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The taste of oranges with powdered pepitoria… the sweet orange with the earthy flavor of pepitoria is a very rustic, local street food in Guatemala. It is also something all guatemalans have grown up with.  At home from time to time, we all eat oranges with pepitoria.

I wanted to capture the taste in a sauce to serve with browned chicken. I used the whole pepitoria, which are basically pumpkin seeds, and I used my mini chopper to process them into chunky little bits.  There is also a variation of powdered pepitoria, which should also work great with this recipe.  I’ll have to try this again using the powdered pepitoria.  This is a very easy and fresh dish.  I made some sweet potato puree to go with it, and the combination was perfect.

Helga

Picture of the Orange with Pepitoria by José Wolf, found on Flickr.

Chicken with Orange-Pepitoria Sauce

A The Foodies’ Kitchen Original Recipe
Serves: 4

Ingredients:
4 chicken fillets
1 1/4 cup fresh orange juice (divided)
1/2 white onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
2 teaspoon cumin
2 springs of rosemary
¼ cup pepitoria, ground
Salt and pepper to taste

2 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoon butter
1 orange, cut into chunks.
1 lime
Whole pepitoria, to sprinkle on top

Procedure:

1. Season the chicken with salt and pepper, on both sides.
2. In a bowl, mix 1 cup of the orange juice, the onion, garlic, rosemary springs, cumin. Let the chicken marinate for at least 30 min in this mixture.
3. In a hot pan, brown the chicken breast (without the marinade) 4 minutes per side at medium-high temperature. Remove chicken breasts from pan. Add the butter, let it melt. Then add the marinade, and an extra ¼ cup of orange juice, the sugar, orange chunks and adjust salt and pepper. Return chicken to the pan. Add the whole pepitoria and juice from 1 lime.
4. Cover and let cook for another 10 min.

Serving suggestions. With a green salad, or with sweet potato puree.

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