
week you have lunch and dinner set. The last thing you want to do is think about
food all the time, that's kind of what you do on the Whole30 because you
have to think what am I eating, I'm going out to eat can I eat that? So it's great
to have in your fridge, it's easy, so let's make it. Let's do it! Alright Instant
Pot .I'm gonna hit saute. This is up to heat, I'm gonna add in some oil. What is
this new cruete? Alright I'm gonna saute my onions. I have one small onion,
medium dice. You just want to cook it down till it's softened, a couple minutes.
I like making this and putting it in containers, or freezing it. I found that I
would get hungry really quickly on Whole30, and then I'd like give me all the
food. So I didn't want to eat things that I couldn't like crackers and chips and
bread; so I always made sure I had something on hand. I didn't feel like
cooking if I was exhausted. It was in my fridge. I'm keeping it low carb by doing
lettuce cups and jicama cups, but honestly this just on its own some diced
avocado you could add more liquid to it, it could become a chili. Add sweet
potatoes, no beans though. these are great, I'm going to add in my garlic
and then just cook this one to two minutes until you smell the garlic. It
smells nice and fragrant, you don't want to burn the garlic. Garlic is bitter; it's
really bitter and had a really rough life. You know what I mean? Really resentful.
They are so bitter. You're steamy girl. Can I get a fan?
No blow it away from me. Oh sorry. I'm gonna hit cancel and I'm gonna add all this in
front of me. I'm gonna add some tongs; I'm gonna add all the spoons, this is not a
Chicken Tinga Taco without four spoons.
Okay this looks insane, but you know what, I'm making a big batch. This is not just
for one night. So I have three pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs, organic.
I'm gonna add them directly into my pot. Oh boy!
Come on babies, get in there. Oh man I'm gonna add one 15 ounce can of crushed
tomatoes. So if you want to make this keto maybe cut back on some of the
tomato. Look it up, ask Thomas DeLauer. He knows a lot of how that works, but if
you want to keep this keto maybe cut back on the carbs, because there's carbs
in tomatoes. Chicken stock that is Whole30-compliant. Once again read all of
the ingredients, because they sometimes sneak sugar in. But always read your
labels. that's the biggest thing on Whole30, is read everything that's in it. So
1/2 a cup of low sodium Whole30-compliant chicken stock. I'm going to do dried
oregano. I like to crush it up in my hands and release some of the oils. Now this
is diced chipotles in adobo, it comes in a can. Once again read the labels to make
sure that it's Whole30 and keto compliant, if that's what you're doing.
I just diced them up, like that I pick up a little plate i dice it just like
that. No I don't. This adds a nice smokiness to the dish, they're not spicy.
They're just more smoky. It's kind of like a poblano can have a little heat
but you more want it for that smoky flavor, and I'm using a tablespoon of the
actual Chipotle and adobo sauce. You think it's spicy? But you're kind of
a wus. You think black pepper is spicy.
Thank you. A big pinch of salt and pepper. Remember this is seasoning three pounds
of chicken so, what if I just poured this whole thing? Pepper. Just give it a stir
so everything's incorporated and then I'm gonna, if you're wondering what this
is, it goes in after. I didn't forget about you. Alright put your lid on.
If you've never used an instant pot, lock it into place,
set set the valve from venting to sealing, and I want to cook this on high
pressure 20 minutes - normal high pressure, and leave it. It'll beep and it'll come
to pressure, and then it'll start counting down 20 minutes. Make sure this
isn't around anything and walk away. Take a bath, call your mom, file your nails, do
your taxes, whatever! This is cooked for 20 minutes I did a quick pressure
release. There's a lot of liquid in here because it's steaming in there and
it has nowhere to go. There's a lot of liquid, what I'm gonna do is hit saute.
I'm gonna cook this down now, ten minutes until most of the liquid has absorbed,
and as you stir it the chicken thighs will start to break down and become
shredded. Let's just stir, shred and wait. This is reduced lovely, took maybe five
minutes. I'm gonna add the juice of one lime.
I'm adding lime at the end so it just brightens everything up, squeeze that
lime. Did any that juice come out? There we go.
Gorgeous. Grab a plate and show you how this comes together.
If you're wondering with this beautiful platter in front of me, these are my
toppings and my taco shells. So this is so pretty,
it's a watermelon radish. I've honestly never seen them this big, but I'm super
psyched because it's like a little mini taco shell. But if you can't find that
you can use jicama. I peeled it and thinly slice it on a mandolin. It's a
great low carb, no carb veggie shell; or I have radish.
Oh cute she's so cute and I like to slice them all before and I put them in
a bowl of cold water. It keeps them from drying out it's a great thing to do if
you're having a party or people over you don't want to be mandolining, or mandolining.
Do it ahead of time, and I also have lettuce cups. So let me
show you how to make one what mm-hmm, grab some you're just gonna put some
avocado on top you might be wondering why I'm doing four tacos. I'm hungry so
lay off me; but also it's not corn or flour tortillas, so I feel like I can eat
a little more and they're tiny so just honestly lay off me. I have some radish.
Radish on radish, for a nice crunch; and cilantro. Yeah that looks gorgeous and it's
delicious and it's Whole30 and keto. Cut down the tomatoes, I hope you make it
and like I said make a big batch, freeze it, keep it in your fridge, put it
on a sweet potato, add some more liquid add some sweet potato make it into a
chili. This is a very versatile dish and it's easy, and I hope you make it. I hope
you enjoyed this video; you can find all the ingredients that are used at
thrivemarket.com/prepschool. Happy cooking.
so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna hit saute ... can we plug in. let's do it again.