Peru

🇵🇪Cusco, Peru

Saralawa

A Cusco corn-and-herb soup rooted in Quechua highland cooking.

🇵🇪Peru

Seco de Cabrito

Northern Peruvian goat stew cooked with cilantro, ají, peas, and carrots until the sauce is thick. Served with rice, beans, and cassava.

🇵🇪Piura, Peru

Seco de Chabelo

Piura's plantain-and-beef preparation, distinct from the cilantro-braised seco family.

🇵🇪Peru

Seco de Res Peruano

Seco de res

Peruvian beef stew braised in cilantro and chicha until the sauce is thick and green. Served with beans, rice and sweet potato.

🇵🇪Trujillo, Peru

Shambar

Trujillo's Monday soup combining wheat, beans, pork and herbs into a thick restorative bowl.

🇵🇪Loreto, Peru

Siete Raíces

A Loreto Amazonian macerated spirit made from multiple roots, barks and medicinal botanicals.

🇵🇪Peru

Sikisapa

Flying ants collected during the Alto Mayo season and toasted as a crunchy Amazonian snack.

🇵🇪Arequipa, Peru

Solterito

A cold Peruvian salad of fava beans, corn, cheese, olives and tomato with a vinegar dressing. Fresh and colorful from Arequipa.

🇵🇪Lima, Peru

Sopa Criolla

A Peruvian beef and noodle soup with aji, milk and a poached egg. Creamy, spicy and comforting from Lima.

🇦🇷Argentina

Sopa de Quinoa

An Andean soup of quinoa, vegetables, and sometimes meat, from the Argentine northwest. A nutritious, pre-Hispanic dish of the high Puna, served hot in winter.

🇵🇪Ica, Peru

Sopa Seca

A dry Peruvian noodle dish from Chincha and Ica, with spaghetti tossed in a spiced tomato-and-ají sauce and traditionally served with ceviche.

🇵🇪Trujillo, Peru

Sopa Teóloga

A ceremonial Trujillo soup of bread, poultry, cheese and herbs served at northern celebrations.

🇵🇪Peru

Sopa Wantan

Cantonese-Peruvian wonton soup

🇨🇴Piura, Colombia

Sudado de Pescado

A Colombian coastal and Pacific stew of fish, coconut milk, tomatoes, peppers, and cilantro, slow-cooked until tender. Served with rice and plantain.

🇵🇪Lima, Peru

Suspiro a la Limeña

Elegant Lima dessert: manjar blanco (dulce de leche) topped with port wine meringue. Created in the 19th century.

🇵🇪San Martín, Peru

Tacacho con Cecina

Mashed green plantains mixed with pork lard, served with smoked cecina pork and regional chorizo. An Amazon favorite.

🇵🇪Peru

Tacu Tacu

A Peruvian dish of leftover rice and beans fried into a thick patty, topped with steak, fried egg or seafood. Afro-Peruvian comfort food.

🇵🇪Peru

Tallarin Saltado

Tallarín saltado

Stir-fried noodles with vegetables and protein in a Cantonese-Peruvian style. The chifa version of chow mein.

🇵🇪Lima, Peru

Tallarines Verdes

Peruvian green spaghetti in a basil-spinach-walnut pesto sauce, served with a breaded steak or fried egg. Comfort food from Lima.

🇵🇪Peru

Tamales Peruanos

Tamales

Peruvian tamales of corn dough filled with chicken or pork, olives and eggs, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed. A breakfast and holiday staple.

🇵🇪Peru

Tarwi

Andean lupin bean, exceptionally high in protein. Requires soaking to remove bitterness. Used in soups, stews, and snacks.

🇵🇪Ica, Peru

Tejas

Ica sweets of candied fruit or manjar coated in fondant or chocolate; chocolate versions are chocotejas.

🇵🇪Loreto, Peru

Timbuche

A Loreto fish broth with carachama and Amazonian herbs, served as an everyday river meal.

🇵🇪Lima, Peru

Tiradito

Raw fish sliced thinly and dressed with citrus and ají, like ceviche but without onions. Shows Japanese-Peruvian Nikkei influence.

🇵🇪Huánuco, Peru

Tocosh

Fermented potato from Huánuco with a strong aroma, eaten as a traditional Andean food and remedy.

🇨🇴Colombia

Tomate de Árbol (Tree Tomato)

Tomate de árbol

A red-orange Andean tamarillo with tart seed-filled flesh, used for juices, ají, and desserts in Colombia and Ecuador.

🇵🇪Piura, Peru

Tortilla de Camarones

A thick shrimp omelette from the Piura coast, spiced with ají and cilantro.

🇵🇪Lambayeque, Peru

Tortilla de Raya

A Lambayeque omelet made with dried ray, eggs and herbs.

🇵🇪Peru

Tortilla de Verde Peruana

Tortilla de verde

A thick Peruvian plantain omelet, slightly sweet and fluffy, eaten as a snack or breakfast in the jungle regions.

🇵🇪Peru

Turrón de Doña Pepa

A Peruvian anise and honey nougat with layers of cookies, figs and sprinkles, eaten during El Señor de los Milagros. Sweet and chewy.

🇵🇪Cusco, Peru

Uchucuta

A Cusco herb-and-chili sauce traditionally ground to accompany potatoes, corn and Andean dishes.

🇵🇪Peru

Wantan Frito

Fried wontons, chifa staple

🇵🇪Peru

Yacón

A crisp, juicy Andean root eaten fresh for its honeyed flavor and marketed as a traditional crop.