Best Salvadorean Turkeypavo Salvadoreno Recipes

PANES CON PAVO (PAN CON CHUMPE)

Steps:

• Boil a large amount of salt water in a pot.
• When the water begins to boil, add the cabbage, onion, carrot and blanch for just 30 seconds.
• Immediately drain and place the vegetables in a large bowl filled with ice cubes and cold water to stop the cooking.
• When the vegetables are cold, drain again and place in a jar. Add the vinegar, water, bell pepper, hot pepper and oregano. Season with salt and pepper.
• Refrigerate for 6 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 250 F / 120 C.
• On the baking sheet, place the tomatoes, green bell pepper, onion and garlic with their skin.
• Roast in the oven until the skin of the tomatoes and green pepper is blistered. This can take about an hour.
• Remove from the oven and let cool.
• Peel the garlic and the onion.
• Peel and seed the tomatoes and green pepper.
• Mix everything with the tomato paste until obtaining a homogeneous mixture.
• Pour this sauce into a large saucepan and mix with the chicken broth.
• Add the Salvadoreño relajo (Salvadoran spice blend) and corn starch dissolved in the hot melted butter. Season with black pepper and mix well.
• Cook the sauce over low heat for 15 minutes. Set aside.
• Wash the turkey well with clean water. Then, pat dry with a cloth or paper towel and sprinkle it with lime juice, making sure to cover the whole turkey.
• Spread the lime juice all over the turkey with both hands.
• Wait 2 minutes and pat dry the turkey again.
• Mix the mustard, Worcestershire sauce and butter and spread with a brush over the entire turkey, inside and out. Season with pepper.
• To cook the turkey in the oven, the ideal is to use a "chompipera", a special oven pot with a rack at the bottom typical in El Salvador. If you do not have one, you can use an oval roasting pot with a lid.
• Pour 2 ladles of sauce at the bottom of the pot.
• Place the turkey on the rack and pour two more ladles on the turkey.
• Marinate for 30 minutes.
• Turn on the oven at 350 F / 175 C (without preheating).
• Bake the turkey for 2h30, drizzling with the remaining sauce every 30 to 40 minutes, until the turkey is tender.
• If the sauce reduces too much, add boiling water during cooking if necessary. There must be some remaining sauce at the end of cooking.
• Cut the rolls.
• Slice the turkey into medium sized pieces and place some pieces inside the bun.
• Pour a tablespoon of sauce over the turkey and add the lettuce, watercress, gherkin, radish, and tomato. Also add a few pickled vegetables.
• Add a tablespoon of sauce again on top.

SALVADOREAN TURKEY(PAVO SALVADORENO)

Steps:

• 1. mix worcestershire sauce mustard and cubitos and rub all over the turkey in and outside the turkey.
• 2. cook all the veggies in a microwave safe bowl and cook for 5min. if using whole garlic cloves use 3-4 and also put them in microwave(chopped ones too).then toss in blender with water,cubitos,maseca,and sazon.
• 3. put the relajo in a small pan and toast the relajo on low heat no oils or butters, till aromatic. then toss into blender and blend all. and pour over turkey. put 1c water into blender and blend it to clean it then pour into a corner of the pan where you are going to cook the turkey.
• 4. cook breast down and covered for 4hrs -6hrs at 350 degrees fareinheit.

SALVADORIAN ROASTED TURKEY

Steps:

• Place an oven rack in the topmost position and preheat oven on the broil setting. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Place tomatoes and bell pepper onto the baking sheet, cut-side down. Broil on top rack of preheated oven until the skins begin to blacken, about 5 minutes. Place charred vegetables into a bowl and seal with plastic wrap to steam until their skins loosen. Lower oven rack to accommodate a roasting pan, and turn oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Meanwhile, pour vegetable oil into a roasting pan (or skillet large enough to fit the turkey), and place over medium-high heat. When hot, add the turkey and sear on all sides until browned, about 10 minutes. Once the turkey has been browned, place breast side up into the roasting pan, and stuff with quartered apples and olives. Set aside.
• Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ancho chiles, pumpkin seeds, and bay leaves. Cook and stir until the pumpkin seeds begin to smell toasted, about 5 minutes, then pour the mixture into a blender.
• Once the tomatoes and peppers have steamed enough that the skins have loosened, remove and discard the skins. Place tomatoes, green peppers, and onion into the blender with the pumpkin seeds. Blend until you have a thick, smooth sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste, adding a little liquid from the olives if desired.
• Brush the sauce onto the turkey, and place into preheated oven. Cook until a meat thermometer inserted in the meaty part of the thigh reads 180 degrees F (80 degrees C), about 3 hours, basting occasionally.