Ají Verde

Name: Ají Verde
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1¼ cups (280 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 1 cup (40 g) Cilantro; about 2 jalapenoes (30 g) Jalapeno; 2 Tbsp paste (30 g) Aji Amarillo; 2 cloves Garlic; 1/2 cup (120 ml) Mayo; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Lime Juice; to taste Salt

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

CONDIMENT · CHICKEN, POTATOES & ANTICUCHOS

A condiment for chicken, potatoes & anticuchos.

Nando Chang's creamy Peruvian ají verde.

On the jar

AJ VERDE

Method: blend
Yield: about 1¼ cups
Ingredients: 7

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Mayo 120 mlLime Juice 30 ml

Ingredients

Cilantro1 cup (40 g)
Jalapenoabout 2 jalapenoes (30 g)
Aji Amarillo2 Tbsp paste (30 g)
Garlic2 cloves
Mayo1/2 cup (120 ml)
Lime Juice2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Saltto taste

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

Peruvian-Nikkei chef in Miami; James Beard Best Chef: South 2025 and Food & Wine Best New Chef 2023.

Adapted from a recipe published by Nando Chang in Nando Chang Peruvian green sauce.

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

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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 Nando Chang Peruvian green sauce (published as “Ají Verde”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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