Chicken With Pumpkin Seed Sauce

Recipe Ingredients

4 lbs	1816g / 64oz	Roasting chicken
4 cups	948ml	Hot chicken stock - or more if needed
3/4 cup	82g / 2.9oz	Pumpkin seeds
8		Black peppercorns
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Cumin seeds
2		Tomatillos - or green tomatoes
		(2 to 3)
2		Hot green chilies - (jalapeno or serrano), up to 4
		Roasted - peeled, and seeded
4		Green onions - with tops
2		Garlic - mashed
2 tablespoons	30ml	Chicken fat - or lard
1		Young radish leaves - or mustard greens
2		Romaine lettuce leaves (large)
4 sections		Fresh coriander - (cilantro)

Recipe Instructions

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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4 pounds roasting chicken

4 cups hot chicken stock -- or more if needed

3/4 cup pumpkin seeds

8 black peppercorns

1/8 teaspoon cumin seeds

2 tomatillos -- or green tomatoes

(2 to 3)

2 hot green chilies -- (jalapeno or

-- serrano), up to 4

roasted -- peeled, and seeded

4 green onions -- with tops

2 cloves garlic -- mashed

2 tablespoons chicken fat -- or lard

1 bunch young radish leaves -- or mustard greens

2 large romaine lettuce leaves

4 sprigs fresh coriander -- (cilantro)

Put whole chicken in a casserole, cover with the stock, and bring to a simmer. Cover pot and poach chicken just below the simmering point over very low heat or in a very low oven (275 degrees) for 1 hour. Remove chicken from stock and let it cool enough to carve it.

Toast the pumpkin seeds together with the peppercorns and cumin in a hot ungreased skillet about 5 minutes, stirring constantly to prevent scorching. Put into a blender and grind fine.

Remove outer husks from the tomatillos, put them in a pan with cold water to cover, and bring to a simmer. Simmer 10 minutes, drain, then add them to the blender with 1/2 cup of their liquid and blend to a smooth thick puree. Chop all the remaining ingredients and add them to the blender. Add chicken stock, if needed, to thin the puree. Pour sauce into the skillet and simmer about 10 minutes to evaporate some of the liquid.

Carve chicken in 4 or more pieces and add to the sauce, coating the pieces well. If possible, let chicken sit overnight in the sauce so that the seasoning permeates and the hotness of the chili diminishes. Reheat gently so that sauce does not boil. Serve hot or at room temperature.

Source:
Arizona Magazine 10/94

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