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Easy Guatemalan Pepian
A rich, toasted-spice chicken stew and Guatemala's national dish — toasting the seeds and dried chilies before blending is what gives pepian its deep, nutty flavour rather than a flat, raw-spice taste.
Total time
70 min
Prep
25 min
Cook
45 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Guatemalan
gluten-freehigh-protein
Ingredients
1kgchicken pieces
1 cuptoasted seed and chili paste
3 / 2 cupspotato and green beans
Instructions
1
Toast the seeds and dried chilies in a dry pan until fragrant.
2
Blend into a smooth paste with a little water.
3
Simmer the chicken pieces in the spiced paste, thinned with stock, for about 30 minutes until nearly cooked through.
4
Add the potato and green beans and simmer until everything is tender, about 15-20 more minutes. Serve with rice.
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