Total time: 60 minutes. Quantity: 4-6 people.
A family meal.
El Gallo guisado, is a typical Peruvian meal, prepared with tender rooster prey, and is accompanied by beans, a salad of lettuce or onion, and fruit juice. To prepare this dish it is necessary that we have fresh ingredients, and up to date, since with these we will make a delicious meal. Gallo guisado is a very delicious meal, and can be prepared for a party, or to share with the family.
Let's see how to prepare it!
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Peruvian Gallo Guisado |
Ingredients:
- ½ kg of fresh rooster meat, and cut into medium-sized prey.
- One chopped onion.
- Chopped coriander for seasoning.
- Fresh ground garlic.
- Fresh ground red chili bell pepper.
- Fresh yellow chili bell pepper.
- Vinegar for seasoning (this is optional).
- Vegetable oil.
- Salt to taste.
Procedure of the recipe.
- Wash each rooster prey, and separate what is not useful.
- We use a bowl to add the rooster prey, and to it, we add: 3 tablespoons of ground garlic, a pinch of vinegar, the chopped coriander, and the chopped onion. Let it macerate.
- For a better maceration, we turn it with a spoon, until the juice of each ingredient takes consistency with the prey in the bowl.
- We let it macerate for 30 - 35 minutes, and on a pot we make a dressing with ground garlic and vegetable oil.
- We begin to brown, and immediately add the red and yellow chili peppers. In such a way that we have a red dressing.
- Add the prey with all the maceration previously done. And let it cook over high heat.
- It is necessary that you season to taste your preparation with salt and ajĆ-no-moto. Both ingredients will give a touch of delicious flavor.
- Finally cook covering the pot, and turn it off when the meat has a dark color, and a pleasant flavor.
- Accompany it with rice, beans, a vegetable salad, and a fruit juice.
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Presas in maceration |
Note: Remember that the longer the maceration time, the better the flavor will be.