Mexican Food Recipes
Authentic Mexican Chicken Recipes
Beef and chicken are the most popular meats to use in Mexican food recipes and have been for centuries. There are hundreds of Mexican chicken recipes to choose from out there. The following one is an ancient Mexican dish and it tastes incredible.
The chicken flavor really shines through and chili gives it a really mouthwatering flavor. You can buy the masa flour from a Mexican grocery store and you can substitute squash seeds for the pumpkin seeds if you want. Mexican chicken recipes are always combined with a wonderful combination of herbs and spices for a traditional Mexican flavor.
This recipe with its garlic and chilies is no exception. The following Mexican chicken recipe is authentic and it is hundreds of years old - a fact with which you can impress your dinner guests.
Pipian de Gallina - One of the Mexican Restaurant Chicken Recipes
Ingredients -
¼ cup masa flour
½ lb pumpkin seeds
1 whole chicken, simmered in water with chili, garlic and bay leaf until tender
1 quart chicken broth (from after cooking the chicken)
4 dried red chilies
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons cooking oil
Preparation:
Brown the pumpkin seeds, garlic, chilies, and flour in the cooking oil and grind this mixture until it is a paste.
Stir in the broth and simmer the mixture for 5 minutes.
Chop up the cooked chicken and add it to the broth. Simmer it for 5 minutes, then serve hot.
(Serves 6)
