La cause stuffed It is a typical recipe for my Peruvian food. One of my favorite dishes on the table to surprise my family and also my guests. The peculiar name baptized as "cause" Born in times of war conflict between Peru and Chile, the Peruvian army needed clothing and food resources to survive and end the war.
The women collected donations from the villagers, being vegetables, lemons and potato (potatoes) the highest grossing. Having no other alternative, the women of yesteryear prepared a potato-based dough and added the other ingredients such as Yellow pepper, salt and pepper. With the intention of raising money for the purchase of army resources, the women sold this dish door to door with a phrase called "Support this cause". Since then, it has been baptized as Causa, Causa Limeña or Causa Rellena. An unmissable and exquisite recipe to enjoy with the family.
Causa recipe stuffed with chicken
La cause stuffed Lima It is prepared based on a mashed potato (potato), lemon, yellow pepper, containing a delicious filling based on chicken breast in pieces with mayonnaise sauce. A must in any Peruvian table! I will teach you step by step how to prepare a delicious chicken stuffed food. Let's do it!
Ingredients
Preparation of Causa stuffed with chicken
- We will start this delicious stuffed cause recipe, washing the yellow and white potatoes well together, and then taking them to a deep-bottomed saucepan to boil them until they are completely cooked. Add a touch of salt.
- After boiling the potatoes well, we will let it rest for a few minutes to go on to peel them very carefully so as not to burn our hands. Immediately in a container with a wide base, we will press the potatoes with the potato press or also by hand. Reserve for a few minutes while we prepare the yellow pepper.
- Cut the 3 yellow peppers from the ends and remove all the inside (veins of the pepper), with the help of a knife, liquefy the yellow pepper and reserve.
- Mix the potatoes well until they have a firm and consistent dough without lumps. Add the lemon juice, the salt and the blended yellow pepper. Mix again.
- Parboil the chicken breast until it is completely cooked.
- In a separate bowl, prepare the cause filling by shredding the chicken breast into small pieces.
- Add the mayonnaise to taste and mix.
- Going back to the potato dough that we had reserved, we will divide this dough into small portions for each dish. We will take a portion and knead it in the way we want and then introduce the delicious chicken filling inside. Finally with we will cover the filling with the remaining potato dough and that's it. To eat!
Tip to make a delicious Causa stuffed with chicken
To obtain well-cooked potatoes, add a tablespoon of salt to the boiling pot. Add to this a lemon wedge so that the potatoes take on the characteristic flavor of the Lima cause.
