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Spicy Peruvian Aji Verde Chicken Bowls
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Spicy Peruvian Aji Verde Chicken Bowls

Note: Blender required

10 min
Difficulty: 2/3
South America

**Now with more chicken! You asked, we listened: This isn't the HelloFresh you remember. Bigger menu. Upgraded recipes. Increased portion sizes. More variety. The best way to cook dinner just got BETTER.** The star of this colorful dish is creamy, herbaceous ají verde sauce, a bright Peruvian sauce made with cilantro, garlic, and lime juice puréed in the blender (required!). You’ll spoon over juicy roasted chicken cutlets atop roasted sweet potatoes and refried black beans. A squeeze of lime and sprinkle of chili flakes deliver a final kick of tang and heat.

Allergens

Eggs

Utensils

Baking Sheet
Paper Towel
Zester
Medium Pot
Blender
Potato Masher

Tags

Dinner-bowls
Latin-american-faves
Specialties
Ingredients
Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

2 unit

Scallions

Scallions

2 unit

Lime

Lime

1 unit

Tomato

Tomato

1 unit

Chicken Cutlets

Chicken Cutlets

12 ounce

Black Beans

Black Beans

1 unit

Veggie Stock Concentrate

Veggie Stock Concentrate

1 unit

Cilantro

Cilantro

0.5 ounce

Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise

4 tablespoon

Garlic Powder

Garlic Powder

1 teaspoon

Chili Flakes

Chili Flakes

1 teaspoon

Salt

Salt

Pepper

Pepper

Cooking Oil

Cooking Oil

Olive Oil

Olive Oil

Sugar

Sugar

Bacon

Bacon

4 ounce

Preparation
1
Prep & Start Potatoes

• Adjust rack to top position (top and middle positions for 4 servings) and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Dice sweet potatoes into 1⁄2-inch pieces. Trim and cut scallions into 1-inch pieces. Zest and quarter lime (for 4, zest one lime and quarter both). Dice tomato into 1⁄4-inch pieces. • Toss sweet potatoes on one side of a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper (for 4, spread sweet potatoes out across entire sheet). Roast on top rack for 10 minutes (you’ll add more to the sheet then).

2
Roast Chicken

• Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season all over with salt and pepper. • Once sweet potatoes have roasted for 10 minutes, remove sheet from oven. Carefully place chicken on empty side of sheet. (For 4 servings, leave sweet potatoes roasting; add chicken to a second baking sheet and roast on middle rack.) • Return to top rack and roast until sweet potatoes are tender and chicken is cooked through, 18-22 minutes.

3
Cook Beans

• Meanwhile, in a medium pot, combine beans and their liquid, stock concentrate, 1⁄4 tsp salt, and pepper. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 10-15 minutes. Turn off heat. • Mash about half the beans with a potato masher or fork. Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.

4
Make Aji Verde

• To a blender (or food processor), add cilantro (stems and leaves), scallions, juice from two lime wedges, mayonnaise, garlic powder, 1 TBSP olive oil, 1 TBSP water, 1⁄2 tsp sugar, 1⁄4 tsp chili flakes, and 1⁄4 tsp salt. (For 4 servings, use juice from four lime wedges, 2 TBSP olive oil, 2 TBSP water, 1 tsp sugar, 1⁄2 tsp chili flakes, and 1⁄2 tsp salt.) • Blend, scraping down the sides as needed, until mixture is smooth and no large pieces remain, 60-90 seconds.

5
Finish Potatoes

• Once chicken and sweet potatoes are done, remove sheet from oven. Transfer chicken to a cutting board. • Sprinkle lime zest over sweet potatoes and carefully toss to combine.

6
Finish & Serve

• Thinly slice chicken crosswise. • Divide beans and sweet potatoes between bowls in separate sections. Top with chicken and as much aji verde as you like. • Garnish with tomato and sprinkle with remaining chili flakes to taste. Serve with a squeeze of lime juice and any remaining aji verde on the side. ***Poultry is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.*** ***Pork is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.***

Nutrition per serving

1180

kcal

Calories

66

g

Fat

15

g

Saturated Fat

77

g

Carbohydrate

15

g

Sugar

15

g

Dietary Fiber

59

g

Protein

215

mg

Cholesterol

1680

mg

Sodium

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