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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Central American >> Guatemalan

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Put chicken in a large pot with the water and salt. | 2. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer slowly for 30 minutes to 1 hour. | 3. Remove chicken to a bowl, strain and set aside the broth. | 4. Let chicken cool and shred. Set aside. | 5. Toast the sesame and pumpkin seeds in a dry skillet over medium heat till lightly browned, stirring frequently. | 6. Put seeds in a coffee grinder or food processor and grind to a fine powder. | 7. Add sesame and pumpkin seed powder and all remaining ingredients to a food processor or blender. This will produce a green sauce. | 8. Add 1 cup of the broth and process till smooth. | 9. Return chicken to the large pot. Pour green sauce over the chicken and add 1 to 1 1/2 cups of remaining broth to bring to a sauce-like consistency. | 10. Heat over medium-low heat and simmer an additional 15-25 minutes. | 11. Serve with rice and tortillas. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
chicken	3		chopped	-	-	-	-
water	4	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
sesame seed	1/4	cup		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
pumpkin seed	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
cilantro	1	bunch	chopped	-	-	-	-
scallion	1	bunch	chopped	-	-	-	-
tomatillo	1	cup	hulled chopped	42.24	7.7088	1.2672	1.3464
chilies	2		chopped	194.3028	48.0	0.0	0.0
corn tortilla	2		chopped drained	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.