Carapulcra

Name: Carapulcra
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Peruvian
Ingredients: 300g dried potatoes (papa seca), soaked; 500g pork, cubed; 1/2 cup peanuts, ground; 3 tbsp ground aji panca

Carapulcra/kah-rah-POOL-krah/

About this dish

A hearty stew of dried potatoes and pork, seasoned with peanuts and ground chiles.

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Ingredients

🥔300g dried potatoes (papa seca), soaked

🥩500g pork, cubed

🥜1/2 cup peanuts, ground

🌶️3 tbsp ground aji panca

Method

Serves 3

Soak the dried potatoes in water until softened.

Brown the pork, then set aside.

Sauté onion, garlic, and aji panca paste until fragrant.

Add the pork, potatoes, ground peanuts, and stock, then simmer until thickened.

Serve with rice.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Carapulcra is one of the oldest dishes in Peru, with roots predating Spanish colonization, using sun-dried potatoes.

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