Chicken In Pipian Sauce (a Traditional Mexican Recipe)

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 whole chickens, cut into parts
• 6 cups water
• 2 carrots, cut in half lengthwise
• 1 onion, quartered
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 celery
• 2 parsley sprigs
• 4 teaspoons salt
• 4 black peppercorns
• 1 cup sesame seeds
• 1 cup blanched almond
• 1 tablespoon corn oil or 1 tablespoon lard
• 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder
• 6 yellow chiles, chopped
• 3/4 cup olive
• 2 teaspoons capers

Recipe

• 1 cook the chicken with the water, vegetables and seasonings in a large saucepan until tender.
• 2 strain, reserving the broth.
• 3 skin and bone the chicken, and set aside.
• 4 to make the sauce, toast the sesame seeds lightly in a skillet, stirring constantly, until they are fragrant.
• 5 puree the sesame seeds with the almonds and 2 cups of the chicken broth.
• 6 heat oil or lard in a skillet, add the blended sesame-seed-almond mixture, and cook for 5 to 8 min., until thickened.
• 7 add 2 to 3 more cups of the broth and chicken bouillon and simmer for 5 more minutes.
• 8 add the chiles, olives, capers and chicken.
• 9 simmer for 10 minutes, and serve hot.