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🇵🇪 Traditional dishes from Peru

3 dishes people actually cook in Peru: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Ceviche

25 min · easy · 8 ingredients

Ceviche, a traditional dish from Peru

White fish cured in lime and cold.

  • 500 g very fresh white fish fillet
  • 8 limes
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 coriander
  • 1 red chilli
  • 1 sweet potato
  • 1 corn on the cob
  • 1 garlic

Lomo saltado

30 min · easy · 9 ingredients

Lomo saltado, a traditional dish from Peru

Stir-fried beef and chips, soy and chilli.

  • 300 g beef sirloin
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 ripe tomatoes
  • 1 yellow chilli (ají amarillo)
  • 400 g potatoes
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 coriander
  • 300 g white rice

Ají de gallina

50 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Ají de gallina, a traditional dish from Peru

Shredded chicken in a warm yellow sauce.

  • 500 g chicken breast
  • 3 tbsp yellow chilli paste (ají amarillo)
  • 3 white bread
  • 200 ml evaporated milk
  • 50 g walnuts
  • 40 g parmesan
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic
  • 2 boiled eggs
  • 8 black olives

What do people eat in Peru?

The three dishes from Peru documented in Copper are Ceviche, Lomo saltado and Ají de gallina. Coriander and garlic each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are fried. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 24 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Peru?

The three recipes need 24 ingredients between them, of which 3 are shared by more than one dish. Red onion is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 13 use red onion. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Peru take?

Ceviche is the quickest at 25 minutes. Ají de gallina is the longest at 50 minutes. The median is 30 minutes — a weeknight, not a project.

Which dish from Peru is easiest to make at home?

Ceviche and Lomo saltado are rated easy — start there. The full method is on each recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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