🇵🇪 How to Make Causa Limeña

Craving Causa Limeña? On FoodNeverComes the food never actually comes — so here's how to make real Causa Limeña at home, in about 40 min + chilling, with stuff you probably already have.

🛒 Ingredients

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• 800g yellow potatoes, boiled and riced
• 3 tbsp ají amarillo paste
• juice of 2 limes
• 3 tbsp oil
• 200g cooked chicken or crab, shredded
• 3 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 avocado, sliced
• boiled egg and olives to garnish

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Rice or mash the potatoes while hot, then let them cool. Lumps are the enemy of causa.
2. Knead in the ají paste, lime juice, oil and plenty of salt until it is smooth, bright yellow and dough-like.
3. Mix the chicken with the mayonnaise and season it.
4. In a ring mould or lined loaf tin, layer potato, then filling, then avocado, then potato. Press each layer down firmly.
5. Chill at least 2 hrs — it must be properly cold to hold its shape.
6. Turn out and top with egg and olives. Served cold, always.