How many calories in ají de gallina
A plate of ají de gallina has about 600 kcal, with 32 g of protein.
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Ají de gallina is shredded chicken in a thick, creamy sauce of ají amarillo, the yellow Peruvian chili, made rich with bread soaked in milk, cheese and ground nuts. It comes with rice, boiled potato, half an egg and a black olive.
A plate is 600 kcal, with 50 g of carbs, 30 g of fat and 32 g of protein. The chicken gives the protein, the bread, milk, cheese and nuts make the sauce and most of the fat.
It's a Lima lunch, the kind of plate you find on the menú at a small restaurant. Mild, yellow and very hard to stop eating.
Tips
- 1Ask for a little less rice, the sauce does the work anyway.
- 2Have more of the chicken and the potato, and go easy on extra sauce.
- 3Make it with evaporated milk thinned with stock at home.
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What is ají de gallina?
A Peruvian dish of shredded chicken in a creamy yellow chili sauce, thickened with bread, milk, cheese and nuts, served with rice and potato.
Is ají de gallina spicy?
Not very. Ají amarillo is more fruity than hot, and the milk and cheese soften it further.
How much protein is in ají de gallina?
About 32 g in a plate.
How many calories in two plates?
About 1,200 kcal.
Why is it called gallina?
Gallina means hen. The dish was made with hen, which needs slow cooking. Today most people make it with chicken.
