Pollo Asado con Aají de Maní

Spicy Chicken with Ají de Maní

Preparation info
  • 6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Secrets of Colombian Cooking

By Patricia McCausland-Gallo

Published 2004

  • About

Ají de maní is a delicious, spicy peanut sauce native to the southern Pacific zone where most of the peanuts are grown. Here we use it to flavor chicken without the tamale masa, making it a light and tasty dish. The original recipe for this sauce is very hot, so I have decreased the amount of habanero by half.

Ingredients

  • 12 chicken thighs, skinned
  • 6 cloves garlic (4 grated and 2 whole)

Method

  1. In a large, nonreactive bowl place the chicken thighs, 4 cloves grated garlic, 1 teaspoon of the salt, ¼