El Aguadito de pollo está en la categoría de sopas contundentes y suculentas, llenas de sabor y variadas texturas. Un platón de este potaje es una comida completa que no necesita de nada más. Quizás solo de un pequeño postre. Es la clase de sopa conocida como «levanta-muertos» y, literalmente, tiene ese efecto en mucha gente que la toma de madrugada después de una larga noche de fiesta, pues es energizante y le cae super bien al cuerpo.
- 4 piernas de pollo (o pechuga)
- Sal y pimienta
- ¼ aceite vegetal
- ½ taza de cebolla picada
- 2 dientes de ajo picados
- 2 ajíes amarillos frescos, picados o 3 cucharas de pasta de ají
- 2 tazas de hojas de culantro -sin los tallos, por favor
- 4 tazas de caldo de pollo
- 1 taza de cerveza negra (opcional)
- ½ pimiento rojo picado en tiras
- 1 zanahoria picada en cubitos
- 1 taza de choclo desgranado
- ½ taza de arroz blanco
- 4 papas amarillas medianas, peladas
- ½ taza de alverjitas
- Salpimienta el pollo. Calienta el aceite en una olla a fuego medio y dora el pollo sin dejarlo cocer mucho. Transfiere a un plato y mantén caliente.
- En la misma grasa sofríe la cebolla y el ajo hasta que se vea suave y ligeramente dorada la cebolla.
- Mientras tanto procesa el ají con las hojas de culantro y ¼ taza de agua en la licuadora. Agrega junto con el caldo a la mezcla de cebollas y ajos. Revuelve bien.
- Incorpora la cerveza, pollo, pimiento, zanahorias y choclo. Lleva a ebullición, baja el fuego al mínimo, y cocina con la tapa puesta unos 30 minutos.
- Ojo: si estás usando pechuga de pollo no la agregues hasta este momento, o si ya la pusiste, retírala y mantenla caliente en un plato para que no se recocine.
- Incorpora el arroz y las papas y cocina hasta que estén suaves. Si la sopa está demasiado espesa agrega más caldo.
- Corrige la sazón y sirve de inmediato.
Peru Delights
This soup is perfect for this cool weather we are expecting.
Your photos are so pretty and this soup looks so comforting. I’m looking forward to cooler weather, cozy blankets, and simple soup recipes. Perfect! Thank you!
I made this last night and it was declicious! I can’t wait to have leftovers today.
I was trying to look up a papas a la huancaina recipe on your site, but could not find.
That might be a nice recipe for you to include on your blog.
Thank you for all these delicious recipes. I plan to buy your cookbook for christmas.
Thank you,
Mabel
Mabel, we are so glad that you liked our recipe! Of course we have a Papa a la Huancaina recipe. It’s one of our favorites, and it was one of the first ones we shared in this blog. Here’s the link: https://perudelights.com/papa-a-la-huancaina/
Thanks for visiting us, and we hope you enjoy our book 🙂
It would be great to have a search function on this website, every time I want to check a recipe I need to scroll through the whole blog! 😀
Of course we have a search option Kate!
It’s on the right sidebar, right under our cookbook ad 😉
My boyfriend is Peruvian and a very picky eater when it comes to Peruvian food. We both loved this recipe. Thanks so much!
That´s great, Alexandria! Aguadito is comfort food for Peruvians, and I´m sure he enjoyed it. Thanks for letting us know about it.
Is this the same soup as «Sopa Verde» which is cooked in the Central Andes?
Do you cut up the chicken after you sear it? Looks amazing! My husband is Peruvian, making this dish soon.
You can cut up the chicken or leave the pieces alone. Hope you like it!
I just made this for my wife’s birthday. My family loved it! Thanks for the recipe!
Hey! I made this soup years ago and me and my girlfriend loved it. I did not include the black beer at the time and am considering doing that. But what is black beer? Is that like a stout? (ie: Guinness)
This is now one of my favorite soups. I just made it but used habeneros and bam so spicy. We will definitely have again soon!
Is it possible to use chicken thighs?
Absolutely Chris, enjoy our Peruvian aguadito de pollo recipe.