Chaya Pipián

Name: Chaya Pipián
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 8¼ cups (2000 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: about 2 poblanoes (80 g) Poblano; 3 cloves garlic Garlic; about 1½ onions (150 g) Onion; 500 g Tomatillo; 300 g Pumpkin Seed; 8¼ cups (2000 ml) Chicken Stock; 10 Peppercorn; 3 Clove; 100 g Chaya; about ¼ bunch (15 g) Cilantro; about ¾ tsp (5 g) Salt

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Jonatán Gómez Luna recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Jonatán Gómez Luna.

GREAT ON · BLEND/COOK POBLANO-TOMATO BASE; PEPITAS + STOCK; FINISH BLANCHED CHAYA + CILANTRO; SALT

Great on Blend/cook poblano-tomato base; pepitas + stock; finish blanched chaya + cilantro; salt.

A chef-cited mole worth keeping on hand.

On the jar

CHAYA

Method: stove
Yield: about 8¼ cups
Ingredients: 11

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Chicken Stock 2000 ml

Ingredients

Poblanoabout 2 poblanoes (80 g)
Garlic3 cloves garlic
Onionabout 1½ onions (150 g)
Tomatillo500 g
Pumpkin Seed300 g
Chicken Stock8¼ cups (2000 ml)
Peppercorn10
Clove3
Chaya100 g
Cilantroabout ¼ bunch (15 g)
Saltabout ¾ tsp (5 g)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Jonatán Gómez Luna — published sauce recipes in the PantryFlex catalog. Latin America's 50 Best (Le Chique); Michelin Guide Mexico recognition.

Originally published as Pipián de Chaya.

Adapted from a Jonatán Gómez Luna recipe (Jonatán Gómez Luna / Larousse Cocina (sauce phase; 10 portions)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Jonatán Gómez Luna / Larousse Cocina (sauce phase; 10 portions) (published as “Pipián de Chaya”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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