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Chicken Carnitas Nachos

Chicken Carnitas Sweet Potato Nachos

This Whole30 compliant nacho recipe uses baked sweet potato chips instead of tortilla chips and instant pot carnitas-style chicken, for a protein-rich meal that satisfies!
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 51 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 1 minute
Course: dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: Chicken, gluten free, instant pot, low calorie, paleo, whole30
Servings: 4 meals
Calories: 318kcal
Author: Meal Prep on Fleek

Equipment

  • Instant Pot

Ingredients

For Carnitas

  • 1 ½ lbs. boneless skinless chicken breast
  • 2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon chipotle powder or smoked paprika
  • ½ cup chicken stock
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt

For Pico De Gallo

  • 1 cup chopped tomato
  • ⅓ cup chopped red onion
  • ⅓ cup chopped cilantro
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt

For Sweet Potato Chips

  • 1 lb. sweet potatoes thinly sliced to ⅛ inch
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

  • Stir together ingredients for pico de gallo and divide between 4 small sauce cups. Refrigerate until assembling meal prep containers.
  • Preheat oven to 400ºF and place a wire cooling rack on top of a medium baking sheet. Working in two batches, spread sweet potato slices on the baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Carefully flip sweet potatoes and bake an additional 10-12 minutes, or until edges of sweet potatoes are curled. Repeat with remaining sweet potatoes. Sprinkle baked sweet potato chips with sea salt and transfer to the 1 cup compartments of 4 MPOF teal containers.
  • While sweet potato chips bake, combine ingredients for carnitas in an instant pot. Lock lid and close pressure valve. Press chicken setting for 15 minutes.
  • Once the timer goes off, allow the instant pot to depressurize and open the pressure valve.
  • Shred the chicken with 2 forks and transfer to a baking sheet. Pour liquid from the instant pot over shredded chicken and broil on center rack of the oven for 3 to 4 minutes to crisp chicken lightly.
  • Evenly divide carnitas between 4 large compartments of teal containers and place a cup for pico de gallo next to carnitas.

Notes

WW Smart Points= Green:6  Blue:3  Purple:0

Nutrition

Calories: 318kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 56.6g | Fat: 2.3g | Fiber: 4.4g
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