Cookbook:Causa Rellena con Pollo (Peruvian Layered Potato and Chicken)
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Causa Rellena con Pollo (Peruvian Layered Potato and Chicken) | |
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Category | Potato recipes |
Servings | 6 or more |
Time | 1 hour |
Difficulty |
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Ingredients
edit- 10 medium potatoes (yellow, new, or red are a good choice)
- 1 pound of shredded boiled chicken meat
- 100 g mayonnaise
- 25 g butter
- 2 cloves garlic
- Salt
- Pepper
- Lettuce
- 3 hard boiled eggs
- Black olives
Procedure
edit- Cook and peel potatoes. Allow to cool, then mash.
- In a bowl combine the chicken, mayonnaise, onion, salt, and pepper.
- Line a deep dish with plastic wrap, or place a molding cylinder on a plate.
- Add the mashed potatoes to form a bed about 1 cm tall at the bottom.
- Add a second layer of 1 cm of the chicken mixture evenly over the potato.
- Top the chicken mixture with a final layer of potato, forming a sandwich of chicken inside two layers of potato.
- Unmold or remove the cylinder.
- Garnish with lettuce and mayonnaise.
- Cut the hard boiled eggs in discs and place on top. Add black olives, if desired.
- This dish can be served slightly cold.
Notes, tips, and variations
edit- Mashed potatoes can be prepared with a mix of olive oil and butter and adding one tablespoon of lemon juice. You can compensate lemon with salt. Don't add milk.
- You can replace the chicken with a can of tuna mixed with mayonnaise and fine chopped onion. Serve this variation fresh only.