With the wind-chill values hitting the negatives today I thought it would be a great time to break out the chicken soup recipes – I tend to think of Chicken Pho as a more elaborate, spiced version of chicken soup. My home-cooked Pho tends to be a more simplified take on the more traditional pho…
Category: Poultry
Turkey Salteñas
In a bid to use up my turkey leftovers last week I decided to make some turkey salteñas. Salteñas, a childhood staple of mine, are a Bolivian meat pie commonly stuffed with a spicy beef or chicken filling. In my experience turkey is rarely used in Salteñas, but I thought that this might be a…
Pepián
Pepián de Pollo is a Guatemalan dish that I have always been fond of, in fact, it might be my favorite Guatemalan dish to date. Cooking Pepián is similar to making a Mexican Mole, except, instead of a cocoa base, the sauce is built up around pepitas or pumpkin seeds. Pepián blends together a combination of…