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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> South American >> Peruvian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the sauce - Remove seeds from yellow chile peppers and chop into 1 inch pieces. | 2. Sauté the onion, garlic, and chile peppers (or paste) in the oil until onion is softened, about 3-5 minutes. If using the tumeric option, add it now. | 3. Once onion is softened remove from heat and let cool. | 4. Place the onion-chile mixture in a food processor or blender, add the evaporated milk and blend. | 5. Next add the cheese and crackers and blend until smooth. | 6. The sauce should be fairly thick. If necessary thicken you can thicken the sauce with more saltines or thin the sauce with more . | 7. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve at room temperature or chilled. | 8. For the potatoe dish - Heat a large pot of salted water to boiling and add the potatoes. | 9. Boil the potatoes until tender, drain and let cool. | 10. Slice the potatoes and place on top of the lettuce leaves. | 11. Then pour the huancaína sauce over the potatoes and garnish with slices of hard-boiled egg and black olive halves. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
salsa				-	-	-	-
oil	4	tablespoons		448.51199999999994	0.0	0.1434	50.9338
onion	1/2	cup	chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
chili pepper	3 -4	cup	jarred	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
turmeric	1/4	teaspoon		2.34	0.5036	0.0726	0.0244
garlic clove	2		mashed	-	-	-	-
cheese	2	cups		953.1	6.318	57.78	77.598
cracker	4			1212.72	147.3616	27.1064	56.3952
milk	3/4	cup	evaporated	414.0	9.972000000000001	4.122	42.912
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
potato	8	potatoes		-	-	-	-
lettuce leaf				-	-	-	-
hard egg	2		boiled	-	-	-	-
black olive	8	halved		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.