Pepián

Ingredients

Quantities for 6 servings.

• 1.5 kg Chicken, in pieces
• 120 g Pumpkin seeds
• 60 g Sesame seeds
• 4 piece Guajillo chillies
• 2 piece Pasilla chillies
• 4 piece Tomatoes
• 300 g Tomatillos
• 1 piece Onion
• 5 clove Garlic
• 400 g Potatoes
• 200 g Green beans
• 1 piece Cinnamon stick
• 30 g Coriander
• 350 g Rice, to serve
• to taste Salt

Method

1. Simmer the chicken with an onion and salt for forty minutes. Keep the broth.
2. Toast the pumpkin and sesame seeds in a dry pan to a deep gold, stirring.
3. In the same pan char the chillies, tomatoes, tomatillos and garlic until blackened in patches.
4. Blend everything with two ladles of the broth and the cinnamon to a smooth sauce.
5. Pass the sauce through a sieve; the chilli skins left behind would spoil the texture.
6. Cook the sauce twenty minutes, stirring, until it thickens and darkens.
7. Add the chicken, potato and beans and stew fifteen minutes. Serve with rice and coriander.