Recipe Flash: Mexican Chicken TortasMexican Chicken Tortas

Ingredients

• For the beans:
• 1 tablespoon safflower or other neutral oil
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 can refried beans (not fat free)
• cayenne to taste
• salt
• ½ cup mayonnaise
• 1 chipotle chili in adobo sauce
• 1 tablespoon adobo sauce (from the can)
• 1/2 small red cabbage, thinly sliced
• 1 shallot, thinly sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• pepper
• 1 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons neutral oil
• 1 1/2 tablespoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon coriander
• 2 teaspoons salt
• freshly ground pepper
• about 3 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs (you want about 12 small thighs)
• 4 ounces jack cheese, grated
• 12 dinner rolls (for mini sandwiches) or 8 kaiser rolls (for meal-sized sandwiches), sliced almost all the way through
• toothpicks (optional)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

Counts 15 of 19 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Cayenne	1 tsp (1.8g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Bean	not in our table	0
Safflower	not in our table	0
Coriander	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.