Best dishes of Cusco and Peru

1. CHIRI UCHU 

Within the food and / or gastronomy of Cusco, there is a representative dish and well known by the locals called Chiri uchu which means “cold chili”. It is a delicious dish that is consumed in the festivities of Cusco, in Corpus Christi, in the month of June and also in the Inti Raymi “Festival of the Sun”. This dish is a mixture of Cuy meat, cooked chicken, chalona, torreja, trout roe, cochayuyo or seaweed, sausage, roasted corn, Serrano cheese, chorizo, rocoto.

This meal is served cold in a single dish, which you have to know how to eat, some prefer to eat with cutlery others just want to use their hands to taste this delicious stew. But the trick is to combine all the flavors at the same time, which will give you a greater culinary experience.

2. PUCHERO

A delicious dish served at carnival time. Delicious cuisine containing various meats, accompanied by vegetables, potatoes, moraya, chickpeas, cassava, sweet potato, pear, peach and rice, it is without a doubt a very varied dish, delicious! And you can accompany it with the drink of your choice.

3. STUFFED HOT PEPPER 

Cusco’s creativity shines through this delicious gastronomic dish, made with red chili peppers accompanied on the inside with chopped vegetables, and delicious beef and also covered with a delicious crunchy mace to taste in various bites, and of course, the delicious serrana potato could not miss. . , making it a traditional local dish for all palates.

4.  BAKED GUINEA PIG 

It is a very nutritious typical dish in Cusco and Arequipa, this gastronomy is present especially in the Peruvian Andean areas, this delicacy is baked and accompanied with boiled potatoes and a delicious salad, obviously the guinea pig goes through different seasonings, to be in your target and try it.

5.  CHICHARON 

Delicious delicacy that contains pork cut into pieces, to be later browned in natural oil, this culinary dish is served every day in the Saylla district about 45 minutes from downtown Cusco. A plate accompanied by slices of French fries, salad, mote, beans and the inevitable chili pepper or “uchucuta”, a word in Quechua.