Salsa Criolla Peruvian

Name: Salsa Criolla Peruvian
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1 cup (250 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: about 1½ onions (150 g) Red Onion; 1/4 cup (60 ml) Lime Juice; 1/4 cup chopped (10 g) Cilantro; 1 Tbsp paste or minced (15 g) Aji Amarillo; 1/2 tsp (3 g) Salt; 1 Tbsp optional (15 ml) Olive Oil

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

TABLE SALSA · CEVICHE, GRILLED MEATS & SANDWICHES

A table salsa for ceviche, grilled meats & sandwiches.

Nando Chang's Peruvian salsa criolla for ceviche.

On the jar

SALSA CRIOLL

Method: shake
Yield: about 1 cup
Ingredients: 6
Jar batch: 2.9× recipe

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Ratio

LIME JUICE 60 mlOLIVE OIL 15 ml

Ingredients

Red Onionabout 1½ onions (150 g)
Lime Juice1/4 cup (60 ml)
Cilantro1/4 cup chopped (10 g)
Aji Amarillo1 Tbsp paste or minced (15 g)
Salt1/2 tsp (3 g)
Olive Oil1 Tbsp optional (15 ml)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): LIME JUICE, OLIVE OIL.
Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add AJI AMARILLO. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
Add by count: 4 RED ONIONS, ½ BUNCH CILANTRO.
Season to finish: SALT (about 1½ tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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2 kitchens · 2 national awards

Salsa Criolla PeruvianNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: SALSA CRIOLL
Salsa CriollaNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: CRIOLLA
Traditional Leche de TigreNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: LECHE DE TIG
Ají Limo Leche de TigreNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: AJ LIMO LEC

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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 salsa criolla / Itamae table).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 2.9× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so 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 salsa criolla / Itamae table (published as “Salsa Criolla Peruvian”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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