# The best dishes of Peruvian food

The most popular and representative dishes of Peruvian gastronomy, from the coast to the Amazon, according to Forbes Peru, Infobae and Peruvian food guides.

- 158 votes · 22 items
- Mar 10, 2025 · Luis Sánchez
- https://even.best/en/l/27/the-best-dishes-of-peruvian-food

## Top 20

1. **Ají de gallina** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — Shredded hen in a cream of ají amarillo, bread and pecans, with potato and olive.
2. **Ceviche** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — Raw fish cured in lime with ají limo, onion and coriander, served with sweet potato and corn; national cultural heritage.
3. **Anticuchos** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — Beef heart skewers marinated in ají panca and grilled, Lima street food.
4. **Causa limeña** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Layers of yellow potato with chilli and lime filled with chicken, tuna or seafood.
5. **Rocoto relleno** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Rocoto pepper stuffed with minced meat and baked with cheese; the emblem of Arequipa.
6. **Arroz con pollo** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Green coriander rice with chicken, peas and corn.
7. **Pollo a la brasa** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Marinated chicken roasted in a wood-fired rotisserie, invented in Chaclacayo in the 1950s.
8. **Pachamanca** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Meats, potatoes and broad beans cooked underground with hot stones, from the Andes.
9. **Cuy chactado** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Guinea pig fried flat under a stone, a tradition of Arequipa and the Andes.
10. **Lomo saltado** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Beef stir-fried in a wok with onion, tomato and ají amarillo, with chips and rice; a child of Chinese-Peruvian chifa cooking.
11. **Papa a la huancaína** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Boiled potatoes covered in a cream of fresh cheese and ají amarillo.
12. **Seco de cordero** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Lamb stewed in coriander and chicha de jora, typical of the north.
13. **Jalea** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Mixed fried fish and seafood with cassava and salsa criolla.
14. **Tiradito** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Sliced raw fish in ají amarillo and lime sauce, with Nikkei influence.
15. **Juane** (3 · ▲7 ▼4) — Rice with hen and spices wrapped in bijao leaf, from the jungle for the feast of San Juan.
16. **Arroz chaufa** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — The fried rice of Lima's chifas, with egg, spring onion and soy sauce.
17. **Tacu tacu** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Rice and beans pan-fried into an omelette shape, often with steak and egg.
18. **Tacacho con cecina** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Balls of roasted green plantain with lard and smoked pork, from the Amazon.
19. **Chupe de camarones** (2 · ▲5 ▼3) — Thick river shrimp soup with potato, milk, cheese and egg, from Arequipa.
20. **Rice with seafood** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Sticky rice with yellow chili, panca chili and seafood, classic of cebicherias.
21. **Carapulcra** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Stew of dried potato with pork, ají panca and peanuts, typical of Chincha.
22. **Olluquito with jerky** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Andean stew of olluco in strips with charqui (dried meat) of llama or beef.

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