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Aji de Gallina

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Aji de Gallina

Peru's beloved creamy chicken stew in a golden aji amarillo and walnut sauce over rice. Cooking the aji amarillo paste in oil until it turns fragrant and the oil itself turns golden is what builds the sauce's deep base flavour before the bread and walnuts go in to thicken it.

Total time
45 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
25 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Mexican
gluten-free

Ingredients

800gchicken breasts, poached and shredded
4aji amarillo paste, 4 tbsp
100gwalnuts, ground
4 sliceswhite bread, crusts removed
200mlevaporated milk
1white onion, diced
3 clovesgarlic, minced
3 tbspvegetable oil
4hard-boiled eggs, halved
black olives and steamed riceto serve

Instructions

1

Sauté onion in oil until soft, add garlic and aji amarillo paste.

2

Cook 3 minutes until very fragrant and oil turns golden.

3

Soak bread in evaporated milk, blend until smooth.

4

Add bread mixture and ground walnuts to pan, stir into a thick sauce.

5

Add shredded chicken and enough poaching liquid to reach creamy consistency.

6

Simmer 10 minutes, season generously.

7

Serve over rice with hard-boiled egg halves and black olives.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
822
Protein
78.6g
Fat
43.8g
Carbs
27g
Fiber
3g
Sodium
412mg

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