Peruvian cuisine · Chili, lime and a potato map: ceviche, aji and the Andean-Pacific table that chefs made famous.
The dishes that carry Peruvian cuisine are the ones a market cook and a home kitchen would both recognise.
Eight signatures below explain the table to a first-time diner and to a grocer stocking the aisle.
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Raw fish, lime, onion, aji — Lima's midday plate.
Ceviche is cooked from Lima to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Peruvian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is chicha / aji / nixtamal-adjacent corn beside potato / corn / rice.”
Chasqui (Luis Tamayo) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Stir-fried beef, a Chinese-Peruvian wok classic.
Lomo saltado is cooked from Lima to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Peruvian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is chicha / aji / nixtamal-adjacent corn beside potato / corn / rice.”
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Chili-walnut-chicken stew over potato.
Aji de gallina is cooked from Lima to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Peruvian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is chicha / aji / nixtamal-adjacent corn beside potato / corn / rice.”
Carly & Art · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grilled heart skewers, an Afro-Peruvian street craft.
Anticuchos is cooked from Lima to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Peruvian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is chicha / aji / nixtamal-adjacent corn beside potato / corn / rice.”
Layered yellow potato, a Lima cold plate.
Causa is cooked from Lima to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Peruvian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is chicha / aji / nixtamal-adjacent corn beside potato / corn / rice.”
Idan Robbins · CC BY-SA 4.0
Stuffed hot pepper of the southern Andes.
Rocoto relleno is cooked from Lima to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Peruvian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is chicha / aji / nixtamal-adjacent corn beside potato / corn / rice.”
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Roast guinea pig, a highland protein not a stunt for locals.
Cuy is cooked from Lima to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Peruvian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is chicha / aji / nixtamal-adjacent corn beside potato / corn / rice.”
Dtarazona · CC BY-SA 4.0
The cocktail that travels with the cuisine.
Pisco sour is cooked from Lima to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Peruvian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is chicha / aji / nixtamal-adjacent corn beside potato / corn / rice.”
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Does Ceviche abroad still count as Peruvian cuisine when the pantry is rewritten?
Capitals claim Lomo saltado; provinces disagree, loudly.
Nixtamal, chili and a street-taco clock: mole, salsa and one of the atlas spice leaders.
Overall 78 🍔The most accessible table in the atlas: barbecue, diner eggs and a cuisine made of regions and immigrants.
Overall 68 🥩Beans, farofa and a Saturday feijoada: churrasco, street açaí and an African-Portuguese-Indigenous map.
Overall 63 🥩Beef, fire and a dulce de leche clock: asado, empanadas and an Italian-Spanish immigrant table.
Overall 55 🌶️Allspice, Scotch bonnet and a jerk-pit clock: ackee, curry goat and a Caribbean table with high heat.
Overall 65