Huacatay Cream

Name: Huacatay Cream
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1 cup (220 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 1/4 cup paste or leaves (40 g) Huacatay; 1/2 cup (120 ml) Mayo; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Evap. Milk; 1 Tbsp (15 g) Aji Amarillo; 1 clove Garlic; 1 Tbsp (15 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.

FINISHING SAUCE · ANTICUCHOS & POTATOES

In the published recipe, this is the finishing sauce for anticuchos.

Nando Chang's huacatay cream for anticuchos.

On the jar

HUACATAY CRE

Method: blend
Yield: about 1 cup
Ingredients: 7

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Mayo 120 mlEvap. Milk 30 mlLime Juice 15 ml

Ingredients

Huacatay1/4 cup paste or leaves (40 g)
Mayo1/2 cup (120 ml)
Evap. Milk2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Aji Amarillo1 Tbsp (15 g)
Garlic1 clove
Lime Juice1 Tbsp (15 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 Nando Chang recipe (Peruvian huacatay sauce / Itamae).

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 Peruvian huacatay sauce / Itamae (published as “Huacatay Cream”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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