Kak'ik
A red turkey soup with charred chillies and spices, a dish of the Q'eqchi' Maya.
Ingredients
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How to make it
Simmer the turkey with an onion in three litres of water for ninety minutes, skimming.
Seed the chillies and char them on a dry pan for ten seconds a side.
Char the tomatoes, tomatillos, onion and garlic on the same pan until blackened in patches.
Toast the coriander, achiote and mace on a dry pan until fragrant.
Blend everything with two ladles of the broth to a smooth red mass.
Strain the mass through a sieve into the pot with the turkey and cook twenty-five minutes.
Add the samat and mint for the last five minutes and serve with corn tamalitos.
About this recipe
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Photo: Hermann Luyken · CC BY-SA 3.0