Salsa de Aji Amarillo
Aji amarillo sauce is a favorite condiment for just about any Peruvian dish. You’ll often find it served with dishes as diverse as anticuchos, fried chicken or hamburgers. It’s found on the tables at many Peruvian restaurant, as well as many dinner tables. 1 cup soy bean or olive oil, divided 1 kg (2 lbs) [...]
Aji de Huacatay
Yay! It’s Friday – Hope everyone has some great plans for the weekend. We’re getting together with a group of friends to play football (soccer, not gridiron). And hopefully, ceviche afterward. I mentioned at the end of yesterday’s anticucho recipe that it should always be served with aji. There are two types that are pretty [...]
How Do You Say Spices in Peru?
No matter how delicious Peruvian food is, if you come from another country there are bound to be times when you find yourself missing your comfort foods from home. The obvious solution, of course, is to cook up a batch of whatever it is you’re jonesing for. But this can lead to it’s own set [...]
Aderezo de Cebolla
Aderezo de cebolla (seh-boy-ah) is a condiment used as a base for a lot of Peruvian dishes. It’s a combination of onion, garlic and aji that is cooked together in oil to blend the flavors. Along with the various aji pastes, it’s one of the things that give Peruvian foods their distinct flavor. Aderezo is [...]
Salsa Golf – The Perfect Condiment
Image by Chimpanz APe via Flickr After I wrote a couple weeks ago about salchipapas, I started getting a lot of readers looking for the recipe. I was wondering to myself why anyone would need a recipe, it’s just fried potatoes and sliced hot dogs, not much to it. Then, I realized, what people really [...]
Aji Molido, or Pepper Sauce: The Spice of Peruvian Cooking
Image by TravelingMan via Flickr There’s been so much going on around here lately that I’ve kinda been slacking on recipes and cooking stuff. Well, that just won’t do for a blog that’s s’poseta be about what we’re eating! So let’s see if we can’t start making a little amends for that. I read an [...]
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