Moderate

Beef Heart kabobs / Anticuchos

Ingredients :
Marinade:
2 garlic cloves, crushed
¼ cup ají panca paste / sundried red panca chili paste
Salt
Pepper
Cumin
¾ cup vinegar
½ teaspoon salt

Anticuchos:
1 beef heart, cleaned
Oil
Ají amarillo paste / hot yellow chili pepper paste
Bamboo skewers

Preparation:
Marinade:
Combine all ingredients to prepare marinade. Set aside.

Anticuchos:

Peruvian Chicken and Rice / Arroz con Pollo

Ingredients :

6 pieces of chicken (preferably bone in)
½ cup of oil
1 medium onion finely minced
1 tbsp minced garlic
½ cup of Peruvian hot yellow pepper paste
1 bush of fresh cilantro washed and blended with very little water
2 sweet peppers (red, yellow or orange) half minced, half for decoration
3 cups of rice
1 cup peas
½ cup corn
2 ½ cups of water
½ cup of beer
Salt
Pepper

Preparation:

Mixed Seafood Ceviche, Ceviche Mixto, Marinated Seafood

Ingredients:

1 pound mix cooked seafood (cooked shrimp, clams, scallops, etc.)
1 pound of fillet of sole or any fresh uncooked, white, tender fish
1 large onion, thinly sliced and washed.
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
3 cloves crushed garlic
2 seeded, deveined and finely chopped fresh hot chili pepper (more or less depending on preference)
Salt and pepper, to taste
10 freshly squeezed key limes juice, enough to cover seafood.
Lettuce leaves for decoration
2 ears corn, boiled & sliced
2 sweet potatoes, boiled, peeled and cut into slices one inch thick.

Preparation:

Peruvian Rotisserie Chicken (Pollo a la brasa)

Ingredients :

1 whole chicken approx. 2 lbs
1/2 lb cooking salt
4 tsp dark beer
1 tsp cumin
2 tbsp white vinegar
2 tsp black pepper
Rosemary
Oregano
Annatto or paprika to add some color.

Preparation:

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Shredded Chicken in a light cheese Sauce / Aji de Gallina light

Ingredients :

2 whole chicken breasts with bone
1 carrot, peeled and cut in large pieces
2 celery stalks
2 parsley springs
½ leek
½ cup oil, approx.
1 large onion, finely chopped
½ teaspoon garlic, finely minced
pinch of turmeric
6 fresh yellow/ají amarillo, seeded, deveined and blended
12 saltine crackers, more or less depending on thickness of sauce.
½ cup evaporated milk, light
½ cup grated parmesan cheese
½ cup nuts, finely chopped (pecans, walnuts, or cashew nuts)
Salt
Pepper
6 potatoes, boiled, peeled and halved

Mussels Peruvian Style / Mussels Callao Style/ Choros a la Chalaca

Ingredients :

12 mussels tightly closed
2 medium size onions, finely chopped
Juice of 3 key limes
1 tablespoon ají amarillo fresco / fresh yellow aji (chili), blended
½ rocoto / red hot pepper, rinsed, seeded and deveined, finely chopped
1 ½ tablespoon parsley, finely chopped
¾ cups corn kernels, cooked
½ tomato, peeled, seeded and cut in small cubes
1 tablespoon oil
Salt
Pepper
1 key lime, cut in wedges to serve

Preparation:

Rinse mussels thoroughly and scrub under running water. Discard any mussels that are not tightly closed.

Potatoes Lima Style/ Causa a la Limena

Ingredients :

Causa:
2 lb golden potatoes
¼ cup oil
¼ cup freshly squeezed limes
1 tsp hot yellow pepper grounded
Salt
Pepper
Lettuce leaves for decoration
1 cup of cooked corn kernels
Fresh cheese
1 cooked egg sliced
4 pitted Mediterranean olives

Creole Sauce:
1 large onion
2 fresh hot pepper pitted, deveined and cut julienne style.
2 limes freshly squeezed
Vegetable oil
Parsley or cilantro finely chopped
Salt
Pepper

Preparation:

Causa:

Ocopa Sauce, Salsa de Ocopa

Ingredients :

4 ó 5 Peruvian hot yellow peppers/ají amarillo fresh, pitted (or 2tbs hot
yellow pepper paste).
1 onion peeled and cut in half
2 garlic cloves
3 pieces of plain vanilla crackers
1.5 cup fresh cheese feta o ricotta)
3 tbsp toasted peanuts (or cashews)
Oil as needed.
1 cilantro sprig
¾ cup evaporated milk
1 black mint sprig
Salt
Pepper

Preparación:

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