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Panes con Pollo

Name: Panes con Pollo
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: El Salvador
Ingredients: 3 leaves Chicken Thigh; 2 Baguette; 4 Tomato; 1 Onion; 1 Red bell pepper; 2 cloves Garlic; 2 tbsp Pumpkin seeds; 1 tbsp White Sesame Seeds; A pinch Oregano; 1 Bay leaf; 2 Clove; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 300ml Water; 1 Cucumber; 2 inches Daikon radish; 4 Lettuce

Main Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Chicken and vegetables stewed in tomato and spices, tucked into bread — a Salvadoran sandwich for celebrations and Christmas.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Panes con pollo is a Salvadoran sandwich: chicken is stewed in a sauce of tomato ground with toasted spices and seeds (pumpkin seeds, sesame, and more), then tucked into bread with watercress, cucumber, radish, and other vegetables. Essential for Christmas, New Year, and birthdays, the bread is soaked well with sauce.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On Christmas night in a Salvadoran home, chicken is lifted from a big pot of red stew and tucked into bread with plenty of sauce and vegetables.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Chicken Thigh 3 leaves
Baguette 2
Tomato 4
Onion 1
Red bell pepper 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Pumpkin seeds 2 tbsp
White Sesame Seeds 1 tbsp
Oregano A pinch
Bay leaf 1
Clove 2
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Water 300ml
Cucumber 1
Daikon radish 2 inches
Lettuce 4

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the chicken into large pieces and season with salt and pepper.
Char the tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, and garlic in a frying pan and dry-toast the pumpkin seeds and sesame.
Blend the charred vegetables, seeds, oregano, cloves, and water into a sauce.
Simmer the chicken, sauce, and bay leaf in a pot for 40 minutes.
Slit the bread, soak with sauce, and fill with chicken and sliced cucumber, radish, and lettuce.

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