Ají Amarillo Leche de Tigre

Name: Ají Amarillo Leche de Tigre
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1 cup (220 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 150 ml lime juice Lime Juice; 1/8 cup aji amarillo (30 ml) Aji Amarillo; 2 garlic cloves Garlic; ½ tsp fresh ginger (2.5 ml) Ginger; ½ tsp (3 g) Salt; 20 g Fish Bones; splash water or fish stock (30 ml) Water; 2 tsp (10 ml) Olive Oil

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

MARINADE · CEVICHE & TIRADITO

In the published recipe, this is the marinade for tiradito with ají amarillo.

Martínez's ají amarillo leche de tigre for tiradito.

On the jar

LECHE DE

Method: blend
Yield: about 1 cup
Ingredients: 8

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Lime Juice 150 mlAji Amarillo 30 mlGinger 3 mlWater 30 mlOlive Oil 10 ml

Ingredients

Lime Juice150 ml lime juice
Aji Amarillo1/8 cup aji amarillo (30 ml)
Garlic2 garlic cloves
Ginger½ tsp fresh ginger (2.5 ml)
Salt½ tsp (3 g)
Fish Bones20 g
Watersplash water or fish stock (30 ml)
Olive Oil2 tsp (10 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

Virgilio Martínez. Peruvian / Central. Cited awards include: World's 50 Best #1 (2023, Central); World's 50 Best: Best of the Best.

Originally published as Leche de Tigre / Tiradito Ají Amarillo.

Adapted from a Virgilio Martínez recipe (Virgilio Martínez / Directo al Paladar (tiradito, 4 pax sauce)).

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 Virgilio Martínez / Directo al Paladar (tiradito, 4 pax sauce) (published as “Leche de Tigre / Tiradito Ají Amarillo”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

Can I use it as a marinade and a sauce?

Yes, but keep the portions separate. Never pour marinade that touched raw meat, poultry, or seafood back over the finished dish unless you bring it to a full boil first. Set aside a clean portion before marinating if you want a table sauce too.

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