One of my favorite Salvadorian dishes!

Panes con pollo, panes con chumpe, panes de pollo or simply Panes! Whatever you want to call it, here is how to make them :)

Cook your chicken breasts with onions (keep the chicken broth)

Cut your cabbage

Add mayo to your cabbage and cut out the rest of your veggies (the greens leaves are watercress)

Grill your tomatoes, bell pepper and onions

In a skillet add rice, cashews and sesame seeds (not shown) over medium heat until golden brown

Mix the rice, cashews, sesame seeds and veggies

Put it in the blender and drain it so the bigger chunks don't get into the mix

(with the chicken broth you saved, add to the blender and while draining instead of water; it helps it not get diluted too much)

With some of the broth you drained, add into the blender; along with tomato broth and mustard

(repeat this process until you get to the taste you like. Keep in mind when you boil the tomato broth it will get saltier)

Add bay leaves and put into the oven at 350 F for 1 hr

After an hour, add your cooked chicken breasts and continue cooking it for another 1+ hour

Now the best part....

Cut your "pan frances" the long way and carve out the filling in the middle. Add your chicken with your broth, then add the cabbage with mayo, and lastly, your veggies

You pour broth on top and inside of your bread to moisten it and also so it won't be so dry. No need for forks, you eat this with your hands (but you can if you'd like) ;)

Now, I know it seems hard (and it is...only cause it takes a while), but here is your ingredient list:

4-5 large chicken breasts

8 tomatoes (4 you will grill, 4 you will use for toppings)

2-3 bell peppers

2 white onions (1 to cook along with your chicken, 1 you will grill)

Cashews

1-1 1/2 cups of rice

1 pack of sesame seeds

1 cabbage

Mayo

 2 Cucumbers

1 bunch of Radish

Tomato Broth

Mustard

Bay leaves

Pan Frances (French Bread/Baguette)