COPPERAjí de gallina recipe
Poached shredded chicken in a sauce of ají amarillo thickened with milk-soaked bread, walnuts and parmesan.
Ingredients
- 500 g chicken breast
- 3 tbsp yellow chilli paste (ají amarillo)
- 3 slice white bread
- 200 ml evaporated milk
- 50 g walnuts
- 40 g parmesan
- 1 onion
- 3 clove garlic
- 2 boiled eggs
- 8 black olives
- 500 g yellow potatoes
- 300 g white rice
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp salt
How to make Ají de gallina
- Poach the 500 g of chicken in salted water for about 20 minutes. Keep the broth and shred the meat finely.
- Meanwhile cook the 300 g of rice, and boil the 500 g of potatoes in their skins for about 20 minutes.
- Soak the 3 slices of bread in the 200 ml of evaporated milk.
- Finely chop the onion and the 3 garlic cloves. Fry them in the 2 tbsp of oil with the 3 tbsp of ají paste over low heat for about 10 minutes, until deep and sweet.
- Blend the soaked bread with the 50 g of walnuts into a smooth cream and stir it into the fried base. Loosen it little by little with the chicken broth.
- Add the shredded chicken and the 40 g of grated parmesan. Simmer 5 minutes, stirring, until creamy, and season with salt.
- Serve over the sliced potatoes with the rice, topped with the halved eggs and the 8 olives.
What is Ají de gallina?
Ají de gallina is a traditional dish from Peru, simmered in one pot, and takes about 1 hour from start to finish. It is built around chicken breast, yellow potatoes and white rice. The recipe below uses 14 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Ají de gallina take?
At 60 minutes it is quicker than 77% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 6 dishes built on chicken breast. The method runs to 7 steps, the longest being 20 minutes.
Any tips for making Ají de gallina?
Cook the onion, garlic and ají paste slowly until sweet and deep before adding the bread: the sauce's flavour starts there.
How Ají de gallina compares
Hard to find elsewhere: yellow chilli paste (ají amarillo) (1), boiled eggs (1) and yellow potatoes (1).
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