Peru

🇵🇪Tacna, Peru

Aceituna de Tacna

Olives from Tacna with Denomination of Origin (2014). Unique due to the cold Humboldt Current and local cultivation techniques.

🇵🇪Arequipa, Peru

Adobo Arequipeño

Succulent pork stew from Arequipa, slow-cooked with chicha de jora, ají panca, garlic, and herbs. A Sunday morning tradition.

🇵🇪Peru

Aeropuerto

A Peruvian chifa dish of fried rice and noodles mixed together with vegetables and meat, named for the 'mixed-up' airport traffic.

🇵🇪Peru

Aguadito de Pollo

Chicken and rice soup with cilantro, ají, corn, and peas. A vibrant green, hearty soup often served at celebrations.

🇵🇪Loreto, Peru

Aguajina

A Loreto fruit drink made from aguaje pulp, water and sugar.

🇧🇴Bolivia

Aji Amarillo

The bright yellow-orange chili pepper central to Peruvian cooking. Fruity, medium-hot and used in sauces, stews and marinades.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Ají Criollo

A Dominican hot sauce of ají dulce (sweet chili), garlic, vinegar, and cilantro, served with snacks and meals. A mild, tangy, aromatic condiment, a national staple.

🇵🇪Peru

Ají de Gallina

Creamy shredded chicken stew with ají amarillo, bread, milk, walnuts, and Parmesan. Served with rice, potatoes, and egg.

🇵🇪Peru

Ají Limo

A fragrant Peruvian chili with citrusy heat, especially associated with ceviche and seafood.

🇵🇪Peru

Ají Mirasol

Sun-dried ají amarillo with a sweet-fruity flavor used in Peruvian sauces and stews.

🇵🇪Peru

Ají Panca

A dark, sweet-fruited Peruvian chili used dried and ground in marinades, adobos and stews.

🇵🇪Peru

Alfajor de Penco

A southern Peruvian layered alfajor filled with manjar and associated with Moquegua.

🇵🇪Peru

Alfajores Peruanos

Alfajores

Peruvian dulce de leche sandwich cookies, crumbly and dusted with powdered sugar. A classic dessert and tea-time treat.

🇵🇪Piura, Peru

Algarrobina

Piura carob syrup used in desserts and the pisco-based algarrobina cocktail.

🇵🇪Peru

Amargo Chuncho

A landmark Peruvian bitters used in pisco cocktails and sold as a distinctive Amazonian botanical product.

🇧🇴Lima, Bolivia

Anticuchos

Grilled skewers of marinated beef heart, a street food with pre-Columbian roots adapted during colonial times.

🇵🇪Loreto, Peru

Anticuchos de Suri

Loreto palm grubs grilled on skewers, a rare Amazonian seasonal food.

🇵🇪Cusco, Peru

Apanado de Alpaca

Cusco alpaca cutlet breaded and fried, served with potatoes or Andean grains.

🇵🇪Peru

Arroz Chaufa

Chinese-Peruvian fried rice with soy sauce, scallions, egg, and various meats. A chifa staple from Cantonese-Peruvian fusion.

🇪🇨Arequipa, Ecuador

Arroz con Camarones

An Ecuadorian coastal rice dish with shrimp, peppers, tomatoes and annatto, cooked into a colorful one-pot meal similar to a Latin American paella.

🇵🇪Peru

Arroz con Mariscos

Peruvian seafood rice, similar to paella, loaded with shrimp, clams, squid and fish in a saffron-achiote broth. A coastal party dish.

🇵🇪Lambayeque, Peru

Arroz con Pato

A northern Peruvian rice-and-duck dish from Lambayeque, seasoned with cilantro, ají and dark beer.

🇵🇪Peru

Arroz Tapado

A homestyle layered dish: rice on bottom and top, with a filling of ground beef, carrots, olives, and hard-boiled egg in the middle.

🇵🇪Lima, Peru

Arroz Zambito

Dark rice pudding with chancaca, Lima specialty

🇵🇪Peru

Asado de Picuro

Farmed majaz roasted in Madre de Dios; the copy distinguishes legal farmed game from protected wildlife.

🇵🇪Peru

Bistec a lo Pobre

A hearty plate of garlic-rubbed steak topped with fried eggs, served with fried onions, potatoes, and rice. 'Poor man's steak' that's anything but poor.

🇵🇪Lima, Peru

Butifarra

Lima's iconic street sandwich: country ham or pork in a soft roll with salsa criolla. A mid-morning classic since the 19th century.

🇵🇪La Libertad, Peru

Cabrito Norteño

Peruvian northern-style slow-roasted goat kid, marinated in chicha and spices. Tender, aromatic and a specialty of La Libertad.

🇵🇪Peru

Caigua

A hollow Andean vegetable stuffed or sliced into Peruvian soups, stir-fries and salads.

🇵🇪Peru

Caldo de Cabeza

A deeply flavored Peruvian head-meat broth served hot with herbs and potatoes.

🇵🇪Loreto, Peru

Caldo de Carachama

A Loreto fish broth made with carachama and Amazonian herbs.

🇧🇷Brazil

Camu Camu

Amazonian wild fruit, an exceptional natural source of vitamin C, far exceeding oranges. Used in drinks, dairy, and nutraceuticals.

🇧🇷Amazonas, Brazil

Canangucha

An Amazonian palm fruit native to Colombia, with purple skin and oily, orange flesh. Used in juices, ice cream, and oil, a staple of the Amazon diet.

🇵🇪Puno, Peru

Cancacho

Ayaviri lamb marinated with chili and roasted for Puno celebrations.

🇵🇪Peru

Cancha

Peruvian toasted corn nuts, crunchy and salty, served as a snack or alongside ceviche. Made from large-kerneled Andean corn.

🇨🇴Nariño, Colombia

Canelazo

An Ecuadorian Andean hot drink of aguardiente, cinnamon, panela, and fruit juice (naranjilla or mora), a festive and cold-weather classic.