Ají Amarillo Paste

Name: Ají Amarillo Paste
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 3¾ cups (900 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 2¼ lb yellow chiles seeded/deveined (1020 g) Aji Amarillo; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil (15 ml) Vegetable Oil; +1 Tbsp water to blend (15 ml) Water

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Gastón Acurio recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Gastón Acurio.

CONDIMENT · PERUVIAN SAUCES & STEWS

In the published recipe, this is the condiment for howtoperu extract.

Acurio's ají amarillo paste, a Peruvian pantry staple.

On the jar

AJI PASTE

Method: blend
Yield: about 3¾ cups
Ingredients: 3

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Vegetable Oil 15 mlWater 15 ml

Ingredients

Aji Amarillo2¼ lb yellow chiles seeded/deveined (1020 g)
Vegetable Oil1 Tbsp vegetable oil (15 ml)
Water+1 Tbsp water to blend (15 ml)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Gastón Acurio. Peruvian. Cited awards include: Latin America's 50 Best: Lifetime Achievement 2013; World's 50 Best (Astrid y Gastón / orbit).

Originally published as Pasta de Ají Amarillo (~14 oz).

Adapted from a Gastón Acurio recipe (Gastón Acurio / Phaidon *Peru: The Cookbook* (howtoperu extract)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Gastón Acurio / Phaidon *Peru: The Cookbook* (howtoperu extract) (published as “Pasta de Ají Amarillo (~14 oz)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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