Shredded Roast Chicken

Pollo Desmenuzado

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4 cups

    shredded chicken
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
La Comida del Barrio

By Aarón Sánchez

Published 2003

  • About

Many dishes–especially tacos and tamales–rely on the sauce to provide the real definition. Chicken provides the protein and density, but the meat is mainly a conduit for a delicious sauce. In several recipes, I’ve indicated “shredded chicken” as an ingredient. You have a few options: Buy a whole roasted chicken from the market, pull the meat off the bone, and hand-shred if; use the chicken from the Caldo de Pollo or roast a chicken as instructed bel