Chiltepin Doves

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 12 whole doves, dressed
• 14 whole dried chile pequins
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 12 slices thick slab bacon
• 1 cup chicken stock

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350ºf.
• 2 place one chiltepin in the cavity of each dove, reserving 2 peppers.
• 3 rub salt and pepper into the skins of the birds.
• 4 wrap each dove with a strip of bacon, making sure the breast is covered especially well.
• 5 secure with toothpicks.
• 6 transfer doves to a baking dish that will hold them snugly in a single layer.
• 7 pour stock over the doves, and add the last two peppers to the dish.
• 8 cover and bake for 1 1/2 hours.
• 9 remove the cover and continue baking 20 to 30 more minutes, until the liquid has reduced a bit and the bacon has browned.
• 10 transer doves to a serving platter, discarding the greasy cooking liquid.
• 11 let sit for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
• 12 if your guests are not chileheads, caution them against eating the chile pods.