# The best dishes of the Peruvian Amazon

Juane, tacacho with cecina, inchicapi, patarashca and paiche: the Amazonian cooking of Peru, with its fruits and liquors.

- 163 votes · 18 items
- Oct 30, 2021 · salsabrava_tranquilo
- https://even.best/en/l/3645/the-best-dishes-of-the-peruvian-amazon

## Top 18

1. **Doncella soup** (11 · ▲13 ▼2) — Thick soup of doncella fish.
2. **Juane** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — Rice with chicken and spices wrapped in bijao leaves.
3. **Tacacho con cecina** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — Mashed roasted green plantain with smoked pork.
4. **Inchicapi** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — Chicken soup with peanuts and cassava.
5. **Chapo** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Ripe plantain drink.
6. **Timbuche** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Fish broth.
7. **Cocona salsa** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Cocona and chili salsa.
8. **Charapita chili sauce** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — The small, hot chili of the jungle.
9. **Paiche ceviche** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Ceviche of paiche, one of the largest freshwater fish.
10. **Siete raíces** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Cane liquor with seven jungle roots.
11. **Chonta salad** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — Palm heart salad.
12. **Aguajina** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Aguaje palm fruit drink, rich in vitamin A.
13. **Camu camu** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — The fruit with the most vitamin C.
14. **Chuchuhuasi** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Cane liquor macerated with chuchuhuasi bark.
15. **Zarapatera** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — Soup cooked in a turtle shell.
16. **Patarashca** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Fish wrapped in bijao leaves and grilled.
17. **Arroz charapita** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Rice with charapita chili.
18. **Masato** (0 · ▲4 ▼4) — Pre-Hispanic fermented cassava drink.

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