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Ají de Gallina, Chili Pepper Chicken, Peru

Here's how you make Ají de Gallina, Chili Pepper Chicken, Peru
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 9m
  • Cook: 40m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts (in big pieces)
  • 1 yellow onion, coarsely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic,smashed
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 4 tablespoons walnuts, chopped
  • 1 tablespoons chili paste (aji amarillo chile paste, to taste)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 cup evaporated milk
  • 4 ounces sliced bread (4 slices white bread)
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 3 1/4 cup chicken stock
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper, to taste
  • 4 large eggs (hard-cooked, sliced)
  • 1/4 cup black olives
  • 4 cups cooked rice
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Heat oil in a pot, place chicken breasts and fry for about 5 minutes.

  • Step 2: Add onion, garlic, carrots, nuts and aji in the pot.

  • Step 3: Sautée until onions are soft and golden.

  • Step 4: Add stock and bay leaf. Reduce heat and let cook until breast is tender for about 30 minutes; if necessary add little water.

  • Step 5: In the meanwhile, place the bread in a small bowl and pour the evaporated milk over it to soak. Discard bay leaf and reserve chicken breast.

  • Step 6: Cook broth until reduced to 1 cup or add water to this volume.

  • Step 7: Add the bread with the evaporated mix to the pot as well as the Parmesan cheese. Cook until bread is soft. Blend until smooth.

  • Step 8: Shred the cooled chicken by hand into bite-size pieces and return to the pot. Add more chicken stock if sauce is too thick.

  • Step 9: Season with salt and pepper. Cook for additional 10 minutes.

  • Step 10: Serve with rice, garnished with slices of hard boiled egg, and black olives


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