Chuchitos

While I was in Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala, I helped make these with a Mayan family for the campesinos that were going to come and hopefully join a coffee cooperative. It was so much fun. Hard to understand. They went between speaking Kaqchikel and Spanish which I know only slightly. They gave me a traditional Mayan apron. It was so great!

Makes 140

Ingredients:

10 lbs Masa 

salt to taste

pepper to taste

8 Red sweet peppers 

6 tomatoes

4 green chilies

msg (yikes.. don't use that)

2 packets chicken bouillon

140 corn husks

140 pieces  of pork/chicken/carne

boil ground sweet peppers, tomatoes, green chilies, msg, chicken bouillon, salt, and pepper. Mix about 1/4 of Masa in boiled mixture

pat left over masa into tortillas

scoop tomato mixture onto tortilla, and make tortilla look like a taco

place in corn husk and wrap like the picture.

boil chuchitos for about 3-4 hours

Also good if you take it out of the corn husk and grill.

yumm... but don't eat local pork in Guatemala. pork = crazy rash and giardia... fun times!