Pollo al Cilantro

Pollo al Cilantro (or Chicken Coriander)

One of our favourite restaurants is Panza es Primero, a cosy mexican place tucked away under el Puente de Segovia in Madrid. And our favourite dish there is Pollo al Cilantro (or Chicken Coriander). There are a couple of recipes floating around the net; this is mine:

Pollo al Cilantro (4 persons)

• 4 chicken breasts cut in strips
• 1/2 onion (chopped)
• a handful of fresh cilantro (just the leaves)
• 2 cloves of garlic (chopped)
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp oregano
• 250 ml double cream
• oil

This takes about 45 minutes or so.

• Fry the onion, garlic, oregano and cumin in the oil until the onions are soft
• Put the onions etc, in a blender and add the cilantro. Keep the pan handy as we're going to fry the chicken in the pan with all the good stuff still there
• Blend until smooth
• Mix in the cream
• Fry the chicken until the outside is cooked
• Add the mix to the chicken and stir in.
• Simmer over a low heat for 20 minutes

Serve with rice or with tortillas. Dead easy, really. Alf, Susi and Alex were here today and it seemed to go down well.