Recipe: Delicious Pepita chicken

Pepita chicken. This hearty Mayan Pepita-Chicken Stew (kak-ik) gets a hit of spicy flavor from a sprinkle of ground chiles and cacao just before serving. Get the recipe from Food & Wine. Pepita-Crusted Chicken Cutlets. by: Alexandra Stafford.

Chicken breast recipes rarely catch my attention. When I see the word breast in a recipe, in fact, I I recently found another breast recipe to add to my small arsenal of white meat recipes: pepita-crusted. NOTE The coated chicken WILL cook VERY quickly and is best to use caution to lower the heat than to have it burn. You can have Pepita chicken using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pepita chicken

1. Prepare 1 small of onion.
2. It's 6 of Tomatillos.
3. Prepare 1 bunch of cilantro.
4. You need 2 of eggs.
5. You need 1/2 cup of cornmeal.
6. Prepare 1 cup of chicken stock.
7. Prepare 3/4 cup of pepitas (roasted pumpkin seeds).
8. Prepare 2 clove of garlic.
9. It's 4 of thawed chicken breasts.
10. Prepare 2 tbsp of olive oil.

Pepitas, or roasted pumpkin seeds, are a delicious seasonal snack. Unlike sunflower seeds, whose outer shell you must remove before eating, you can just pop 'em in your mouth and eat 'em whole. Tender chicken breast topped with a salty-sweet, crunchy-chewy relish made from sautéed onions, raisins, pepitas, and spices. Dip chicken into the eggs and then the flour mixture, back to the eggs and then into the pepita/panko mix to coat.

Pepita chicken step by step

1. Peel and quarter Tomatillos.
2. quarter onion.
3. add following ingredients to a blender.
4. Tomatillos, onions, 1/2 bunch of cilantro, 1/2 cup pepitas, chicken stock, garlic.
5. blend until smooth.
6. put in pan heat until reduced by half.
7. beat eggs, put in shallow dish, put cornmeal in shallow dish.
8. dredge chicken in egg then cornmeal.
9. add oil to medium skillet, heat medium high..
10. cook chicken until golden brown and meat thermometer reads 160.
11. place chicken on serving dish, pour sauce over the top. use remaining cilantro and pepitas to garnish.

Spray baking sheet with cooking spray and place chicken on top. This easy Chicken with Pumpkin Seed Sauce recipe can be made with any kind of chicken To Make The Pepitas Sauce (Pepian Verde): Preheat the broiler. Preparing the Soil for Planting Pepitas. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Season with salt, pepper, and enough of the remaining Just before serving, add the chopped lettuce and toasted pepitas to the bowl; season with salt and pepper.