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Chicken Mixiote with Nopales

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1h 30 mins
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Mixiotes are a dish typical of Mexico, generally of enchilada meat and steamed. This recipe for chicken mixiotes will enchant you for its traditional flavor of spices and aroma that emerges when you open them.
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Ingredients

4 portions
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1/4 onions
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 6 guajillo chilies, deveined
  • 2 ancho chili peppers, deveined
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 2 black pepper
  • 2 cloves
  • 2 leaves bay (laurel)
  • 1/2 teaspoons cumin
  • 1/2 cups orange juice
  • 2 chicken thighs
  • 2 chicken legs
  • 2 cups nopal, cut into strips
  • enough avocado leaves
  • to taste salt

Preparation

Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat and cook the tomatoes, onion, garlic.
Add the chiles and cook a few minutes on low heat, taking care not to burn.
Add the spices, pour the orange juice, cook for 2 minutes to soften the peppers, season with salt. Cool slightly
Blend the previous preparation until a thick sauce is obtained.
In a bowl add the chicken pieces, pour the sauce and mix.
On a sheet of aluminum foil place an avocado leaf on top, the piece of chicken, add nopal and close
Place the mixiotes on the grate of a steamer and cook for 90 minutes.

PRESENTATION

On an extended plate, accompanied by white rice.

TIPS

When frying the peppers, be careful not to burn them, as it could embitter the sauce.

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Nutritional information

* Information per 100g serving, percent daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Energy
125.3
kcal
6.27%
Carbohydrate, by difference
6.9
g
2.3%
Protein
8.5
g
17%
Total lipid (fat)
7.4
g
11.38%
100
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Ratings (64)
Carolina Reyes
05/01/2021 16:11:56
Facilísimo
JESSICA SUSTAITA MARTINEZ
29/11/2020 11:29:18
Me encanto, quedaron deliciosos!!
Karen Fernandez
12/06/2020 10:30:08
Los hize y quedaron súper buenos Gracias kiwilimon.
Patricia Villanueva
08/06/2020 12:13:37
Deliciosa
Sarita Alvarado
27/05/2020 23:05:45
Se puede usar la olla de presion?
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