Shredded Chicken (Pulled Chicken)

He shredded chicken either shredded chicken It is one of the bases of many Latin American recipes, since it is used as a filling for sandwiches and dishes as popular as mexican fajitas waves Venezuelan arepas.

He pulled chicken is a very similar dish, of American origin, which differs in the cooking method -the shredded chicken is boiled and the pulled chicken is cooked in the oven- and the seasoning, since the pulled is flavored with barbecue sauce.

As we like both variants, we bring you both the shredded chicken recipe as the pulled pork recipe

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Pulled chicken recipe (shredded chicken with barbecue sauce)

Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts; 3 oil tablespoons; 1 tablespoon of honey; 3 tablespoons of barbecue sauce (you can make homemade barbecue sauce or buy it here); 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce; 1/2 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar; salt; 1/2 teaspoon of hot paprika (you can buy it here); 1 teaspoon garlic powder (you can buy here)

• We preheat the oven at 160°C.
• In a bowl we mix All the ingredients: oil, honey, barbecue sauce, tomato, vinegar, paprika, garlic powder and a teaspoon of salt.
• We clean the breasts welleliminating webs and any remaining fat they may have.
• We smear the breasts well with the sauce that we have prepared, that they are well covered on all sides.
• The wrap in two layers of aluminum foilthat are well sealed, and we put them in a baking dish.
• We put in the oven. after 30 minutes lower the temperature to 120°C and we continue cooking 2 more hours.
• Remove from the oven, let rest for 10-15 minutes, open the foil and we shredded the chicken with the help of two forks.

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With shredded chicken or pulled pork you can prepare delicious snacksyou can add it to your salads and soups to enrich them, and of course you can use it for Mexican and Latin American recipes such as chicken fajitasthe venezuelan arepas (particularly the famous Queen Pepiada), the Lima cause peruvian, the chicken enchiladasand the chicken tacos

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