Pollo Saltado
Peruvian Chicken Stir Fry, or Pollo Saltado, is a flavorful fusion cuisine with a mix of stir fry chicken, veggies, and potato fries. This dish offers spiced chicken, peppers, tomatoes, onions, a delicious vinegar based sauce, mixed with fries and served over rice. It is absolutely delicious.
I am a huge fan of Peruvian food, there is this restaurant where I live that serves it, and I am always looking for an excuse to go. I love the bold flavors, the tender, juicy chicken, and of course all the peppers and extras.
Peruvians really know how to do food, which is highlighted by the fact that they hold South America’s largest food festival: Mistura! And Pollo Saltado is featured across this food festival. But you don’t have to go to Peru to make it, you can make it right at home.
Since I don’t live in Peru, I made an Americanized version with the ingredients I could get my hands on. I did order a pepper paste to get the Peruvian pepper flavor, and it was delicious. But I also made Pollo Saltado without the paste, and it worked awesome and had a ton of flavor. So if you don’t have the aji amarillo peppers or paste, all is not lost, you can still make this tasty dish.
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I used freezer fries for this, the kind you bake from frozen in the oven. And I was surprised how good they made this dish. Not only did they soak in some of the vinegar sauce, they compliment the chicken and veggies. Honestly, who knew Latin-Asian fusion could be so delicious?
Pick your favorite kind of fries, or make them from scratch. I found that buying the freezer kind meant that I could pop them in the oven, and by the time I was done making the chicken stir fry, the fries were done! So easy, so delicious. And made this Pollo Saltado Chicken Stir Fry a really quick and easy dinner solution we have made again and again.
If you can’t make it to Peru, take your tastebuds on a vacation to Peru with this delicious meal Pollo Saltado Chicken Stir Fry! You may find that this latin-asian fusion food is just the thing.
The veggies are crisp and delicious, the chicken juicy and flavorful, and the fresh cilantro just adds that little something extra that makes it oh so good.
Pollo Saltado Chicken Stir Fry Tips:
To make your Pollo Saltado Chicken Stir Fry really great, consider the following:
- Use really great quality fresh ingredients. Your meal can only be as good as your ingredients. So start with the best.
- Use freezer fries. This makes it quick and easy to make your pollo saltado, and if you get a good quality fry, you won’t notice a difference.
- Time it right: You want to serve this right away, so get the rice going early, and give those fries plenty of time to bake so that when your stir fry is done you can eat!
- You can use a to cook your rice so there is one less thing to worry about but I love my because it cooks rice but also many more foods
- Garnish well: Adding the fresh cilantro to the top of the Pollo Saltado Chicken Stir Fry helps to freshen things up! Use liberally.
This Pollo Saltado chicken stir fry was popular with everyone in my family, and hopefully will be just as popular with your family.
Other Stir-Fry recipes that you might enjoy:
- Easy Chicken Stir Fry
- Beef Stir Fry
- Teriyaki Shrimp Stir Fry
- Sheet Pan Chicken Stirfry (30 Minutes)
- Stir Fry Veggie Noodles
- Shrimp and Snap Peas Stir Fry
- Single Skillet Sausage Stir Fry
- Pineapple Sriracha Chicken Stir-Fry
Pollo Saltado (Chicken Stir Fry)
Ingredients
- 2 Tbs olive oil
- 1 lb chicken breast cut into 1 inch strips
- Salt and pepper
- 1 Tbs minced garlic
- 1 tsp aji amarillo paste
- 1 Tbs white vinegar
- 2 Tbs red wine vinegar
- 2 Tbs soy sauce
- 2 Roma tomatoes sliced and deseeded
- 1/2 a yellow bell pepper
- 1/2 cup sliced red onion
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 1 lb frozen french fries cooked according to package directions
- 2 cups cooked white rice
Instructions
- Start preparing the french fries according to package directions as well as the rice.
- Meanwhile, in a large, heavy bottom skillet, heat olive oil, and add chicken strips.
- I used my Anolon Skilletbecause it is heavy duty, provides even heating wit reduced hot spots, and it is metal utensil safe.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Sear chicken, and cook until cooked through (about 5 minutes), flipping as needed.
- Remove chicken from pan and add in minced garlic and aji amarillo paste, stir for about 30 seconds, then add in white vinegar, red wine vinegar, soy sauce, tomatoes, yellow bell pepper, and red onion slices
- Saute until slightly fragrant, but veggies should still be crunchy.
- Add chicken back into pan, and stir.
- Cook 1-2 minutes until onions are soft, but peppers still have some crunch.
- Top with fresh cilantro.
- Serve with french fries and white rice
Nutrition
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Shawn @ I Wash You Dry says
I love Peruvian food too! Entered the contest, I hope I win! What a fun trip that would be!
Rachael says
If you win, I want to go with you!~
Michelle says
Great recipe and how cool would it be to win the trip!! My daughter went to Peru a couple years ago and had a great time…my husband and I have never been.
mark garland says
The fries are part of the dish not served separately. The whole idea of this dish is that the juices are soaked up into everything.
Only the rice is separate.