Bolivian Recipes: Sajta de Pollo

The Sajta de Pollo is a typical dish, especially in the city of La Paz. On every occasion and special event, Sajta is served in every family. Side dishes include potatoes, Tunta (dried potatoes - white), and tomato-onion salad.

• 1 chicken or 8 chicken pieces 
  
• 8 large potatoes (waxy)
  
• Ají Amarillo (ca. 150 gr)
•  1 clove of garlic
  
• 1/2 cup peas
  
• 2 medium-sized onions
  
• Salt, Pepper, Cumin (to taste)
  

• 250 g Tunta
  
• 75 g peanuts (roasted without salt)
•  2 tbsp frying oil
  
• 1 tomato (diced)
•  1 onion
•  Locoto or chili (diced)
•  Quirquiña or coriander

• 1. Mix aji amarillo with a little water until a cream forms.
  
• 2. Cut and wash the chicken (8 portions).
  
• 3. Finely chop the onion, place it in a pot, then add the garlic and peas with a little salt and sauté.
  
• 4. Then add the Aji amarillo.
  
• 5. Seal the chicken in a pan with a little oil and place it in the pot.
  
• 6. Season to taste and cook until the chicken is tender.
  

• 7. In another pot, cook the "Tunta" that has been cut into four pieces with a little salt.
  
• 8. Puree the peanuts and cook them in a pot with a little salt.
  
• 9. This is mixed with the Tunta.
  
• 10. Finally, slice the onion and dice the tomatoes. Add Quirquiña as a decoration. In our shop, you will find Ají Amarillo available as whole pods and ground. If you prefer particularly spicy or slightly milder Ají Amarillo, please refer to the information on the detail view of each product. There you will find information on the spiciness or color intensity of the individual variants. This also applies to Ají Rojo.