### Flavorful Chicken and Tomatillo Stew Recipe: A Delicious Jocón Dish
Jocón — whose name comes from jok’, meaning to grind or mash in Mayan K’iche’ — is a fresh chicken and tomatillo stew that is popular throughout Guatemala The stew stems from Mayan culture but some of its ingredients today, like sesame seeds and chicken, were likely introduced by Spanish colonizers Some Mayan groups also made theirs more spicy, or with red tomatoes rather than tomatillos, depending on in which part of the country they lived