Tlalpeño Stew

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 lbs beef stew meat, in cubes
• 1 1/2 chicken breasts, cubed
• 1 beef bone, with marrow
• 3 medium tomatoes, skinned, seeded and chopped
• 2 medium onions, quartered
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 celery rib
• 3 cooked potatoes, in chunks
• 1 cup cooked peas
• 3 medium zucchini, in chunks
• 6 epazote, sprigs
• 6 limes
• 3 avocados
• 6 dried chipotle chiles (or to taste)
• salt
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil (more or less)

Recipe

• 1 in a capacity pot or dutch oven, simmer the meat with the marrow bone, one quartered onion, the celery , the garlic cloves and salt until fully cooked.
• 2 on a skillet in oil that's not too hot, fry the chicken breast cubes and dry chipotles until chicken starts to brown.
• 3 take the onion garlic and celery out of the stew, and pour the rendered stock over the chicken.
• 4 add the beef, tomato, chipotles and the epazote.
• 5 simmer until chicken cubes are cooked.
• 6 add the potatoes, the zucchini and the peas.
• 7 simmer until zucchini is cooked.
• 8 serve with the remaining onion, chopped, lime juice to taste, and sliced or cubed avocado.