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Aguadito (Peruvian Green Chicken Soup)

Name: Aguadito (Peruvian Green Chicken Soup)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Peru
Ingredients: chicken thighs, bone-in 600 g; cilantro 50 g; spinach 60 g; onion, chopped 80 g; garlic cloves 10 g; aji amarillo paste 20 g; rice 100 g; frozen corn 100 g; potato, cubed 200 g; chicken stock 1.2 l; vegetable oil 30 ml; fine salt 6 g

A bright cilantro-green chicken soup with rice, corn and potatoes.

55 minutes · 4 servings · Easy

Aguadito is a coriander-green chicken soup built for the Lima heat, where the green colour is meant to cool as much as to look striking. Rice, corn and potato are cooked in the same pot, so the soup thickens into something between broth and meal. Fresh coriander has to go in late and briefly, or it darkens and turns the colour muddy.

Ingredients

chicken thighs, bone-in600 g
cilantro50 g
spinach60 g
onion, chopped80 g
garlic cloves10 g
aji amarillo paste20 g
rice100 g
frozen corn100 g
potato, cubed200 g
chicken stock1.2 l
vegetable oil30 ml
fine salt6 g

Directions

1
Blend cilantro and spinach with a splash of stock into a green puree.
2
Brown chicken in pot 6 minutes; add onion, garlic and aji 4 minutes.
3
Add rice, corn, potato and stock; simmer 20 minutes.
4
Stir in green puree; simmer 4 minutes; season.

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