Pepian
Description
Pepian is a dish from the centre of Mexico, with its main ingredient being pumpkin seeds that gives it a thick and rich texture.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hour
Ingredients
- 7 pieces of chicken thighs
- 2 poblano peppers
- 1 white onion
- 2 garlic gloves, peeled
- 1 cup of green tomatillos
- 2 cups of fresh spinach leaves
- 1 cup of pumpkin seeds
- 1/3 tsp dried oregano
- 1/3 tsp dred epazote
- salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions:
- Boil the chicken with some onion and garlic cloves. Save chicken broth for the recipe.
- Heat a frying pan on high heat and toast the sunflower seeds. Stir constantly to avoid burning.
- Char the peppers and tomatillos on a skillet. Once the skin has blackened, let cool. Take away the skin from both, deseed, and remove stem from the peppers.
- Tranfer the peppers, onion, garlic, spanich leaves, tomatillos, and chicken broth to a blender, blending until a smooth mixture.
- Heat a saucepan to medium heat, adding 2tbsp oil. Once hot, add the blended mixture and let simmer for 10 minutes. Once boiling, turn the head down and let cooking for 15 minutes.
- Then, transfer the toasted seeds into the blender, adding some chicken stock and blending until smooth.
- Add the seed misture to the simmeering mixture and leave to cook for 10 minutes.
- Transfer the chicken to the saucepan, and prepare to serve!