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Aji de gallina: Peruvian creamy Chilli Chicken recipe

Aji de Gallina: Peruvian Creamy Chilli Chicken
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Aji de Gallina: Peruvian Creamy Chilli Chicken is one of the staples dishes of Peruvian Cuisine. You can prepare it full of flavour without the heat or add some spiciness to it.  It is made with Peruvian Yellow Chilli (Aji Amarillo Peruano)

Ingredients

For the chicken stock:

  • 1 chicken breast with bone
  • 2 celery stick
  • 1 little carrot, peeled
  • salt
  • water

 

For the dish:

  • 4 bread slices, diced)
  • 2 cups of milk
  • oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
  • 6 tablespoon Peruvian yellow chilli “aji Amarillo” paste
  • 1 chicken breast, cooked and shredded
  • 2 cups of chicken stock
  • 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese, grated
  • 4 pecans, diced
  • salt and pepper

 

For garnish: (optional)

  • cooked white rice
  • Slices of cooked potato
  • boiled egg
  • olives

Instructions

  • Stock: Wash the chicken breast and place it in a pot with covering water. Add the celery stick, peeled carrot and salt. Let it simmer at medium heat for 30 minutes or until the breast is thoroughly cooked. Let it cool down and reserve the stock discarding the celery and carrot. Deboned the chicken and shredded it completely.
  • Bread: Meanwhile, put the diced bread in a bowl and pour the milk over it. Mix it well, so every piece of bread is damp with the milk. Reserve it for later.
  • Sofrito: In a big saucepan over medium heat, drizzle some oil to make the sofrito and fry the onions till they are translucent. Add the garlic and chilli paste. Let it cook for a couple of minutes. Season it with salt and pepper.
  • Bread Mixture: Add the bread mixture and let it cook for 2 minutes. (If you want, you can add an extra step and blend the bread mixture before pouring it to have a creamy and silky version, but I like the creamy and lumpy version, so it depends on taste.) The oil and chilli will come to the surface.
  • Chicken Breast: Add the chicken and stock to the pot and let it simmer for 10 minutes. Add the cheese and pecans and check the seasoning.
  • Serve with rice, some slices of potato and boiled egg.

Notes

You can buy the “aji amarillo” or Peruvian yellow chilli paste in any Latin product store

Find it online: https://cangurocriollo.com/aji-de-gallina/

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