Pollo Con Nopales (chicken With Cactus)
From sharebear1 13 years ago
- 90 mintues to make
- Serves 5
I made this recipe as a request of one of the AR members. I usually make it with beef and a red sauce with nopales, but this version turned out awesome also! Serve over rice with tostados.
Ingredients
- 3 Boneless skinless chicken breasts shopping list
- 1/2 tablespoon seasoned salt and a dash of pepper shopping list
- 8 Small tomatillos shopping list
- 1/2 white onion-sliced shopping list
- 2 garlic cloves-diced shopping list
- 2 jalapenos-Seed and cut in half shopping list
- 1 chicken bouillon cube shopping list
- 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil for frying shopping list
- 1/4 Teaspoon cumin shopping list
- 1/4 jalapeno salt (if you cant find this leave out or sub ground pepper (chile de arbol or cayenne) mixed with salt. shopping list
- 1/4 Mexican oregano shopping list
- 15 Oz jar nopales (cactus) drained and rinsed shopping list
- 1 tablespoon corn starch mixed with 2 tablespoons warm water. shopping list
- salt and pepper to taste shopping list
How to make it
- 1.Dice chicken into small peices. Place in stock pot and cover with water. Add, salt,bayleaf and pepper. Let boil until chicken is tender, about 30 minutes. Once tender remove chicken from pot with slotted spoon and set aside (go to step 2). Drain all water from pot except about 1 cup. In remaining 1 cup of water add tomatillos, onion, jalapeno, galic. Boil them until tomatillos are golden brown.
- 2.Heat oil in skillet. Using a slotted spoon remove chicken and add to oil. Fry chicken until golden brown on all sides. Set aside.
- 3.Once tomatillos are brown add everything to blender (including water). Blend until smooth. Pour back into stock pot, add chicken in also. Add the cumin, jalapeno salt, oregano. Bring to boil. Once mixture is boiling prepare corn starch and water. Slowly stir the corn starch mixture into pot. This will help it thicken (if it's thick enough then you may skip this step).
- 4.Drain and rinse nopales. Add nopales to stock pot also. Boil for about 15-20 minutes.
- 5.Serve with rice and tostados.
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