Comments on: AJIACO BOGOTANO (COLOMBIAN CHICKEN AND POTATO SOUP)

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:49:30 +0000

Aguien sabe si puedo conseguir guascas en Inglaterra?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:55:15 +0000

Thank you for your wonderful recipes!! My husband is Colombian and I love surprising him with a traditional dish of his! He gets so excited So many to choose from and all so delicious!

By: Ajiaco / Colombian Chicken Stew « Mrs. Smith Cooks

Ajiaco / Colombian Chicken Stew « Mrs. Smith Cooks — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:53:43 +0000

[...] recipe was devised by taking elements from this recipe from Simply Recipes, this recipe from My Colombian Recipes, and through my own trial and error. Ajiaco is like a lot of [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:48:02 +0000

El verdadero ajiaco bogotano trae las papas completamente desechas. no se ven pero se siente el sabor

By: Carolina

Carolina — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:31:44 +0000

I’m Colombian living in usa, yet I have no idea what guascas is, I eat ajiaco many times but never new what that guascas was, I thought it was the leave of the salary, we call it Apio, but I’m not sure, I’m also from Bogota so I don’t know if the recipe change which probably it does…. I’m trying to make it in a totally different way trying to adapt the dish as much as I can. this page was very helpful tho.

do you guys have a recipe for Colombian Tamales from tolima or Bogota?

TIA

By: So grateful

So grateful — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:43:25 +0000

My biological parents were both from Colombia and I was lucky enough to be adopted when I was 6. Anyway, my adopted parents are German so I never got to eat this soup after I left Colombia but I never forgot it. I searched all over the internet for this recipe and finally I have found that this recipe is the closest to the soup I remember.

Thank you!

By: Sólo Yo

Sólo Yo — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:34:28 +0000

I am a vegetarian so my best friend’s mother would make this for me without the chicken. I love this soup!!! It is true without the guascas and papa criolla it is not “proper” ajiaco.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:59:27 +0000

Erica,

thanks so much for sharing this recipe! I LOOOOOVE ajiaco, in fact if it was up to me I’d make a huge pot of it every sunday and eat it 2 or 3 times a day for the whole week!! Sadly my husband likes variety so I end up only making it 4 or 5 times a year. I think this is one of those dishes that each family makes just a little differently so my mom’s recipe is a little different than yours. I’m going to make it your way next time, that way I can have my favorite and hubby can have his variety!

BTW–For those who live somewhere that it is hard to find papa criolla sometimes I cheat a little bit and just add some mashed potato flakes close to the end of the cooking time to thicken up the soup.

And guascas definitely grow here as a weed I remember my grandmother coming for a visit to NYC and shouting with glee when she found a patch of guascas growing wild amongst the weeds. She’d send us out there every couple of weeks to pick them so she could make us some ajiaco

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:21:49 +0000

I made this ajiaco for my Colombian husband last weekend and He kissed me for a long time He loved it. It was delicious.

By: Shotdsherrif

Shotdsherrif — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:26:47 +0000

One thing I would add to this recipe is fresh avocado as a side in the serving. The wonderful thing about Ajiaco is how it is prepared to be personally garnished at the table by each guest. In our family, we would remove the chicken and corn after cooking and put in a serving dish along with the capers, cream and fresh avocado. What is left is a flavorful chicken/potato soup. Then each person adds ingredients according to taste.

I am born in the USA but my family is originally from Bogota and this is definitely our signature dish. Thanks Erica for a great website. I have already sent my mom the recipe to make homemade almojabanas!