Changes: Ajiaco Bogotano

Revision as of 12:53, 29 January 2011

Description

Ingredients

1 onion, finely chopped
2 tbsp sunflower oil
1 garlic clove, crushed
½ tbsp dried thyme
4 boneless chicken breast, or 8 boneless chicken thighs
1 litre milk
1 litre water
450 g red-skinned potatoes (such as Desirée), diced
450 g white potatoes (such as King Edwards or Cara), diced
500 g small new potatoes, scrubbed and thickly sliced
4 sweetcorn ears, husks and silky threads removed, cut into 5 cm lengths
2 tbsp roughly chopped coriander
2 tbsp chopped parsley
salt and fresh ground black pepper

Egg salad

1 egg, hard-boiled and finely chopped
1 tbsp chopped parsley
1 tbsp chopped coriander
2 tbsp double cream or soured cream
salt and fresh ground black pepper

Hot pepper sauce

1 tbsp chopped coriander
1 tbsp chopped parsley
1 spring onion, chopped
1 fresh red or green chile, deseeded and finely chopped
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tbsp olive oil
salt
sugar

Directions

Fry the onion gently in the oil in a large saucepan until tender, without browning.
Add the garlic and thyme and fry gently for about 1 more minute.
Raise the heat and add the chicken pieces.
Fry until lightly browned.
Add the milk, water, all three types of potato, and salt and pepper.
Bring to the boil, and then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for about 40 minutes.
Remove the chicken pieces with a perforated spoon and as soon as they are cool enough to handle, shred into small pieces.
Stir the soup with a wooden spoon to help the potatoes break down and thicken the soup.
Add the sweetcorn and continue cooking over medium heat for another 10 minutes, stirring from time to time, until the sweetcorn is tender.
Add the herbs and shredded chicken, and cook for a final minute or two.
While the soup is cooking prepare all the garnishes.
To make the egg salad, mix all the ingredients and spoon into a small bowl.
To make the hot pepper sauce, mix the ingredients, adding salt and sugar to taste, and place in another small bowl.
Put the capers and cream in separate bowls.
Ladle the soup into deep bowls and encourage everyone to help themselves to the various garnishes.

