Easy Pulled chicken-recipe healthy

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Remake a street-food favourite, pulled pork, with juicy chicken thighs to cut the calories for a healthy taco filling.











Calories              353
Carbohydrates  25  
Saturated Fat    3    
Sugar                  10  
Protein               29  
Fat                      13  
Fiber                   10  
Salt                     1.2

Ingredients


* 8 bone-in chicken thighs, skin removed and discarded and trimmed of any big bits of fat
* 2 tbsp chipotle paste
* 250ml passata
* 75g barbecue sauce
* 1 onion, chopped
* juice 3 limes, plus extra wedges to serve (optional)
* 2 x 400g cans black beans, drained and rinsed
* 215g can refried beans
* 1 small, ripe avocado, diced
* ½ small pack coriander, leaves only
* 3 Baby Gem lettuces, shredded
* 8-12 tacos, or cooked rice, to serve

Prep:


  • Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Rub the chicken thighs with 1 tbsp of the chipotle paste and some seasoning. Mix the remaining chipotle paste with the passata, barbecue sauce, 100ml water and half the onion. Spoon the sauce into a roasting tin that will fit the chicken snugly in a single layer and add the chicken thighs. Cover tightly with foil and bake for 1 hr, then uncover, increase the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and bake for another 20 mins.
  • Meanwhile, mix the remaining onion with the lime juice and some salt, and set aside while the chicken cooks. Mix all the beans in a saucepan with 100ml water, ready to heat to serve.
  • When the chicken is really tender, use two forks to shred the meat into the sauce (discard the bones). Keep covered with the foil while you heat the beans for 5-10 mins until piping hot and not too wet, and warm the tacos following pack instructions. Stir the avocado and coriander leaves into the lime-onion mixture.
  • Serve the pulled chicken and beans with shredded lettuce and tacos, or rice and lime wedges to squeeze over, if you like. Top with a spoonful of the avocado salsa.

Source: goodfood

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