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Mexican Shredded Chicken & Corn Salsa

Spicy and smoky shredded chicken is a Mexico City street food staple. Here, we've paired our version with fragrant coriander rice, a refreshing corn salsa and a cooling lime mayo to make a flavour-packed plateful that will feel like a real fiesta to eat! (Gluten and dairy-free, suitable for coeliacs).

20 mins
675kcal
Mexican
Mexican Shredded Chicken & Corn Salsa
4.5

Ingredients for 2 people

1 red chilli
1 red chilli
1 tomato
1 tomato
1/2 can of sweetcorn (170g)
1/2 can of sweetcorn (170g)
130g basmati rice
130g basmati rice
10g coriander
10g coriander
2 mayonnaise sachets (30ml)
2 mayonnaise sachets (30ml)
1 chipotle paste sachet (20g)
1 chipotle paste sachet (20g)
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground coriander
1 large British chicken breast fillet
1 large British chicken breast fillet
1 spring onion
1 spring onion
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 lime
1 lime

You'll also need

Olive oil, Pepper, Salt (or dietary alternatives)

Cooking instructions

Instructions for 2 portion recipe.

1.

Add the basmati rice and 300ml [600ml] cold water to a pot with a lid and bring to the boil over a high heat

Once boiling, reduce the heat to very low and cook, covered, for 10-15 min or until all the water has absorbed and the rice is cooked

Once cooked, remove from the heat and keep covered until serving, then boil a kettle

Step 1
2.

Meanwhile, heat a large, wide-based pan (preferably non-stick) with a matching lid, with a drizzle of olive oil over a medium-high heat

Once hot, add the chicken breast[s] and sprinkle them with the ground cumin, ground coriander and a pinch of salt

Cook for 3-4 min on each side or until they've browned

 

Step 2
3.

Once browned, add the chipotle paste and tomato paste and cook for 30 sec

Add 150ml [300ml] boiled water and cook, covered, for 10-15 min or until the chicken is cooked through (no pink meat!)

 

Step 3
4.

Meanwhile, dice the tomato[es]

Cut the red chilli[es] in half lengthways, deseed and chop finely

Chop the coriander (including the stalks)

Trim and chop the spring onion[s] finely

Cut the lime[s] in half

Step 4
5.

Combine 1/2 [1] can of sweetcorn, the diced tomatoes, 3/4 of the chopped chilli (Can't handle the heat? Go easy!), chopped spring onion and 1/2 of the chopped coriander in a bowl

Squeeze over the juice of 1/2 [1] lime and 1 tbsp [2 tbsp] olive oil

Season with salt and pepper – this is your corn salsa

Step 5
6.

Combine the mayonnaise, the juice of the remaining 1/2 [1] lime and a drizzle of olive oil – this is your lime mayo

Step 6
7.

Once the chicken is cooked through, shred it with two forks, tearing the meat up – this is known as 'pulling'

Season with a pinch of salt

Stir the remaining chopped coriander into the rice – this is your coriander rice

Step 7
8.

Serve the shredded chicken over the coriander rice, with the corn salsa to the side

Drizzle with the lime mayo and garnish with the remaining chilli (Can't handle the heat? Go easy!)

Enjoy!

Nutritional information

Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.

per serving
675kcal
Energy
19.5g
Fat
78.3g
Carbohydrate
9.5g
Fibre
47.9g
Protein
1.3g
Salt

The cooking process and additional ingredients added at home (listed under “You'll also need”) will affect total values.

Allergens

Allergens highlighted by (celery, crustacean, egg, fish, gluten, lupin, milk, mollusc, mustard, nut, peanut, sesame, soya, sulphites).

In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.

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