Sajta de Gallina

Name: Sajta de Gallina
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Bolivian
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces; 1/2 cup aji amarillo paste; 4 potatoes, boiled; 2 onions, sliced

Sajta de Gallina/SAH-tah deh gah-YEE-nah/

About this dish

Chicken stewed in a spicy yellow aji sauce, served over potato with fried onions.

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Ingredients

🍗1 whole chicken, cut into pieces

🌶️1/2 cup aji amarillo paste

🥔4 potatoes, boiled

🧅2 onions, sliced

Method

Serves 2

Simmer the chicken in water with onion until tender, reserving the broth.

Sauté aji amarillo paste with onion until fragrant.

Add the cooked chicken and some broth, simmering until the sauce thickens.

Fry sliced onions until crisp for topping.

Serve the chicken over boiled potato, topped with fried onion.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Sajta de gallina is a traditional highland Bolivian chicken dish, defined by its bright aji amarillo sauce.

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