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Ajiaco (Peruvian Chicken and Potato Stew)

Name: Ajiaco (Peruvian Chicken and Potato Stew)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Peru
Ingredients: chicken pieces 900 g; potatoes, cubed 600 g; peas 150 g; aji amarillo paste 40 g; onion, chopped 150 g; garlic, minced 20 g; celery, chopped 80 g; chicken stock 800 ml; bread slices for serving 4 pieces; vegetable oil 50 ml; fine salt 6 g; black pepper 2 g

A rustic stew of chicken, potato, pea and aji amarillo.

65 minutes · 4 servings · Easy

Ajiaco is the rustic Lima stew where long-cooked potatoes break down to thicken it, so the bowl thickens on its own as it cooks and gets more substantial the longer it sits. Yellow chilli and peas go in early while the chicken stays whole until the end. It is the pot people make when they are feeding a crowd and have nothing to impress anybody with.

Ingredients

chicken pieces900 g
potatoes, cubed600 g
peas150 g
aji amarillo paste40 g
onion, chopped150 g
garlic, minced20 g
celery, chopped80 g
chicken stock800 ml
bread slices for serving4 pieces
vegetable oil50 ml
fine salt6 g
black pepper2 g

Directions

1
Fry onion, garlic, celery and aji paste 8 minutes.
2
Add chicken and brown 6 minutes.
3
Add potatoes, stock, salt and pepper; simmer 25 minutes.
4
Add peas; cook 6 minutes.

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