Chupe de Camarones

Name: Chupe de Camarones
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Peruvian
Ingredients: 400g shrimp; 2 potatoes, chunked; 1 corn cob, cut into rounds; 1 cup milk; 2 eggs, poached in the soup

Chupe de Camarones/CHOO-peh deh kah-mah-ROH-nes/

About this dish

A rich, creamy shrimp chowder with potato, corn, and a poached egg.

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Ingredients

🦐400g shrimp

🥔2 potatoes, chunked

🌽1 corn cob, cut into rounds

🥛1 cup milk

🥚2 eggs, poached in the soup

Method

Serves 2

Make a stock by simmering the shrimp shells briefly, then strain.

Sauté onion and garlic, then add the shrimp stock, potato, and corn, and simmer until tender.

Add milk and the shrimp, cooking until the shrimp are just done.

Poach eggs directly in the simmering soup.

Season with salt and serve hot.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Chupe de camarones is a traditional Peruvian coastal soup, especially popular around Arequipa, valued for its comforting, hearty texture.

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