Skip to content
even.best

The best dishes of the Peruvian Amazon

The top 3 according to 163 votes from people: Doncella soup · Juane · Tacacho con cecina. (Updated Oct 30, 2021.)

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

salsabrava_tranquilo · · 18 items · 163 votes · 5 comments

Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original

Top 18

  1. 1

    Doncella soup

    Thick soup of doncella fish.

    ▲ 13 ▼ 2

    11
  2. 2

    Juane

    Rice with chicken and spices wrapped in bijao leaves.

    ▲ 11 ▼ 2

    9
  3. 3

    Tacacho con cecina

    Mashed roasted green plantain with smoked pork.

    ▲ 10 ▼ 1

    9
  4. 4

    Inchicapi

    Chicken soup with peanuts and cassava.

    ▲ 10 ▼ 1

    9
  5. 5

    Chapo

    Ripe plantain drink.

    ▲ 9 ▼ 0

    9
  6. 6

    Timbuche

    Fish broth.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 1

    7
  7. 7

    Cocona salsa

    Cocona and chili salsa.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 1

    7
  8. 8

    Charapita chili sauce

    The small, hot chili of the jungle.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 1

    7
  9. 9

    Paiche ceviche

    Ceviche of paiche, one of the largest freshwater fish.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 0

    7
  10. 10

    Siete raíces

    Cane liquor with seven jungle roots.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 0

    7
  11. 11

    Chonta salad

    Palm heart salad.

    ▲ 9 ▼ 3

    6
  12. 12

    Aguajina

    Aguaje palm fruit drink, rich in vitamin A.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 1

    6
  13. 13

    Camu camu

    The fruit with the most vitamin C.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  14. 14

    Chuchuhuasi

    Cane liquor macerated with chuchuhuasi bark.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 2

    4
  15. 15

    Zarapatera

    Soup cooked in a turtle shell.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 3

    3
  16. 16

    Patarashca

    Fish wrapped in bijao leaves and grilled.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 2

    3
  17. 17

    Arroz charapita

    Rice with charapita chili.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  18. 18

    Masato

    Pre-Hispanic fermented cassava drink.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 4

    0

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.

Is something missing?

Log in to add an item

Comments (5)

Log in to comment

gymrat_queretaro · Español

Tacacho con cecina y un chapo bien helado, desayuno de campeones en Iquitos

Karla Zúñiga · Español

Probé el ceviche de paiche en Pucallpa y me sorprendió muchísimo

snackattack_happy · Español

Ojo que el paiche de verdad tiene que ser de criadero, el salvaje está protegido

Claudia B. · Español

El juane de San Juan en Tarapoto, una tradición que no me pierdo

More rankings like this