Aji Amarillo (Green Peruvian Dipping Sauce)

A fiery, creamy green sauce made with jalapeños and aji amarillo that's perfect for fries and grilled chicken.

Peruvian Tiradito With Aji Amarillo and Lime

One of the products of Nikkei cuisine, the cooking that resulted when Japanese immigrants moved to Peru in the 19th century, tiradito combines elements of sashimi with ceviche, for absolutely brilliant results.

Crispy Braised Chicken With White Beans and Chile Verde

Chicken legs are browned and braised in a stew of green chiles and white beans. The key to a richly flavorful green chili is to peel the chilies and use their charred skins for the sauce base.

Black Nightfall Beans With Red Chili Pods, Tomatoes, and Avocado From 'The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone'

Beans and rice are a staple for good reason—they're hearty, simple, and a perfect blank canvas for many different flavors. Deborah Madison gives several variations for both beans and rice in her recently re-released cookbook, The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, one of the greatest of which is this creamy amalgamation of heirloom spotted black beans with New Mexican chilies.

Peruvian-Style Grilled Chicken With Green Sauce

Our tender Peruvian-style grilled chicken is slow-cooked with a vinegar and spice rub. But it's the sauce that everyone loves, and it's easy to make with cilantro, jalapeños, and ají amarillo peppers.

Frijoles Molidos (Refried Beans)

Deeply flavored and rich, these refried beans are cooked slowly and with care. The results are a big step up from those bland restaurant versions.

Ají (Colombian-Style Tomato and Onion Salsa)

Like Mexican salsas, there are countless variations of this Colombian sauce: some made with hot chilies, some with avocados, some with pumpkin seeds, even some made with hard boiled eggs. But, as with Mexican salsa, there is one that immediately comes to most people's minds when they hear the word. In this case, it's the tomato and onion-based ají.

Coconut- and Ají Amarillo–Braised Chicken

A couple of special ingredients can be all you need to transform a simple one-pot meal into a complex and flavorful dish. This braised chicken utilizes two distinctive pantry items: ají amarillo paste and canned coconut milk. Ají amarillo is a bright orange chile native to Peru that tastes as radiant as it looks. It's round and full in aroma, with hints of tropical fruit. Coconut milk balances the chile's heat, adding richness and a mellow sweetness to the dish.

Enfrijoladas (Corn Tortillas in Black Bean Sauce)

This Mexican classic features corn tortillas smothered in a velvety bean sauce, topped with crumbled cheese and onions.

Red Enchilada Sauce

Short on ingredients, it's the process that transforms chiles and tomatoes into a sauce that has an incredibly robust tomato base with an earthy heat throughout—ready to make the best enchiladas ever.