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-[[Image:1479350010.jpg|thumb|Ajiaco Bogotano]]
+[[Image:1479350010.jpg|thumb|300px|Ajiaco Bogotano]]
-=== Ingredients ===
+== Ingredients ==
+* 1 [[onion]], finely chopped
+* 2 tbsp [[sunflower oil]]
+* 1 [[garlic]] clove, crushed
+* ½ tbsp dried [[thyme]]
+* 4 boneless [[chicken breast]], or 8 boneless [[chicken]] thighs
+* 1 litre [[milk]]
+* 1 litre [[water]]
+* 450 g [[red-skinned potato]]es (such as Desirée), diced
+* 450 g [[white potato]]es (such as King Edwards or Cara), diced
+* 500 g small [[new potato]]es, scrubbed and thickly sliced
+* 4 [[sweetcorn]] ears, husks and silky threads removed, cut into 5 cm lengths
+* 2 tbsp roughly chopped [[cilantro|coriander]]
+* 2 tbsp chopped [[parsley]]
+* [[salt]] and fresh ground [[black pepper]]
+=== Egg salad ===
-* 1 [[Onion]], finely chopped
-* 2 tbsp [[Sunflower Oil]]
-* 1 [[Garlic|Garlic Clove]], crushed
-* 1/2 tbsp dried [[thyme]]
-* 4 boneless [[Chicken Breast]], or 8 boneless [[Chicken]] thighs
-* 1 litre [[Milk]]
-* 1 litre [[water]]
-* 450g [[red-skinned potato]]es (such as Desirée), diced
-* 450g white [[potato]]es (such as King Edwards or Cara), diced
-* 500g small [[new potato]]es, scrubbed and thickly sliced
-* 4 [[Sweetcorn]] ears, husks and silky threads removed, cut into 5&nbsp;cm lengths
-* 2 tbsp roughly chopped [[Cilantro|Coriander]]
-* 2 tbsp chopped [[Parsley]]
-* [[salt]] and fresh ground [[Black Pepper]]
-For the [[egg]] salad:
 * 1 [[egg]], hard-boiled and finely chopped
-* 1 tbsp chopped [[Parsley]]
+* 1 tbsp chopped [[parsley]]
-* 1 tbsp chopped [[Cilantro|Coriander]]
+* 1 tbsp chopped [[cilantro|coriander]]
-* 2 tbsp [[double cream]] or soured [[cream]]
+* 2 tbsp [[double cream]] or [[sour cream|soured cream]]
-* [[salt]] and fresh ground [[Black Pepper]]
+* [[salt]] and fresh ground [[black pepper]]
-For the[[hot pepper sauce]]:
+=== Hot pepper sauce ===
-* 1 tbsp chopped [[Cilantro|Coriander]]
-* 1 tbsp chopped [[Parsley]]
+* 1 tbsp chopped [[cilantro|coriander]]
-* 1 spring [[Onion]], chopped
+* 1 tbsp chopped [[parsley]]
-* 1 fresh red or green [[Paprika|Chilli]], deseeded and finely chopped
+* 1 [[spring onion]], chopped
+* 1 [[fresh chile pepper|fresh red or green chile]], deseeded and finely chopped
-* 2 tbsp [[white wine]] [[Vinegar]]
-* 1 tbsp [[Olive Oil]]
+* 2 tbsp [[white wine vinegar]]
+* 1 tbsp [[olive oil]]
 * [[salt]]
-* [[Granulated sugar|Sugar]]
+* [[granulated sugar|sugar]]
 == Directions ==
-* Fry the [[Onion]] gently in the [[oil]] in a large [[saucepan]] until tender, without
+# Fry the [[onion]] gently in the [[oil]] in a large [[saucepan]] until tender, without [[browning]].
-[[browning]]. Add the [[garlic]] and [[thyme]] and fry gently for about 1 more minute.
+# Add the [[garlic]] and [[thyme]] and fry gently for about 1 more minute.
-* Raise the heat and add the [[Chicken]] pieces. Fry until lightly browned.
+# Raise the heat and add the [[chicken]] pieces.
+# Fry until lightly browned.
-* Add the [[Milk]], [[water]], all three types of [[Potato]], and [[salt]] and [[Pepper]]. Bring to
+# Add the [[milk]], [[water]], all three types of [[potato]], and [[salt]] and [[pepper]].
-the boil, and then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for about 40 minutes.
+# Bring to the boil, and then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for about 40 minutes.
-* Remove the [[Chicken]] pieces with a perforated spoon and as soon as they are cool enough to handle, shred into small pieces.
+# Remove the [[chicken]] pieces with a perforated spoon and as soon as they are cool enough to handle, shred into small pieces.
-* Stir the soup with a wooden spoon to help the [[potato]]es break down and
+# Stir the soup with a wooden spoon to help the [[potato]]es break down and thicken the soup.
-thicken the soup.
-* Add the [[Sweetcorn]] and continue cooking over medium heat for another 10 minutes, stirring from time to time, until the [[Sweetcorn]] is tender.
+# Add the [[sweetcorn]] and continue cooking over medium heat for another 10 minutes, stirring from time to time, until the [[sweetcorn]] is tender.
-* Add the herbs and shredded [[Chicken]], and cook for a final minute or
+# Add the herbs and shredded [[chicken]], and cook for a final minute or two.
+# While the soup is cooking prepare all the garnishes.
-two.
-* While the soup is cooking prepare all the garnishes. To make the [[egg]] salad, mix all the ingredients and spoon into a small bowl.
+# To make the [[egg]] salad, mix all the ingredients and spoon into a small bowl.
-* To make the [[Hot Pepper Sauce]], mix the ingredients, adding [[salt]] and [[Granulated sugar|Sugar]] to taste, and place in another small bowl.
+# To make the [[hot pepper sauce]], mix the ingredients, adding [[salt]] and [[granulated sugar|sugar]] to taste, and place in another small bowl.
-* Put the [[capers]] and [[cream]] in separate bowls.
+# Put the [[capers]] and [[cream]] in separate bowls.
-* Ladle the soup into deep bowls and encourage everyone to help themselves to the various garnishes.
+# Ladle the soup into deep bowls and encourage everyone to help themselves to the various garnishes.
-== See also ==
+[[Category:Colombian Soups]]
 [[Category:Chicken Recipes]]
-[[Category:Chile leaf Recipes]]
+[[Category:Frensh chile pepper Recipes]]
-[[Category:Chile pepper Recipes]]
-[[Category:Colombian Recipes]]
-[[Category:Colombian Soups]]
 [[Category:Double cream Recipes]]
+[[Category:Sour cream Recipes]]
+[[Category:Red-skinned potato Recipes]]
+[[Category:White potato Recipes]]
 [[Category:New potato Recipes]]
-[[Category:Potato Recipes]]
+[[Category:Corn Recipes]]
+[[Category:Green onion Recipes]]
+[[Category:Hard-boiled egg Recipes]]
+[[Category:White wine vinegar Recipes]]
+[[Category:Cilantro Recipes]]
+[[Category:Milk and cream Recipes]]