Papas Rellenas: Peruvian Stuffed Potatoes Recipe with Chicken
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Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour
Do you love jacket potatoes? If yes, then you’re going to love this recipe for Peruvian Stuffed Potatoes, also called Papas Rellenas.
This is a very popular dish in various countries around the world, and you can find them in all shapes, sizes, and flavors. The recipe for stuffed baked potatoes we will look at today is the traditional Peruvian Papas Rellenas recipe.
Do you know Papas Rellenas?
Papas Rellenas or Stuffed Baked Potatoes is one of the most famous dishes of Peruvian gastronomy. The potatoes can be stuffed with various ingredients such as chicken, ham, ground beef pork, cheese, shrimp, vegetables, boiled eggs, raisins, or olives.
This dish is usually served as a main course but can also be eaten as a side dish. It’s very popular in Peru and you can find it in most restaurants serving Peruvian food.
Ingredients for the Papas Rellenas
Potatoes: Of course, the star of this dish is the potato. You’ll need about one kg of potatoes for this recipe. Try to get large potatoes so they are easier to stuff.
Chicken: The chicken is cooked in a simple way with garlic, onion, and tomatoes and provides a lot of flavor.
Peruvian chili peppers or red chili peppers: To give an extra kick to the stuffed potatoes and make them a little spicy. If you don’t like it too hot, remove the seeds from the chili before adding it to your mixture.
Parmesan or Cheddar cheese: For this recipe, we’ve used Parmesan cheese but feel free to use your favorite cheese.
Olives: This is a very traditional ingredient but you can leave them out if you don’t like them!
Spices and aromatics: Garlic, parsley, onion, tomatoes, salt, and pepper to taste. All these ingredients give extra flavor to the dish.
Creole Sauce: This sauce is a very traditional Peruvian sauce. It’s made from red onions, cilantro, lemon, and olive oil and it will give your Stuffed Baked Potatoes an extra flavor!
How to make Baked Stuffed Potatoes
As a first step, we bake the potatoes. Wash and dry them well, then prick in a few places with a fork. Place on an oiled oven tray and bake at 230°C / 450°F for around 40 minutes until tender.
While the potatoes are baking, we can start preparing the stuffing. We heat some water to boiling point and add the chicken breasts. Let them cook for around 35 minutes before removing them from the heat.
When they are cooled, shred the chicken and set it aside. In a frying pan, we sauté some onion and garlic in oil for about two minutes before adding the chili pepper, finely chopped tomatoes, cumin powder, oregano, and salt to taste. Sauté for another few minutes until the vegetables are cooked. Finally, add the shredded chicken and olives, stir well to combine all the ingredients, then take it off the heat.
When both the potatoes and stuffing are ready, we can start assembling our Stuffed Potatoes. Cut each potato in half lengthwise and carefully scoop out most of the inside using a spoon, making sure to leave a layer about half a centimeter thick, so the potato skin doesn’t break. Add the mashed potato dough to the chicken stuffing and mix well. Read More…Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour
Do you love jacket potatoes? If yes, then you’re going to love this recipe for Peruvian Stuffed Potatoes, also called Papas Rellenas.
This is a very popular dish in various countries around the world, and you can find them in all shapes, sizes, and flavors. The recipe for stuffed baked potatoes we will look at today is the traditional Peruvian Papas Rellenas recipe.
Do you know Papas Rellenas?
Papas Rellenas or Stuffed Baked Potatoes is one of the most famous dishes of Peruvian gastronomy. The potatoes can be stuffed with various ingredients such as chicken, ham, ground beef pork, cheese, shrimp, vegetables, boiled eggs, raisins, or olives.
This dish is usually served as a main course but can also be eaten as a side dish. It’s very popular in Peru and you can find it in most restaurants serving Peruvian food.
Ingredients for the Papas Rellenas
Potatoes: Of course, the star of this dish is the potato. You’ll need about one kg of potatoes for this recipe. Try to get large potatoes so they are easier to stuff.
Chicken: The chicken is cooked in a simple way with garlic, onion, and tomatoes and provides a lot of flavor.
Peruvian chili peppers or red chili peppers: To give an extra kick to the stuffed potatoes and make them a little spicy. If you don’t like it too hot, remove the seeds from the chili before adding it to your mixture.
Parmesan or Cheddar cheese: For this recipe, we’ve used Parmesan cheese but feel free to use your favorite cheese.
Olives: This is a very traditional ingredient but you can leave them out if you don’t like them!
Spices and aromatics: Garlic, parsley, onion, tomatoes, salt, and pepper to taste. All these ingredients give extra flavor to the dish.
Creole Sauce: This sauce is a very traditional Peruvian sauce. It’s made from red onions, cilantro, lemon, and olive oil and it will give your Stuffed Baked Potatoes an extra flavor!
How to make Baked Stuffed Potatoes
As a first step, we bake the potatoes. Wash and dry them well, then prick in a few places with a fork. Place on an oiled oven tray and bake at 230°C / 450°F for around 40 minutes until tender.
While the potatoes are baking, we can start preparing the stuffing. We heat some water to boiling point and add the chicken breasts. Let them cook for around 35 minutes before removing them from the heat.
When they are cooled, shred the chicken and set it aside. In a frying pan, we sauté some onion and garlic in oil for about two minutes before adding the chili pepper, finely chopped tomatoes, cumin powder, oregano, and salt to taste. Sauté for another few minutes until the vegetables are cooked. Finally, add the shredded chicken and olives, stir well to combine all the ingredients, then take it off the heat.
When both the potatoes and stuffing are ready, we can start assembling our Stuffed Potatoes. Cut each potato in half lengthwise and carefully scoop out most of the inside using a spoon, making sure to leave a layer about half a centimeter thick, so the potato skin doesn’t break. Add the mashed potato dough to the chicken stuffing and mix well. Read More…
