Add Peruvian flavors to your meal with this layered potato and chicken recipe. A wonderful side dish made using sweet peas.
Peruvian Causa Rellena
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Servings 10
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
- 5 lb Yukon Gold potatoes, cut in half, cooked and peeled
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons Peruvian yellow chiles (aji amarillo), cooked, mashed
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken breast
- 1/2 cup frozen sweet peas, cooked
- 2 medium carrots, peeled, finely chopped, cooked slightly (about 3/4 cup)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
Garnish
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1/2 cup kalamata olives
- 2 hard-cooked eggs, peeled, cut into wedges
- Bibb lettuce leaves
Instructions
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Step1Press potatoes through potato ricer, or mash until smooth. In large bowl, mix potatoes, lime juice, salt, pepper and chiles. In medium bowl, mix chicken, peas, carrots, onion and mayonnaise.
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Step2Place half of potato mixture on large serving platter; form into rectangle shape about 11x7 inches. Spoon chicken mixture over potato mixture on platter; sprinkle with additional salt and pepper as desired. Top with remaining potato mixture, shaping into rectangle shape.
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Step3Refrigerate 1 hour before serving. Garnish top of potato mixture with parsley, olives and chopped eggs. Arrange lettuce leaves around potato mixture. Cut into squares.
Nutrition
320
Calories
5g
Total Fat
14g
Protein
53g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 320
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 8%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 6%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 60mg
- 20%
- Sodium
- 370mg
- 15%
- Potassium
- 1020mg
- 29%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 53g
- 18%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 17%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 14g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 40%
- 40%
- Vitamin C
- 30%
- 30%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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