Pollada peruana (Peruvian Pollada)

A Saturday’s dish.

Pollada is a typical food from Peru, principally known by the reason of its preparation. The way it is prepared has constructed a whole tradition over the years and it’s generally made on Saturdays.

 Nowadays it’s generally prepared in large quantities to be sold and collect money for a charitable cause in a society, family or organization. It’s prepared with chicken and potatoes accompanied with vegetable salad (beets and carrots cut in small dice). Its flavor is delicious.

Let’s see how to prepare it!

Pollada peruana (Peruvian Pollada)

Ingredients of Pollada.

• 2,2 lb. of chicken cut in pieces (generally quarters).
• 1,1 lb. of beets (cut in small dice).
• 1,1 lb. of Meril potatoes (Yungai)
• 1 medium size lettuce head.
• 1,75 oz. of Ají amarillo (minced).
• 1,75 oz. of Ají rojo (minced).
• 1,75 oz. of garlic (minced).
• Umami seasoning (Aji-no-moto).
• ¼ cup of soy sauce.
• ½ cup op white vinegar.
• Cumin.
• Pepper.
• Salt.

Pollada peruana (Peruvian Pollada)

Procedure of recipe.

Time needed: 2 hours.

1. This is the procedure of recipe of Peruvian Pollada. Follow the next steps.
2. Apply clean in the ingredients.
3. In a clean platter, put the ají rojo, ají amarillo, the garlic and ½ cup of white vinegar (remember to use the necessary quantities for each preparation).
4. Used umami seasoning.
5. Add some Umami seasoning and move from one side to the other using a spoon to highlight its taste. Immediately, add the soy sauce.
6. Season with salt if you want like.
7. Season with salt, pepper and cumin to taste.Add the pieces of chicken to the platter and let it macerate for one hour.
8. Make small cuts.
9. Make small cuts in the chicken pieces to let the seasoning penetrate.
10. Boil the potatoes.
11. Boil the potatoes and cut them in slices (like in the photo). Same way, boil the carrots and the beets but cut them in small dice.
12. Fry until the chicken.
13. Once it’s ready, start frying the chicken to high fire.Fry until the chicken gets a golden roast color (like in the photo).

Serve accompanied the ingredients.

Serve accompanied of a lettuce leaf, slices of boiled potatoes, homemade mayonnaise and huacatay cream.

Accompany you “Peruvian Pollada” and with a fruit juice. Accompany your pollada with a fruit juice. The most important thing in cooking is to be together with the people you love and live in harmony. Pollada Peruvian is mean food of the Peru. Others recipes for cook as alternative to this recipes are: Parrillada Peruvian and Papa a la Huancaina recipe; can you check our list of recipes here.

Video of the preparation.