Pepián Verde

Name: Pepián Verde
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1kg chicken pieces; 200g pumpkin seeds, toasted; 300g tomatillos; 2 jalapeños; 1/4 white onion; 2 cloves garlic; 1 handful coriander; 1 handful epazote; 500ml chicken stock; 2 tbsp lard or oil

Pumpkin seed and tomatillo sauce served over chicken — a pre-Hispanic Mexican sauce. Toasting the pumpkin seeds before grinding them develops their nutty flavour, which is what gives pepián its distinctive earthy richness.

Total time

65 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Mexican

gluten-free

Ingredients

1kgchicken pieces

200gpumpkin seeds, toasted

300gtomatillos

2jalapeños

1/4white onion

2 clovesgarlic

1 handfulcoriander

1 handfulepazote

500mlchicken stock

2 tbsplard or oil

Instructions

Blend tomatillos, jalapeños, onion, garlic, coriander and epazote to a sauce.

Grind pumpkin seeds to a powder in a blender.

Fry sauce in lard 5 minutes. Add ground seeds and stock.

Simmer 15 minutes, stirring — sauce thickens.

Season and simmer chicken in sauce 25 minutes. Serve with rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

913

Protein

84.3g

Fat

59.6g

Carbs

12.1g

Fiber

4.9g

Sodium

695mg

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