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Soups & creams

Santafe-style ajiaco

Bogota chicken soup with three potatoes, guascas and corn on the cob.

Gluten-free

60 minTime
6Servings
MediumDifficulty
ColombiaCuisine

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 500 g peeled yellow criolla potato
  • 400 g peeled sabanera potato, in chunks
  • 300 g peeled pastusa potato, in chunks
  • 2 ears of corn (choclo), in pieces
  • 1 spring onion, in pieces
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 2 tablespoons dried guascas
  • 1500 g water
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 200 g cream to serve
  • Capers and avocado (palta) to accompany

Step-by-step

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  1. Put the spring onion and garlic in the mixing bowl and chop 4 sec/speed 5.
  2. Add the chicken, water, salt and pepper and set 20 min/100C/reverse/spoon speed.
  3. Remove the chicken, shred it and set aside.
  4. Add the sabanera and pastusa potato and the corn to the broth and cook 20 min/100C/reverse/spoon speed.
  5. Add the yellow criolla potato and the guascas and set 15 min/100C/reverse/spoon speed until the criolla potato breaks down and thickens.
  6. Adjust the salt, return the shredded chicken and mix 30 sec/reverse/spoon speed.
  7. Serve very hot with cream, capers and avocado on the side.

Tips

  • The criolla potato is what gives the ajiaco its creamy body.
  • Guascas are essential for the authentic Santafe flavor.
  • Serve with white rice and a good ripe avocado.

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