Seco de Pollo Peruano

Name: Seco de Pollo Peruano
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 beans. Blending the coriander with the beer before it goes into the pot, rather than adding leaves whole, gives seco its vivid green colour and even herb flavour throughout.

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.

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