About this dish
Leftover rice and beans pan-fried together into a crisp cake, often topped with a fried egg or steak.
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Ingredients
🍚2 cups cooked rice
🫘2 cups cooked beans
🧅1 onion, chopped
🌶️1 ají amarillo pepper, chopped
🥚Fried egg, for serving
Method
Serves 21
Sauté onion and ají amarillo until softened.2
Mash the beans roughly and mix with the rice and sautéed onion mixture.3
Press the mixture into a hot, oiled pan and fry until a crisp crust forms on the bottom.4
Flip carefully and crisp the other side.5
Serve topped with a fried egg or grilled steak.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Tacu tacu is a traditional Peruvian dish, historically developed as a way to use up leftover rice and beans from the day before.
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