Pollo Enchipotlado

Chicken in a Creamy Chipotle Sauce

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 to 6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Oaxaca: Home Cooking from the Heart of Mexico

By Bricia Lopez and Javier Cabral

Published 2019

  • About

This is an everyday dish for my family. When I was pregnant, I once had three plates of pollo enchipotlado and still didn’t feel full. I couldn’t get enough of the creamy chipotle sauce; it’s so decadent. It is similar to a tinga and is one of those dishes that you don’t really find in restaurants in Oaxaca. It is more of a dish that you cook for yourself and your loved ones to enjoy at home—a “mom dish,” as I like to call them. The perfect way to eat this is by tearing off bi