Cookbook:Causa Rellena con Pollo (Peruvian Layered Potato and Chicken)

| Cuisine of Peru

Ingredients

 * 10 medium potatoes (yellow, new, or red are a good choice)
 * 1 pound of shredded boiled chicken meat
 * 100 g mayonnaise
 * 25 g butter
 * 2 cloves garlic
 * Salt
 * Pepper
 * Lettuce
 * 3 hard boiled eggs
 * Black olives

Procedure

 * 1) Cook and peel potatoes. Allow to cool, then mash.
 * 2) In a bowl combine the chicken, mayonnaise, onion, salt, and pepper.
 * 3) Line a deep dish with plastic wrap, or place a molding cylinder on a plate.
 * 4) Add the mashed potatoes to form a bed about 1 cm tall at the bottom.
 * 5) Add a second layer of 1 cm of the chicken mixture evenly over the potato.
 * 6) Top the chicken mixture with a final layer of potato, forming a sandwich of chicken inside two layers of potato.
 * 7) Unmold or remove the cylinder.
 * 8) Garnish with lettuce and mayonnaise.
 * 9) Cut the hard boiled eggs in discs and place on top. Add black olives, if desired.
 * 10) This dish can be served slightly cold.

Notes, tips, and variations

 * Mashed potatoes can be prepared with a mix of olive oil and butter and adding one tablespoon of lemon juice. You can compensate lemon with salt. Don't add milk.
 * You can replace the chicken with a can of tuna mixed with mayonnaise and fine chopped onion. Serve this variation fresh only.