Anticuchos de Corazon
Anticuchos are the #1 street food in Peru. I would say that they are second only to ceviche as to being the consummate Peruvian dish. In fact, if you ever come to Peru, you’ll find people will ask these questions all the time: “Have you tried ceviche? Have you tried anticuchos?” I think it’s kind [...]
Things I Can’t Do Without: My Rice Cooker
There are a few things in my kitchen that I just can’t do without. One is my vegetable peeler – it used to belong to my grandma. And of course, we all know how useful the blender and mixer are. But if there’s one thing that’s vital to my every day cooking, it’s my rice [...]
Arroz Zambito – Dark Rice Pudding
Rice pudding is a favorite dessert in Peru, known locally as arroz con leche. But there’s another rice pudding dessert eaten here – a darker pudding. It’s call arroz zambito. I suppose most of us have heard of Little Black Sambo, and are familiar with the connotations of the phrase “Sambo”. In polite company, it’s [...]
Some of My Favorite Posts
Back in the days when I first starting this blog (December of 2008, to be exact), there weren’t a whole lot of people reading it. Back in the day, we were known as “What We’re Eating”, and I wasn’t really very good at keeping things updated. But this year, I moved it over here onto [...]
Aguadito de Pollo
As I mentioned the other day, and probably several times before over the last couple years (!), Peruvian lunches are usually big and often have two or more courses. Soup is a favorite first course, and it’s usually a lighter soup made using leftover bones or chicken parts, like the neck, giblets and feet. However, [...]
Turron de Dona Pepa – Peruvian Dessert
Image via Wikipedia Continuing with last week’s post regarding El Senor de los Milagros, today I’m going to fill you in on a desert called turrón, or more specifically turrón de Doña Pepa. It shouldn’t be confused with the Spanish turrón, which is a nougat type of cake. The Peruvian turrón is a dessert made [...]
Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry
Image by Tri. via Flickr As you might guess, I don’t always cook Peruvian food. This is one of those times. Actually, the way I cook this now is a little different from the way I did when I was in the US. I use a bit of the recipe for tallarin saltado, but with [...]
Best Hashbrowns Ever
Image by Premshree Pillai via Flickr Since I was talking so much about potatoes lately, I figured I’d give y’all another really delicious but really easy recipe with potatoes. I also went with this because I was feeling really lazy today, and not up to writing a big long post. Don’t judge me, please. Actually, [...]
Popcorn!
You know what’s good? Cheese grits! Ok, that’s an inside joke and a whole other post sometime – but for the month of October (which starts next week!) what’s good is popcorn! October is Popcorn month, it seems. I’m not sure who decided on that, but we love popcorn around here so we’re just gonna [...]
Causa con Pollo
Image by MarcoIE via Flickr Now that we’ve learned a little about potatoes, let’s make something with them! Causa is one of my very favorite Peruvian dishes. It’s made by mashing yellow potatoes (papas amarillas) and then layering or filling them jelly roll style with … well, whatever you like. There is causa filled with [...]
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