Chicken Mixiotes With Nopales

Mixiotes is a dish typical of Mexico, generally of meat containing chili peppers and steamed. This recipe for chicken mixiotes will please you for its traditional flavor of spices and aroma that emerges when you open them. (Recipe from Kiwilimon).

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1  tablespoon  oil
• 2  tomatillos
• 1⁄4 onion
• 2  garlic cloves
• 6  dried guajillo chilies, seeds and membranes removed
• 2  dried ancho chiles, seeds and membranes removed
• 1  teaspoon oregano
• 2  peppercorns
• 2  cloves
• 2  bay leaves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin
• 1⁄2 cup  orange juice
• 2  chicken thighs
• 2  chicken legs
• 2  cups nopales, cut into strips
• 4  avocado leaves
•  salt

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat and cook the tomatillos, onion, garlic.
2. Add the chiles and cook a few minutes on low heat, being careful not to burn them.
3. Add the spices, pour the orange juice, cook for 2 minutes to soften the peppers, season with salt. Cool slightly.
4. Blend the previous preparation until a thick sauce is obtained.
5. In a bowl add the chicken pieces, pour the sauce, and mix.
6. On a sheet of aluminum foil place an avocado leaf on top, then the piece of chicken, some nopales, and close.
7. Place the mixiotes on the steam rack and cook for 90 minutes.