Ají Amarillo Cream Sauce

Name: Ají Amarillo Cream Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1 cup (220 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 1/4 cup paste (70 g) Aji Amarillo; 1/2 cup (120 ml) Mayo; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Lime Juice; 1 clove Garlic; to taste Salt

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

FINISHING SAUCE · CAUSA, SEAFOOD & FRIES

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

Valerie Chang's creamy ají amarillo sauce for causa.

On the jar

AJ AMARILLO

Method: blend
Yield: about 1 cup
Ingredients: 5

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Mayo 120 mlLime Juice 30 ml

Ingredients

Aji Amarillo1/4 cup paste (70 g)
Mayo1/2 cup (120 ml)
Lime Juice2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Garlic1 clove
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 of Itamae and Ghee Miami; James Beard Best Chef: South 2024 and Food & Wine Best New Chef 2023. Ceviche leche de tigre and Japanese–Peruvian sauces.

Adapted from a Valerie Chang recipe (Maty's / Itamae Nikkei creams).

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 Maty's / Itamae Nikkei creams (published as “Ají Amarillo Cream Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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