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Ají de Gallina
Peruvian shredded chicken in a yellow-chilli, bread and milk sauce.
About Ají de Gallina
Ají de gallina is a Peruvian chicken dish served with a rich yellow-chilli sauce. The national tourism recipe uses bread and milk, with pecans and Parmesan adding body and richness.
Yellow ají supplies the chilli character, supported by onion, garlic, cumin and turmeric. Pecans bring a nutty note, while milk and cheese soften and enrich the savoury sauce.
Shredded chicken is coated in a thick, creamy sauce. In this version it sits over slices of yellow potato, with black olives and quartered boiled eggs completing the plate.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk, Celery, Pecan, Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Ají de Gallina
PROMPERÚ’s ají de gallina with pecans.
- Chicken breastProtein
- Bay leafAromatic
- French baguetteBinder
- MilkLiquid
- OilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- OnionAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Yellow ají pepper creamSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- CarrotAromatic
- CeleryAromatic
- LeekAromatic
- CuminSeasoning
- TurmericSeasoning
- Toasted pecansFilling
- Parmesan cheeseFinish
- Yellow potatoesBase
- Preserved black olivesGarnish
- Boiled eggsGarnish
- SaltSeasoning
- PepperSeasoning
- Chicken cooking brothLiquid
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Chicken breast: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Bay leaf: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- French baguette: Wheat (gluten)
- Milk: Milk
- Oil: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified. Oil plant source unspecified.
- Onion: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Garlic: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Yellow ají pepper cream: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified. Ají amarillo pepper preparation, not assumed to be dairy cream; full formula unspecified.
- Carrot: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Celery: Celery
- Leek: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Cumin: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Turmeric: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Toasted pecans: Pecan
- Parmesan cheese: Milk
- Yellow potatoes: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified. Broader potato link; yellow potato variety unspecified.
- Preserved black olives: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified. Preserving formula unspecified.
- Boiled eggs: Egg
- Salt: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Pepper: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified. Source says pepper; broader pepper candidate.
- Chicken cooking broth: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified. Broth produced from the recipe’s own chicken and named vegetables, not an assumed stock cube.
Recipe-specific unresolved details
- Exact oil, yellow ají cream and preserved-olive formulas are not specified.
- The source repeats cumin and gives differing oil amounts; quantities are not reproduced.
Origins & food traditions
Peruvian cuisine; this profile follows the national tourism recipe.
Countries
- Peru
- PeruCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Peruvian Cuisine
- Peruvian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.