Chicharron Boliviano

Name: Chicharron Boliviano
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Bolivian
Ingredients: 1kg pork belly, cubed; 2 cups hominy corn; 4 potatoes, boiled; 2 tomatoes, diced

Chicharrón/chee-cha-RROHN/

About this dish

Crispy fried pork chunks, served with hominy, potato, and a fresh tomato salsa.

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Ingredients

🐖1kg pork belly, cubed

🌽2 cups hominy corn

🥔4 potatoes, boiled

🍅2 tomatoes, diced

Method

Serves 3

Simmer the pork in water with salt until tender.

Fry the cooked pork in its own rendered fat until crisp and golden.

Boil the hominy and potatoes separately until tender.

Make a fresh salsa from diced tomato, onion, and lime.

Serve the crispy pork with hominy, potato, and salsa.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Chicharrón is a widely eaten Bolivian fried pork dish, especially popular in the Cochabamba region.

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