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Ají de Gallina

URL: https://www.acozykitchen.com/aji-de-gallina

Ingredients

The chicken

  • 1 piece bone-in chicken breast
  • 3 pieces carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 sticks celery, trimmed and chopped

The sauce

  • 1 tablespoon avocado oil
  • ½ piece white onion, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 pieces aji amarillos, peeled and deveined
  • to taste Kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • few rounds black pepper
  • 3 cloves garlic, finely minced
  • 2 teaspoons aji amarillo paste
  • 2 pieces toast, cubed
  • 1 can (12-ounce) evaporated milk
  • ½ cup chicken broth

For serving

  • as needed white rice
  • 1 piece boiled potato, sliced
  • 1 piece boiled egg, quartered
  • 2-3 pieces Peruvian black olives

Instructions

  1. Cook the chicken with carrots and celery in water until fully cooked, about 15 minutes, and reserve the broth.
  2. Shred the chicken once it cools down.
  3. Sauté onion and ají amarillo in avocado oil, then add spices and cook until softened.
  4. Mix in garlic, ají amarillo paste, cubed toast, evaporated milk, and chicken broth, then simmer for 5 minutes.
  5. Blend the sauce until smooth, adjust salt, and return to the skillet with the shredded chicken.
  6. Serve over rice with boiled potatoes, garnished with boiled egg and olives.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
4
Calories
136
Total fat
6g
Total carbohydrates
8g
Total protein
12g
Sodium
212mg
Cholesterol
76mg

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