The primary ingredients found in nearly every Peruvian dish are rice, potatoes, chichen, pork, lamb, and fish. Most of these meals include one of the different kinds of "aji", or Peruvian hot pepper, which mainly are: yellow aji pepper, red aji pepper, red rocoto pepper
Chicken, pork and lamb were introduced to Peru 500 years ago, when Spaniards came to America. Other ingredients, like potatoes, were already being grow in the Peruvian Andes and were taken by the Spaniards back to Europe.
Today more than 200 varieties of potato can be found in the Lake Titicaca area. They range in color from purple to blue, from yellow to brown. Sizes and textures vary as well. Some are smalls as nuts; others can be as large as Oranges.
Following are some of the dishes and foods that can found in Peru.
· Pescado y Mariscos (Fish and Seafood) - Anything with fish is a great bet. Ceviche is the most famous. Peruvians "cook" fine white cod in lemon juice, serve it chunky with onions and spices. In the mountains, you can find "trucha," the local fresh Andean trout, generally farm raised.
· Comida Criolla - This is the term for the traditional Peruvian dishes. Aji de gallina (spicy chicken stew), lomo saltado (stir-fry beef), chupe (fish stew) anticuchos (marinated beef heart). Vegetables play a major role in these dishes.
· Chifa - This is the term for Chinese restaurants in Peru. From very elegant to simple, all seem to serve excellent food in and around Lima. Peruvians love to celebrate events at the Chifas.
· Inca Cola - The color of this soft drink is bright yellow and it smells like bubble gum.
· Aji de Gallina: shredded chicken in a spiced milk sauce.
· Adobo de cerdo: Pork sauce, served with white rice.
· Arroz con Pollo: Boiled chicken seasoned with a green sauce. Served always with green rice (rice cooked with albahaca)
· Anticuchos: marinated grilled beef heart.
· Carapulca: It is made from dried and diced potatoes with pork, steak and rice.
· CauCau: Consists of tripe and diced potatoes
· Ceviche: Fish or mixed shrimp with lemon. The seafood is cut into small pieces and then mixed with lemon juice and left to sit for 1hr. Next, it is mixed with onions, celery, cilantro, salt and black pepper. The dish is served cold.
· Escabeche de pescado: Boiled fish seasoned with onions, aji and lemon juice
· Ocopa: boiled potatoes in a seasoned sauce of cheese and nuts
· Pachamanca: This is a typical dish from the desert. It consists of lamb, pork, meat, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and a tamale. First, one has to heat rocks on the floor using firewood. When they are hot enough, the food is placed inside a sac and buried in the hot rocks. The food has to be repeatedly checked to see when it is done because the temperature is unstable.
· Papa la Huancaina: Potatoes served with a special spicy sauce, olives, lettuce and egg.
· Papa Rellena: meat-stuffed potato patties.
· Parihuela: Fish, shrimp crabs, mussels and octopus. Served with yuca and rice.
· Rocoto Relleno: Typical dish with meat, onions, peanuts, milk and eggs, everything baked inside of the delicious rocoto (pepper), with potatoes and cheese.
· Seco de frejoles: Boiled beans with a lamb stew in green sauce, always served with white rice and raw onions seasoned with lemon and aji.
· Roast cuy, or guinea pig, is considered a delicacy, and is traditionally served for very special occasions.
Western culture has made its mark on Peru, and one of the signs of change is the popularity of Pizza. The Peruvians make it their own way, though, in the old-style, wood-burning ovens that have been part of the Peruvian landscape long before pizza was ever heard of here.
They eat a lot of things like arroz con pollo, papa a la huancaina, papa rellena, tallarines ceviche, and more..
They could eat anything. They could hamburgers, squid. You name it. Just because it's a different part of the world doesn't mean that they eat different foods. i think they mean what food based on culture... google it, or go on wikipedia
The phone number of the Peru Public Library is: 815-223-0229.
When Cristiano Ronaldo was in a land (Peru) he singned a contract and made Peru. But Then Messi took over Peru and was the new ruler for Argentina and Peru. Now nobody wanted Cristiano ronaldo as a ruler and he decided to shoot himself.
Peru gained independence from Spain on July 28th 1821.
Yes, there are salads available to eat in Peru.
Peru eats llama, noodles, chicken, beef, and rice, just mostly what we in America eat! Except for the llama.
yes, of course they do they are like Mexican people. Peru is a south American country so yes they do eat taco lots of them
People in Peru eat a lot of potatoes, since potatoes originated here.
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I am from Peru and we eat ..........chaufa (rice with eggs,soy sauce in rice,chicken.) Chicharones with yuca,seviche and more plate. We eat a little aji (chile),a lot of white rice,spaghetti and we Do Not Eat TORTILLA
you'd live in a house and eat sweet potatoes and lomo saltado. (My dad is from Peru.)
The same kind of food we eat
dogs and frogs and cats mostly