The Juane de la Selva is a flag dish of the Amazon Peruvian cuisine, it is originally from the Moyobamba region. Juanes name comes from the ancient Peruvians who cooked their food wrapped in bijao leaf (a sheet that looks like banana) over low heat, this cooking was called
| 🚻 2 Diners | 🕘 1H 30m | 🍵 Medium | 🤯 Diverse |
| Ingredients to make Juane de la Selva: |
| 2 pieces of chicken or chicken 1 tablespoon of ground garlic 1 medium purple onion 1 tablespoon tubs or stick 1 dry bay leaf 1½ cups of rice 2 eggs 3 olives 2 branches of Sachaculantro 1 Pinch of cumin 1 pinch of pepper 4 sheets of bijao or banana |
| ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS: MIDDLE COST, |
Ingredients to make Juane de la Selva:
1. Do you ask how to do Juane of the Peruvian jungle? Well, to start with Juanes recipe you must first cut the onion into small squares and reserve
2. In a median pot, place the chicken pieces and add 2 liters of water. As we have mentioned earlier, Gallina Juane is also very popular, thats why you can add chicken if you prefer. Cook approximately 30 minutes in the case of chicken and 50 minutes if you add chicken.
Trick: If you want you can place a pinch of ground oregano.
3. Remove the pieces very carefully and reserve the AVE bottom. In addition, in a large pot over medium heat you must place a stream of vegetable oil and sauté the onion.
4. Add the ground garlic, cumin, ground oregano and pepper. You must also add a tablespoon of turmeric and move with the help of a spoon.
5. Add the chicken pieces, the laurel and a little of the broth. Cook approximately 15 minutes over low heat.
6. Finely cut the Sacha Culantro leaves.
7. Incorporates the rice and covers with chicken broth, you must cook over low heat until the rice is ready. Do not forget to add the chopped swing.
Trick: The rice should only be baked, therefore, it is not necessary that you are totally cooked because then it will be cooked.
8. When the rice is ready, stretch it in a tray to cool and add 1 egg. Remove all ingredients well.
9. In the 2 Bijao leaves center one adds the rice in the center.
10. Add a piece of chicken, an olive and half cooked egg.
11. When all the incorporated ingredients are, very carefully do a knot with a wick.
12. Take the juanes to a pot with water and cook approximately 30 minutes over medium heat and cover the pot.
Trick: Water must cover half of Juane.
13. Open the bijao leaves very carefully and serve with fried bananas. Ready to eat! What do you think of this typical dish of the Peruvian jungle? Share with us your opinion in the comments.
