Ají de gallina (Peruvian dish)
Ají de gallina (Peruvian dish)

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, ají de gallina (peruvian dish). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Ají de gallina is one of these traditional dishes: Poached chicken slathered in a spicy and creamy nut-based sauce is served over white rice and boiled potatoes. Bright yellow—amarillo—in color thanks to the famous ají amarillo, and rich from the unusual sauce of ground walnuts, this dish is hearty, filling, and also really easy to make. Don't be intimidated by how complex it sounds, the. Whether you're new to trying Peruvian food, or you've been eating it all your life, the creamy ají de gallina chicken dish is likely to tickle your taste buds.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have ají de gallina (peruvian dish) using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Ají de gallina (Peruvian dish):
  1. Take boiled ingredients
  2. Take 1 chicken breast
  3. Get 2 potatoes
  4. Get 2 eggs
  5. Make ready 4 garlic cloves
  6. Take 1 tbsp blended chili
  7. Take 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  8. Make ready 2 tsp palillo
  9. Make ready 3 cup rice
  10. Prepare 4 olives
  11. Make ready main mixture
  12. Prepare 3/4 can evaporated milk
  13. Prepare 1 1/2 cup water
  14. Get 3 bread
  15. Prepare salt

Serve over rice with skinned, boiled potatoes (should still be firm and not mushy), halved on top, with aji de gallina on top of that. This delicious Peruvian dish has spicy chicken with creamy yellow sauce. The main star in this dish is the yellow pepper or also known as aji amarillo. Aji de gallina is a classic Peruvian dish that is a great example of combining a European style of making a sauce (mainly French, in this case) with local aji amarillo chili mixed in.

Steps to make Ají de gallina (Peruvian dish):
  1. Boil the chicken with a tea spoon of salt. Separatedly, boil the potatoes and the eggs. In a rice maker cook the rice with a tea spoon of salt, too.
  2. Shred the bread into pieces and soak them with the evaporated milk.
  3. If desired, blend it. You may not blend it of you desire to feel the bread in the dish.
  4. Shred the boiled chicken breast into pieces. It can be thin or thick, but the thinner you make them, the more effort it takes and the less you feel the chicken in the dish.
  5. Mince or mash the garlic.
  6. In a pot, fry the garlic with the oil and then add the palillo and the chili. It just takes a few minutes. Palillo's itself doesn't have that much flavor. We add it so the dish has a better yellow look but you may not use it if you can't find it. Just add a tad more chili if you don't use palillo. Peruvian palillo is made from curcumin (which, unlike red saffron, it is made from a root) and dried chilli. You may also use just yellow saffron if it is easier to find but don't forget the chili.
  7. Pour the main mixture of bread, milk and water to the pot and mix. Add salt.
  8. Wait until it boils and add the chicken. Boil it until it is creamy and not to watery if it is. This is the ají de gallina mixture.
  9. Peel the eggs and the potatoes. Cut the potatoes into 1/3 inch slices and the eggs in sixths. You can also bake the potatoes slices for adding an extra crunch to the dish.
  10. Serve a portion of cooked rice and a potato slice in a plate. Serve the ají de gallina besides them and place a quarter of the egg on top of it. Decorate with olives.

The main star in this dish is the yellow pepper or also known as aji amarillo. Aji de gallina is a classic Peruvian dish that is a great example of combining a European style of making a sauce (mainly French, in this case) with local aji amarillo chili mixed in. It's essentially shredded chicken wrapped in a creamy walnut and bread-thickened sauce with a little chili kick. Believe me, the result is comforting and delicious. Classic, creamy, slightly spicy and filling: this chicken dish is Peruvian soul food at its best.

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