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Papas a la Huancaina

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Papas a la Huancaina

Boiled potato slices blanketed in a thick, vividly yellow sauce of blended aji amarillo chilli, queso fresco and evaporated milk, garnished with hard-boiled egg and black olives over a bed of lettuce, a classic Peruvian starter.

Total time
15 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
0 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
Mexican
vegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

1kgwaxy potatoes, boiled and sliced
4 tbspaji amarillo paste
200gqueso fresco or feta
200mlevaporated milk
3 tbspvegetable oil
3cream crackers
2hard-boiled eggs, halved
black olives and lettuceto serve

Instructions

1

Blend aji amarillo paste, queso fresco, evaporated milk, oil and crackers until smooth.

2

The sauce should be thick and bright yellow — add more milk if too thick.

3

Season with salt.

4

Arrange lettuce on a platter.

5

Place potato slices over lettuce.

6

Pour yellow sauce generously over potatoes.

7

Garnish 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. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
388
Protein
11.6g
Fat
16.9g
Carbs
47.8g
Fiber
5.5g
Sodium
99mg

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