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Tamales de Queso (Cheese Tamales) From Ceviche: Peruvian Kitchen
These tamales, from Martin Morales's cookbook, Ceviche: Peruvian Kitchen, are much different from their Mexican brethren. Instead of using a dough made from masa and lard, they're made with pureed fresh corn, cooked down with butter, garlic, chili paste, and a touch of sugar.
Charred Corn, Radish, Jicama, and Green Bean Salad With Lime Dressing
A bright summer salad of charred corn, green beans, radishes, and jicama in a lime and olive oil dressing.
Mexican Corn Salad
A terrific way to use corn, this Mexican Corn Salad is inspired by the famous Mexican street corn "Esquites". This is Can't-Stop-Eating-It delicious!
Mexican Street Corn Salad (Esquites)
This esquites recipe offers all the delights of Mexican street corn (elotes) in salad form, and you don't even have to fire up the grill to make it.
Peruvian-Style Flounder Ceviche From 'The New Southern Table'
At first, I wasn't really sure what to do with the sweet potato slices that accompany Brys Stephens's Peruvian-style ceviche in his cookbook, The New Southern Table. They didn't strike me as particularly compatible with the gently pickled fish. Then I grabbed a slice with my hand, pretending it was a tortilla chip. Genius.
Ceviche
Ceviche, also known as cebiche, seviche or sebiche, is the famous South American dish with fresh fish "cooked" in lime juice. Quick, easy (and not too sour!)
Black Bean, Corn, and Red Pepper Salad With Lime Cilantro Vinaigrette
This is the ultimate summer salad, and it's perfect for entertaining. Not only is it festive and colorful, but you can make it ahead of time—in fact, you should, because it gets better and better the longer it sits.
Quinoa with Corn, Tomatoes, Avocado, and Lime
This is a delicious summer salad that you can eat with reckless abandon. Nourishing quinoa is infused with vegetable broth and dotted with fresh-cut sweet corn, juicy summer tomatoes, bright green scallions, spicy jalepeno peppers and chunks of creamy avocado.
Corn Salad with Avocado
A simple, super tasty Corn Salad made with fresh or canned corn, avocado and juicy tomatoes, finished with a fresh lime dressing. I love the combination of flavours in this salad combined with the creamy avocado!
Charred Corn and Cherry Tomato Salad With Zucchini and Radishes
An easy salad that combines all the flavors of summer: charred sweet corn and zucchini, bright cherry tomatoes, crunchy radishes, and fresh herbs bound with just a hint of sour cream, lime, and cotija cheese.
Hearty bean-based salads are one of my favorite dishes in the summertime. I grew up eating a corn and black bean version, but these days I'll throw just about any vegetable into a bowl with a can or two of beans and a tangy dressing and call it dinner.
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Lomo Saltado (Peruvian Stir-Fried Beef With Onion, Tomatoes, and French Fries)
Tender slices of deeply seared beef, blister-y onions, juicy tomatoes, and crispy French-fried potatoes unite in this classic Chinese-Peruvian stir-fry.
Causa (Peruvian Cold Mashed Potato Casserole With Tuna or Chicken)
Causa is one of Peru's most popular dishes, a cold casserole that's part mashed potatoes, part potato salad, and part mayonnaise-y salad with a meat like tuna or chicken. It'd be the perfect American potluck dish, if Americans knew what it was.
Peruvian Tiradito With Aji Amarillo and Lime
One of the products of Nikkei cuisine, the cooking that resulted when Japanese immigrants moved to Peru in the 19th century, tiradito combines elements of sashimi with ceviche, for absolutely brilliant results.
Jalea (Peruvian Fried Seafood Platter With Lime-Marinated Onion & Tomato Salad)
One of the world's great fried seafood dishes, jalea features a pile of fried seafood including fish, shrimp, and calamari that's topped with a bright, refreshing, slightly spicy salad of lime-marinated red onion, tomato, and cilantro. This version is made with a beer batter that comes out incredibly light and crisp.
Tamales de Queso (Cheese Tamales) From Ceviche: Peruvian Kitchen
These tamales, from Martin Morales's cookbook, Ceviche: Peruvian Kitchen, are much different from their Mexican brethren. Instead of using a dough made from masa and lard, they're made with pureed fresh corn, cooked down with butter, garlic, chili paste, and a touch of sugar.
Tacu Tacu (Peruvian Rice and Bean Cake)
A clever way to use up leftovers, tacu tacu combines beans and rice by frying them up into a savory and versatile cake.
Ajiaco (Colombian Chicken and Potato Soup)
All potatoes originated in the Andes, and Colombia has quite a selection of them, the best being the small, yellow, creamy, buttery papas Criollas. They're eaten deep fried, salt roasted, boiled, or—my wife's favorite method—cooked into ajiaco, a classic chicken and potato soup from the mountains around Bogotá.
Bolivian Salteñas de Pollo (Golden Chicken, Potato, and Green Pea Pies)
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Arroz Chaufa (Peruvian Fried Rice)
This Peruvian fried rice with chicken (Arroz Chaufa) is quick and easy to make, full of flavor, and very versatile.
Peruvian Roast Chicken with Garlic Butter Rice
Just a few simple ingredients to make an incredible marinade for this Peruvian Chicken. Roast it, grill it or even cook it on the stove!