Causa Rellena con Pollo (Peruvian Layered Potato and Chicken)
Ingredients
- 10 medium potatoes (yellow, new, or red are a good choice)
- 1 pound of shredded boiled chicken meat
- 100 g mayonnaise
- 25 g butter
- 2 cloves garlic
- Salt
- Pepper
- Lettuce
- 3 hard boiled eggs
- Black olives
Ingredients for 8 servings (2.4 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Cook and peel potatoes. Allow to cool, then mash.
Stovetop - 2
In a bowl combine the chicken, mayonnaise, onion, salt, and pepper.
- 3
Line a deep dish with plastic wrap, or place a molding cylinder on a plate.
- 4
Add the mashed potatoes to form a bed about 1 cm tall at the bottom.
- 5
Add a second layer of 1 cm of the chicken mixture evenly over the potato.
- 6
Top the chicken mixture with a final layer of potato, forming a sandwich of chicken inside two layers of potato.
- 7
Unmold or remove the cylinder.
- 8
Garnish with lettuce and mayonnaise.
- 9
Cut the hard boiled eggs in discs and place on top. Add black olives, if desired.
- 10
This dish can be served slightly cold.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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