Saturday, February 23, 2013

Camping and cooking Peruvian Anticuchos

Every other time i have gone camping, we end up eating hotdogs or some sort of processed food :(
This time our camping food has gone x100 better. My friend decided that he was making Anticuchos which is a Peruvian dish which is basically skewered beef heart strips cooked with Aji Panca (Red dried peruvian chili and spices and another skewered meat and bbq chicken.


Bolivian Quinua with Peruvian Roasted Chicken Wrap



Today my wife and i came up with a new dish based on older ethnic dishes from South America. This dish started with traditional Bolivian Quinua grains mixes with black beans and diced tomatoes, as if making a salad. To that combination we added a traditional Peruvian roasted chicken which we cut in small peaces. This kind of became a chicken salad, but for the final serving we decided to wrap it on Mexican Tortilla as a burrito or wrap.  The perfect touch was provided by the Peruvian creole chili sauce, which is basically yellow Peruvian chili with onion, garlic, Peruvian black mint (Huacatay).  Provecho!