Causa de Pollo – Cold Mashed Potatoes with Chicken

Ingredients

• 250g potatoes
• 4 tbsp. Uku yellow chili paste
• 200g chicken breast
• ½ avocado in cubes
• 100g mayonnaise
• 15ml lime juice
• 4 cherry tomatoes cut in halves
• ½ finely chopped onion (brunoise cut)
• 1 spring onion
• 1 branch of parsley, chopped
• 2 botija- or kalamata olives
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 hard boiled egg

Preparation

Wash the potatoes and boil them until they are cooked, peel and press them, while they are still hot. Leave them to cool in a bowl. Pour a splash of vegetable oil over the cooled potatoes and add Uku yellow chili paste, lime, salt and pepper, and mix it all together with your hands. Season.

Sauce tartare with chicken

Boil the chicken breast, and cut or rip it into pieces. Place it in a bowl and add onion, spring onion, parsley and mayonnaise. Mix it well.

Use a piping bag for plating the mashed potato (causa). Place the sauce tartare with chicken on top of the potato mass and decorate with cherry tomatoes, avocado, olives and egg.