I am looking for some good peruvian recipes anyone got any?

Question

my family always every once in a while has an ethnic night where we cook ethnic foods and just have a ball trying new things... I have cooked wonderful egyptian foods, greek foods(a cousin is married to a greek man, learned a few cooking tips from him) italian foods, australian foods, and Morrocan foods... now I want to have a peruvian food night.

Answer 1

Ceviche de Pescado

Appetizer
Serves 6 to 8
Preparation time: 3 hours


Ingredients

2 pounds of white fish (mahi mahi is an excellent choice)
1 cup of lime juice
1 clove of crushed garlic
2 red peppers, diced
2 finely diced jalapeno peppers (to your preference)
Salt and pepper to taste

1 large onion, finely chopped
2 stalks of celery, finely chopped
Bunch of finely chopped cilantro
2 lettuce leaves per plate
12 to 16 corn on the cobs cut into 2 inch pieces cooked as usual
3 or 4 sweet potatoes, boiled and peeled
6 to 8 lemons cut in half and placed in center of table

Preparation

1. Wash and de-bone fish and cut in 1/2 inch chunks
2. Season with lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper. Let it marinade for 1 hour
3. Add onion, jalapeno and red pepper, celery and cilantro. Marinade for 1 more hour
4. Serve on a bed of lettuce and add two pieces of corn on the cob and a portion of the sweet potatoes



Arroz Tapado

Main dish
6 servings
Preparation time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

3 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tablespoons of olive oil
Lemon juice
Salt
4 cups water
1 pound washed rice
1 onion, finely chopped
2 pound of slice steak
2 tomatoes, finely chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste
4 tablespoons of raisins
5 black olives, chopped
2 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1 tablespoon of finely minced parsley

Preparation

1. Sauté the garlic in oil, add a few drops of lemon juice, salt and the water and bring to a boil. Add rice and cook for 20-25 minutes or just tender
2. In other pan, stir in onions and sauté, add meat, tomatoes, tomato paste, raisins, olives, egg and parsley
3. Take a one-cup glass measuring cup and coat the inside with a little oil. Fill halfway with rice, add some meat filling and add more rice to top of cup. Invert onto a plate and carefully remove cup



Leche Asada

Dessert
Serve 8 to 10
Preparation time: 1 hour

Ingredients

1 can of sweetened, condensed milk
1 can of evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
8 eggs, beaten
¼ cup water

Preparation

1. Mix the condensed milk, evaporated milk, ½ cup of sugar, the vanilla and eggs
2. In a saucepan dissolve ½ cup sugar in ¼ cup of water and heat carefully until it becomes syrupy and slightly tan
3. Pour the caramel in a glass baking dish and pour the milk mixture on top
4. Take a slightly larger glass dish and fill halfway with water. Place the dish with the milk mixture inside the larger dish and cover with foil.
5. Cook in a 400 degree oven for 30-45 minutes or until custard is completely cooked
6. Serve slightly chilled

Answer 2

Hi! Peruvian gourmet cook answering here! There are so many recipes that I could share with you... but I am going to give you two links with recipes that you are going to love.

http://www.yanuq.com/english/index.htm

and the best book I've seen and have with Peruvian recipes:

http://www.artperucuisine.com/

Buen provecho!

-Magoo

Answer 3

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Answer 4

See link below for some yummy recipes from Peru.

Also, you can just do a web search for "Peruvian recipes" for more.