Seco de Pollo

Name: Seco de Pollo
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: South American
Ingredients: 1.2kg chicken pieces; 1 bunch coriander, blended with 100ml water; 2 onions, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 330ml Peruvian beer or lager; 200g green peas; 2 tsp cumin; 1 tsp aji amarillo paste

Peruvian coriander-braised chicken, a vibrant green stew with beer, peas and creamy mashed beans. Blending a generous amount of fresh coriander into the sauce gives seco de pollo its signature vivid green colour and herbal depth.

Total time

65 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

South American

Ingredients

1.2kgchicken pieces

1 bunchcoriander, blended with 100ml water

2onions, diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

330mlPeruvian beer or lager

200ggreen peas

2 tspcumin

1 tspaji amarillo paste

Instructions

Brown chicken. Remove.

Fry onion, garlic, cumin and aji amarillo.

Add blended coriander and beer. Simmer 5 minutes.

Return chicken. Braise covered 35 minutes.

Add peas in last 5 minutes. Season. Serve with white rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

677

Protein

82.1g

Fat

33.4g

Carbs

6.8g

Fiber

1.3g

Sodium

262mg

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