Shredded Chicken Burritos
As you can tell from my recipe blog, we LOVE Mexican food. My kids can’t get enough, and it’s the same for my husband and me. I wasn’t in the mood to cook a big meal (it was 90 degrees outside), so I decided to make quick & easy burritos because they always turn out well. The shredded chicken is tasty with subtle hints of cumin, chili, garlic, and cilantro. These shredded chicken burritos were quick & easy to make, and we all thought they were delicious paired with tortilla chips and a Mexican wedge salad.
Shredded Chicken Burritos
Shredded Chicken Ingredients:
- 3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed of any fat
- 3 cups of chicken broth
- 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
- 2 tbsp yellow onion, minced
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- ½ tsp cumin
- ½ tsp chili powder
- ½ tsp oregano
- Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
Burrito Ingredients:
- Flour tortillas
- Cheddar cheese, shredded
- Tomatoes, diced
- Green onions, sliced
- Black olives, sliced
- Spicy pinto beans, warmed (or refried beans)
- Salsa
- Hot sauce
- Guacamole
- Sour cream
How to Make Shredded Chicken Burritos:
Cook the chicken by placing the chicken breasts and the chicken broth in a large saucepan and bringing to a boil.
Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through.
Remove the chicken from the liquid to cool. Shred the meat with two forks.
Finish the chicken when the meat is cool, add the cilantro, onion, garlic, cumin, chili powder, oregano, sea salt, and freshly cracked black pepper to taste.
Prepare the burritos by laying chicken down the center and adding as many of the toppings as you prefer.
Fold in each side of the tortilla and roll up like a burrito.
Serve and enjoy.
Equipment
Ingredients
Shredded Chicken Ingredients:
- 3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, trimmed of any fat
- 3 cups of chicken broth
- 2 tbsp fresh cilantro chopped
- 2 tbsp yellow onion minced
- 1 clove of garlic minced
- ½ tsp cumin
- ½ tsp chili powder
- ½ tsp oregano
- Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
Burrito Ingredients:
- Flour tortillas
- Cheddar cheese shredded
- Tomatoes diced
- Green onions sliced
- Black olives sliced
- Spicy pinto beans warmed (or refried beans)
- Salsa
- Hot sauce
- Guacamole
- Sour cream
Instructions
- Cook the chicken by placing the chicken breasts and the chicken broth in a large saucepan and bringing to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through.
- Remove the chicken from the liquid to cool. Shred the meat with two forks.
- Finish the chicken when the meat is cool, add the cilantro, onion, garlic, cumin, chili powder, oregano, sea salt, and freshly cracked black pepper to taste.
- Prepare the burritos by laying chicken down the center and adding as many of the toppings as you prefer.
- Fold in each side of the tortilla and roll up like a burrito.
- Serve and enjoy.
So simple, but hearty and delicious at the same time. I love recipes like this!
Those burritos look tasty!
These look so yummy and so easy!
This is Friday night food for us and today is only Thursday,,aaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!
I love this recipe! I make it almost every other week. Instead of 20 minutes, I cover and leave the chicken boiling for 1 hour and a half to get the chicken tender enough to just fall apart. After shredding the chicken, I put some of it back in the broth and add some noodles for chicken soup.
OMG, these are so good! I can’t believe I’ve never made shredded chicken before. Thank you! I see so many other great recipes on your site, that I’m going to have to make a list of ingredients and head over to the store. Thanks again!!!
I love mexican foods because chicken burrito recipe is part of mexican food. So i love burritos.