Name: Chilpachole de Jaiba
Prep time: 70 min
Cook time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Internacional
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 4 crabs, whole; 1 onion, cut into cubes; 4 cloves garlic, chopped; 4 tomatoes, cut into eighths; 5 chipotle chiles, dry, deveined and seedless; 2 guajillo chiles, cut into pieces, deveined and seedless; 1 tablespoon allspice berry; 2 corn tortillas; 4 cups fish broth; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 cup crab meat; 400 grams shrimp, with skin; salt; fresh cilantro, for garnish; tortilla chips, to accompany; lime, to serve

Preparation

15 mins

55 mins

Low

Heat a pot over medium heat with the oil and fry the crab until it turns reddish, set aside. In the same pot, cook the onion, garlic, tomato, chipotle pepper, guajillo pepper, allspice, and the corn tortilla. Blend the previous preparation (without the crabs) with 2 cups of fish broth until you obtain a smooth sauce. Strain and cook with a little oil in the same pot until it starts boiling, stirring constantly.