🏆National Dishes

Mayan Pollo en Pepian

Name: Mayan Pollo en Pepian
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 1 chicken breast; knob of butter; 200 ml chicken stock; 100 ml passata (see note 4); 2 tbspn pumpkin seeds; salt to taste; 1 tspn sesame seeds; freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1 red pepper (see note 1); 1 tbspn oil; 50 gm onion (prepared weight); 40 ml orange juice; 1 clove garlic; 20 ml lime juice; 2 tbspn raisins; ¼ tspn ground allspice; 2 tbspn flaked almonds

The national dish of Guatemala — mayan pollo en pepian. Made with chicken breast, chicken stock, passata (see note 4).

20 min

Prep

35 min

Cook

Medium

Difficulty

Ingredients

Steps

Ingredients

Servings

1 chicken breast
knob of butter
200 ml chicken stock
100 ml passata (see note 4)
2 tbspn pumpkin seeds
salt to taste
1 tspn sesame seeds
freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 red pepper (see note 1)
1 tbspn oil
50 gm onion (prepared weight)
40 ml orange juice
1 clove garlic
20 ml lime juice
2 tbspn raisins
¼ tspn ground allspice
2 tbspn flaked almonds

Method

1
Heat the stock in a saucepan, cover, and simmer the chicken breast for , remove from the heat and set aside.
2
Using a spice grinder or equivalent (see note 2) grind the sesame seeds and pumpkin seeds to a fine powder.
3
Roughly chop the pepper, onion and garlic and roughly blend (see note 3) and then mix in the passata and ground sesame and pumpkin seeds.
4
Cover the raisins with a little water for about to soften them, then drain and set aside.
5
Using a frying pan, melt the butter and fry the almonds until golden brown, then drain and reserve.