Best Spicy Cheese Sauce Salsa A La HuancaÍna Recipes

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HUANCAINA SAUCE



Huancaina Sauce image

This is traditional Peruvian spicy cheese sauce, often served over boiled and sliced potatoes. The recipe was created based on my experiences living in Peru and makes for a delicious and easy dinner starter. Serve at room temperature or cold over boiled potatoes and top with sliced boiled eggs and kalamata olives; dust with paprika (or rocoto if you have some).

Provided by aelionei

Categories     Side Dish     Sauces and Condiments Recipes     Sauce Recipes

Time 20m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 8

¼ cup vegetable oil
½ cup chopped onion
3 aji amarillo peppers, seeded and chopped, or more to taste
2 cloves garlic, mashed
¾ cup evaporated milk
2 cups crumbled queso fresco
4 saltine crackers
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

  • Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; saute onion, aji peppers, and garlic until onion softens and mixture is bright yellow, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer mixture to a blender; add milk and blend until smooth. Add queso fresco and crackers to mixture and blend until sauce is smooth and the consistency of thick yogurt. Season with salt and pepper.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 193.5 calories, Carbohydrate 8.1 g, Cholesterol 26.8 mg, Fat 13.9 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 9.3 g, SaturatedFat 5.4 g, Sodium 122.6 mg, Sugar 2.9 g

PAPA A LA HUANCAINA (HUANCAYO-STYLE POTATOES)



Papa a la Huancaina (Huancayo-Style Potatoes) image

This means Huancainan-style potato and comes from Huancayo, Peru. It's an easy-to-make dish of sliced potatoes with a special sauce.

Provided by marco

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     Latin American     South American     Peruvian

Time 55m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 14

12 Yukon Gold potatoes
1 tablespoon olive oil, or to taste
1 onion, sliced
6 chile peppers, halved lengthwise and seeded
1 pound cream cheese, softened
1 pound queso fresco (Mexican fresh cheese), crumbled
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 clove garlic
2 teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
⅓ cup evaporated milk
4 hard-boiled eggs, halved lengthwise
8 leaves lettuce
8 black olives, pitted and halved

Steps:

  • Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and set aside to cool slightly.
  • Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook onion until tender, about 10 minutes.
  • Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil. Boil chile peppers until soft, about 5 minutes. Run chiles under cold water to cool until cool enough to handle; remove and discard skins.
  • Blend onion, chile peppers, cheese, vegetable oil, garlic, salt, and pepper in a blender until smooth. Stream evaporated milk into the blended mixture while continuing to blend until a creamy sauce is achieved.
  • Arrange 1 lettuce leaf onto each of 8 plates. Halve potatoes and arrange 3 halves onto each lettuce leaf. Drizzle creamy sauce over the potatoes. Top each with an egg half and two black olive halves.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 586.1 calories, Carbohydrate 45.5 g, Cholesterol 189.9 mg, Fat 37.3 g, Fiber 4.2 g, Protein 19.9 g, SaturatedFat 18.2 g, Sodium 927.1 mg, Sugar 4.5 g

SALSA A LA HUANCAíNA RECIPE - (4.5/5)



Salsa a la Huancaína Recipe - (4.5/5) image

Provided by Mom_s

Number Of Ingredients 8

4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
3-4 yellow aji amarillo chile peppers (frozen is fine), or 1/2 cup jarred aji amarillo paste (this are spicy, so start low and add to taste)
2 cloves garlic, mashed
2 cups white farmer's cheese (queso freso)
4 saltine crackers
3/4 cup evaporated milk
Salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

  • Remove seeds from yellow chile peppers and chop into 1 inch pieces. Sauté onion, garlic, and chile peppers (or paste) in the oil until onion is softened, about 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. Place onion/chile mixture in a food processor or blender. Add evaporated milk and blend. Add cheese and crackers and blend until smooth. Sauce should be fairly thick. Thicken sauce with more saltines or thin sauce with milk if necessary. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

BEST CHEESE SAUCE



Best Cheese Sauce image

This fabulous cheese sauce is as easy to make as it is versatile. A smooth, fail-safe sauce for Welsh rarebit, Horseshoe sandwiches, vegetables, and pasta. Try it over poached eggs and toast. Wow!

Provided by Pam Witzig

Categories     Side Dish     Sauces and Condiments Recipes     Sauce Recipes     Pasta Sauce Recipes     Creamy

Time 15m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 7

½ cup butter
¼ cup all-purpose flour
2 cups half-and-half
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Steps:

  • Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Blend in flour and cook until mixture is smooth and bubbly, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in half-and-half, Cheddar cheese, salt, pepper, and cayenne. Return to heat and cook, stirring constantly, until sauce is smooth, about 5 minutes. Keep warm until serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 668.5 calories, Carbohydrate 12.4 g, Cholesterol 178.2 mg, Fat 59.9 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 21.9 g, SaturatedFat 37.8 g, Sodium 1223.1 mg, Sugar 0.6 g

POTATOES IN SPICY CHEESE SAUCE - PAPA A LA HUANCAINA



Potatoes in Spicy Cheese Sauce - Papa a La Huancaina image

This famous Peruvian dish Papa a la Huancaína was posted by Marian Blazes. I have posted it here for use in the ZWT-7 world tour of South/Central America. This is a dish of sliced potatoes covered in a spicy cheese sauce that is typically served cold, as a first course or as a lunch dish. It is delicious made with yellow or white potatoes. The sauce for the dish is called Salsa a la Huancaina and is made with aji amarillo peppers. The spiciness can be adjusted by using less or more yellow chile peppers. (your preference) If you would rather not have it spicy, you may use some tumeric powder instead for flavor.

Provided by Baby Kato

Categories     Peruvian

Time 1h

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

salsa, a la Huancaina, Spicy Cheese Sauce
4 tablespoons oil, vegetable
1/2 cup onion, chopped
3 -4 chili peppers (yellow aji amarillo frozen is fine or 1/2 cup jarred aji amarillo paste)
1/4 teaspoon turmeric (optional, if you don't want it spicy add tumeric instead)
2 garlic cloves, mashed
2 cups cheese, white farmer's cheese (queso freso, may sub with feta)
4 crackers, saltine (or for slightly sweet flavor add animal crackers instead)
3/4 cup milk, evaporated
1 pinch salt (to taste)
1/4 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
8 potatoes (yellow or white)
lettuce leaf (for plating)
2 hard-boiled eggs
8 large black olives, halved

Steps:

  • For the sauce - Remove seeds from yellow chile peppers and chop into 1 inch pieces.
  • Sauté the onion, garlic, and chile peppers (or paste) in the oil until onion is softened, about 3-5 minutes. If using the tumeric option, add it now.
  • Once onion is softened remove from heat and let cool.
  • Place the onion-chile mixture in a food processor or blender, add the evaporated milk and blend.
  • Next add the cheese and crackers and blend until smooth.
  • The sauce should be fairly thick. If necessary thicken you can thicken the sauce with more saltines or thin the sauce with more .
  • Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve at room temperature or chilled.
  • For the potatoe dish - Heat a large pot of salted water to boiling and add the potatoes.
  • Boil the potatoes until tender, drain and let cool.
  • Slice the potatoes and place on top of the lettuce leaves.
  • Then pour the huancaína sauce over the potatoes and garnish with slices of hard-boiled egg and black olive halves.

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