Chicken in Green Chile Sauce

Name: Chicken in Green Chile Sauce
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 allspice berries; 6 black peppercorns; 710 milliliters chicken broth, homemade or low-sodium canned; 1 teaspoons cumin seeds; 118 milliliters packed coarsely chopped fresh cilantro leaves; 4 garlic cloves; 8 servings Kosher salt; 1 leave Garnish: chopped toasted hulled pumpkin seeds and chopped fresh coriander; 198 grams 1/2 cups hulled green pumpkin seeds (about; 6 fresh serrano chilies; 2 Tbsps sesame seeds; 1 liters cooked, shredded chicken; 454 grams fresh tomatillos or a 28-ounce can tomatillos; 59 milliliters vegetable oil; 1 larges white onion

Chicken in Green Chile Sauce is From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes. Head to the store and pick up allspice berries, cumin seeds, garlic cloves, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert.

Instructions

Heat a large heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot and toast pumpkin seeds, stirring constantly, until they have expanded and begin to pop, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Pumpkin Seeds

Toast

Pop

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Frying Pan

Transfer seeds to a plate to cool. In skillet heat sesame and cumin seeds, peppercorns, allspice, and cloves, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute, and transfer to the plate. When seeds and spices are cool, grind them in batches in a clean electric spice/coffee grinder.

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Cumin Seeds

Peppercorns

Allspice

Clove

Coffee

Sesame Seeds

Spices

Seeds

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Frying Pan

If using fresh tomatillos, discard husks and rinse with warm water to remove stickiness. Stem serrano chilies. In a saucepan simmer fresh tomatillos and serranos in salted water to cover 10 minutes. (If using canned tomatillos, drain them and leave serranos uncooked.)

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Serrano Pepper

Tomatillos

Water

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Sauce Pan

Transfer tomatillos and serranos (use a slotted spoon if simmered) to a blender and puree with onion, garlic, 1/4 cup cilantro and salt until completely smooth.

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Tomatillos

Cilantro

Garlic

Onion

Salt

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Slotted Spoon

Blender

Heat the oil in a 5-quart heavy pot over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Pot

Pour in the tomatillo puree and cook, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes.

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Tomatillos

Add 2 1/2 cups of the broth and stir in the powdered pumpkin-seed mixture. Simmer sauce, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, about 15 minutes.

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Pumpkin