Name: "Caigua Rellena"
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 4 Caiguas; 3 tbps Vegetable Oil; 1 pound Ground Beef (500 gr - look for 80/20 fat ratio); 1 Red Onion (diced ); 3 Garlic Cloves (minced ); 2 Tomatoes (no seeds, diced); 2 tbsps Tomato Paste; 2 tbsps Ají Panca Paste; 1 tbsp Ají Mirasol Paste; 2 cups Beef stock; 1/4 cup Raisins (into pieces ); 1/2 cup Kalamata Olives (into pieces ); 3 Hard boiled eggs (diced); 1 tbsp Dried Oregano; 1 tsp Ground Cumin; to taste Salt & Pepper; Cooked White Rice

"Caigua Rellena"

Stuffed Caigua with beef, veggies and spices.

Course Entrée

Cuisine peruvian

Keyword caigua, caigua rellena, caihua

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Servings ppl

Author Brandon Castillo

Ingredients

4 Caiguas

Stuffing

3 tbps Vegetable Oil
1 pound Ground Beef 500 gr - look for 80/20 fat ratio
1 Red Onion diced
3 Garlic Cloves minced
2 Tomatoes no seeds, diced
2 tbsps Tomato Paste
2 tbsps Ají Panca Paste
1 tbsp Ají Mirasol Paste
2 cups Beef stock
1/4 cup Raisins into pieces
1/2 cup Kalamata Olives into pieces
3 Hard boiled eggs diced
1 tbsp Dried Oregano
1 tsp Ground Cumin
to taste Salt & Pepper

Serve with

Cooked White Rice

Instructions

Start with the Caigua, remove the top, set aside, then proceed to remove the seeds, if it is fresh you can blanch it for one minute. (if frozen omit this last step)

Stuffing

In a hot pan add the oil, beef some salt and let it cook, till it gets some color, set aside.
In the same pan add onions, garlic, tomatoes and sautee, until the onion it is getting translucid, then add tomato paste, ají panca paste, ají amarillo paste, let it cook for at least 5 minutes.
Add the beef back to the pan, stir and set aside some of the mix about 6 tablespoons, then add 1 cup of the stock and bring to a boil, add the eggs, olives, seasoning, mix well and set aside, make sure that salt and pepper are on point.
Now add some salt to the inside of the Caigua, sutff it put the top back.
In the same pan add the remaining beef stock, add the stuffing that was set aside previously stir, and put the stuffed Caigua into the pan, cover the pan and let it cook for at least 15 min.
Once it is cooked set aside and serve Caigua over rice.