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Aji de Gallina
A creamy and slightly spicy chicken stew from Peru.
⏱ 75 min🔥 550 kcalMedium
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Peruvian Cheese Recipes
5 recipes using cheese — Ceviche, lomo saltado, causa — the world's most exciting emerging cuisine.
These 5 peruvian cheese recipes are ready in about 58 minutes on average, with 485–620 kcal per serving, and 0% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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How Peruvian cuisine cooks with cheese
Peruvian cooking is one of the world's most exciting — fusing Andean, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese techniques with bright citrus and vivid ají chillies. When Peruvian cooks work with cheese, they reach for ají chillies, lime, garlic, coriander and red onion, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, poaching and baking.
A concentrated hit of savoury, salty richness used to melt, gratinate, crumble or finish a dish. In this collection it's most often cooked with aji amarillo paste, fine sea salt, white bread, evaporated milk, walnuts and garlic. The dishes here span peruvian classics ready in as little as 45 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Ají de Gallina (Peruvian Creamy Yellow Chile Chicken) is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 1,980 ratings.
5 Peruvian Cheese Recipes
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Ají de Gallina (Peruvian Creamy Yellow Chile Chicken)
Peru's beloved national dish: shredded chicken in a velvety walnut and aji amarillo cream sauce served over white rice with boiled potatoes and black olives.
⏱ 65 min🔥 620 kcalMedium
★4.9(1,980)
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Trujillo Lemon Herb Flatbread
Trujillo Lemon Herb Flatbread turns peruvian pantry flavors into a complete flatbread with flatbread dough, aji amarillo, lime, potatoes and cilantro, and a fresh cilantro finish.
⏱ 45 min🔥 485 kcalMedium
★4.3(6,045)
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Peruvian Festival Lemon Herb Flatbread
Peruvian Festival Lemon Herb Flatbread brings peruvian flavor to a practical flatbread built with flatbread dough, aji amarillo, lime, potatoes and cilantro, and a fresh cilantro finish.
⏱ 47 min🔥 490 kcalMedium
★4.3(5,855)
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Aji de Gallina Holiday Platter
Shredded chicken in a creamy, gently spicy aji amarillo sauce, served over rice with potatoes and olives.
⏱ 60 min🔥 620 kcalMedium
★4.7(52)
Choosing & preparing cheese
How to choose
Buy in blocks and grate fresh — pre-shredded cheese is coated with anti-caking starch that hampers melting. Match the cheese to the job: good melters (mozzarella, gruyère) versus crumblers (feta, parmesan).
Prep & storage
Let cheese come to room temperature for the fullest flavour. Add delicate cheeses off the heat to stop them splitting; build a smooth sauce with a roux or a starch.
Nutrition
A calcium- and protein-rich food; it is also high in saturated fat and sodium, so a little sharp cheese goes a long way.
Classic flavour partners: tomatoes, bread, wine, pasta, black pepper, honey
Peruvian Cheese Recipes — FAQ
How long do Peruvian cheese recipes take to make?
Most of these 5 Peruvian cheese recipes are ready in around 58 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Trujillo Lemon Herb Flatbread, takes about 45 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 75 minutes.
How many calories are in Peruvian cheese dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 485 to 620 kcal per serving, averaging 553 kcal — Trujillo Lemon Herb Flatbread is the lightest option at 485 kcal.
What is the easiest Peruvian cheese recipe for beginners?
Trujillo Lemon Herb Flatbread is a great place to start — it's rated medium and comes together in about 45 minutes. 0% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with cheese in Peruvian cooking?
In these recipes, cheese is most often paired with aji amarillo paste, fine sea salt, white bread, evaporated milk, walnuts and garlic. Peruvian kitchens also lean on ají chillies, lime, garlic, coriander and red onion.
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