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Kak'ik

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Kak'ik

A red turkey soup with charred chillies and spices, a dish of the Q'eqchi' Maya.

Ingredients

ServingsServes 6Original: Serves 6

Method 7 steps

  1. Simmer the turkey with an onion in three litres of water for ninety minutes, skimming.

  2. Seed the chillies and char them on a dry pan for ten seconds a side.

  3. Char the tomatoes, tomatillos, onion and garlic on the same pan until blackened in patches.

  4. Toast the coriander, achiote and mace on a dry pan until fragrant.

  5. Blend everything with two ladles of the broth to a smooth red mass.

  6. Strain the mass through a sieve into the pot with the turkey and cook twenty-five minutes.

  7. Add the samat and mint for the last five minutes and serve with corn tamalitos.