- List of 10 most popular typical dishes of Ancash
- 1- Pickled fish
- Ingredients
- Preparation
- 2- Spicy guinea pig
- 3- Llunca cashqui
- Ingredients
- Preparation
- 4- Kuchi Kanca or Cuchi Canca
- Ingredients
- Preparation
- 5- Tamales
- 6- Head broth or pecan broth
- 7- Legs
- Ingredients
- Preparation
- 8- Leg of smoked ham or Serrano ham
- 9- Aca chasqui or cuy broth
- 10- Pot
- Other typical dishes of Ancash
- References
The typical dishes of Ancash are mostly prepared with guinea pig meat, poultry (ducks and chickens), pork and in some cases fish. They also use a wide variety of agricultural products from the region.
Among the most prominent typical dishes of Ancash are the huaracino-style spicy cuy, the head broth, the pachamanca, the stew, the ancashina pataca, the kuchi kanka, the fish pickle, the takapi, among others.
For its part, the spicy cuy (typical Peruvian dish that has a different preparation in each region) consists of a fried guinea pig that is served with potatoes and chili. This typical dish is prepared in Huaraz.
The stew consists of a stew based on cabbage or cabbage with beef or pork, in which only the head is usually used.
List of 10 most popular typical dishes of Ancash
1- Pickled fish
Ingredients
-Fish fillets
-Eggs
-Onions
-Olives
-Lettuce
-Oil and vinegar
-Ají, salt, pepper and cumin
-Wheat or corn flour
Preparation
The fish fillets are seasoned with salt and pepper and they are passed through wheat or corn flour and then fried.
Meanwhile, the eggs are boiled and the onion and chili are fried with salt and pepper in plenty of oil, and when the onion takes a translucent color, add the vinegar.
Lettuce is used to decorate the plate where the fried fish is to be placed, and the fried onion is added on top of the fish and the boiled eggs are placed.
2- Spicy guinea pig
To prepare it, you need a guinea pig, chili pepper, garlic, salt and pepper. The guinea pig is seasoned with chili, garlic, salt and pepper and then fried. It can be accompanied with steamed potatoes.
3- Llunca cashqui
Ingredients
-Hen
-Llunca (wheat)
-Carrot
-Oregano, garlic, chili
-Olive oil
-Potatoes
-Salt
-Apio Spain
-Onion
Preparation
In a clay pot, add water and the chicken chopped into small pieces with salt and a branch of Spanish celery. Meanwhile, the llunca or wheat is soaked and after about an hour it is added to the broth along with the diced carrot.
In another pot, prepare the dressing with the onion, oregano, garlic, chili and oil. Later, the dressing is added to the broth where the hen is and it is left to cook for a few minutes.
4- Kuchi Kanca or Cuchi Canca
The kuchi kanka is a roast pork that is served with lettuce salad and French fries, and boiled corn kernels.
Ingredients
-A piglet
-Vinegar
-Cumin, salt, pepper
-Garlic
-Corn kernels
Preparation
Season the suckling pig with vinegar, cumin, pepper, salt and garlic, and leave it for a whole day or a night.
The next day the suckling pig is placed in a roasting pan and left there until it turns a golden color or until it is cooked.
Meanwhile the potatoes are fried and the shelled corn is cooked. At the end, the suckling pig is served along with the French fries, corn and in some cases it is accompanied by a lettuce salad.
5- Tamales
It is a corn dough filled with meat wrapped in banana leaves and they are steamed. It is usually cooked over a wood fire.
6- Head broth or pecan broth
This broth is prepared in the following way: the lamb's head is boiled together with the belly, garlic, onion, chili, cumin, coriander, mint and in some cases shelled corn is added.
As in all broths, a separate dressing is also prepared and added when the head of lamb is almost ready.
Let it boil for a few minutes so that all the broth takes on the flavor.
7- Legs
Ingredients
-Sheep meat
-Belly
-Ram leg
-Corn
-Garlic, chili pepper, peppermint
-Onion
-Salt
-Oil
Preparation
In a pot, boil the mutton, belly and mutton leg. Once they are cooked they are cut into small pieces.
A dressing is made with the garlic, chili, onion, and oil. Subsequently, in this dressing, all the pieces of meat, belly and leg are fried and then placed again in the same broth where they were parboiled.
Add the corn and peppermint and boil until all is cooked. Pataca is a traditional Peruvian soup and in other regions they use pork instead of mutton.
8- Leg of smoked ham or Serrano ham
The preparation of smoked ham is a bit complex and requires several days to do it.
Take a pork leg and marinate it with salt and put it to dry. The next day, ground chili is spread on it and smoked for three days.
9- Aca chasqui or cuy broth
This dish is never lacking in the celebrations of the Virgen de las Mercedes and is typical of the Carhuaz Province. The broth is prepared with a guinea pig, potatoes, onion, pumpkin, carrot, garlic, salt, and noodles.
10- Pot
It is a kind of soup or stew based on cabbage or cabbage, which contains beef or pork and is seasoned with cumin, oregano, pepper and salt.
Other typical dishes of Ancash
-The charqui: dried and salty llama meat.
-La pachamanca: food prepared in an earth oven. This typical dish is very common in different areas of Peru.
-The fried trout.
-The takapi: pork ear broth.
-The pork rind (pork).
-Las humitas: sweet corn dough that is filled with cinnamon and raisins and is wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
-The tarwi ceviche: take the tarwi and prepare it with tomatoes, coriander, pepper, cumin, salt, vinegar and lemon.
References
- Gastronomy in Ancash. Retrieved on October 25, 2017, from perutravelling, com
- Peruvian Typical Food by Region- Ancash. Retrieved on October 25, 2017, from arecetas.com
- Ancash: 5 Typical meals for your gastronomical tour. Retrieved on October 25, 2017, from livinginperu.com
- Peru Gastronomy. Retrieved on October 25, 2017, from southernperuexplorers.com
- Peruvian Gastronomy. Retrieved on October 25, 2017, from viajes-peru.com
- Top 10: Things to eat in Peru. Retrieved on October 25, 2017, from nationalgeographic.com
- Peruvian Cuisine. Retrieved on October 25, 2017, from wikipedia.org
- Andean Cuisine. Retrieved on October 25, 2017, from peru.travel