DISH RESEARCH · Salad
Causa Limeña
Luis Arévalo’s chicken causa limeña layers a smooth potato mixture with avocado and cooked chicken mixed with peas, carrot, tobiko, mayonnaise and shichimi. Lettuce, boiled quail eggs, botija olives and parsley garnish the plated layers.
About Causa Limeña
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Canal Cocina presents Luis Arévalo’s chicken causa limeña in his Sabor a Perú programme, identifying it with Peru’s coastal cuisine. The plate is built from layers of potato, avocado and chicken filling.
Potatoes are boiled with a lime slice, peeled and passed through a food mill to remove lumps. Once cooled, they are mixed with lime juice, ají amarillo, salt and butter into a uniform mixture.
Cooked shredded chicken is combined with cooked peas and carrot, tobiko, mayonnaise, salt and shichimi togarashi. These ingredients form the filling between the potato layers.
A plating ring holds the layers in place: potato, avocado strips, more potato, chicken filling and another potato layer. The avocado is peeled and sliced separately.
Romaine lettuce, halved boiled quail eggs, whole botija olives and parsley decorate the plate. The recipe distinguishes the layered filling from these finishing garnishes.
Ingredients in Causa Limeña
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- Chickenfilling
- Tunaother
- Ají amarilloother
- Avocadoother
- Vegetable Oilother
- Limeother
- Saltother
- Yellow potatobase
- Potatobase
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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- Countries & places
- Peru
- Cooking traditions
- Peruvian coastal chef preparation
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