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Hello amigos! Here I am again and very happy to continue as a guest foodie of Delicious Happen. This gives me the opportunity to give you a culinary journey through Peru. Peru has a rich history and countless events worth telling. All those stories in which the culture and traditions come into their own. The person I love to hear tell these stories is my dear mother.
As a Peruvian history teacher, she always had many interesting stories to tell. receta de papa rellena peruana With legends and myths from the Inca Empire to real events. She always caught my attention with that. I also give you a papa rellena recipe this time. We make real Peruvian fried papa rellena. Are you reading along?
A piece of history
But first, let's focus on the culinary history of the papa rellena. There are signs that this dish has an influence from Moorish cuisine. The North African slaves who arrived in Peru with the Spaniards brought the use of meat and spices as a culinary filling in this dish. T
During the war with Chile in 1879, historians say that this dish was eaten by the soldiers because it was easy to transport thanks to its preparation.
Eating on the street
The stuffed potato is very popular in Peruvian food culture. It is often served as an appetizer or snack. Papa rellena is also very popular as street food. This is because the “street food culture” is important. You will find a stall where you can buy food at any time of the day. In Peru, a geographically diverse and socially complex country, street food plays a vital role in society. The variety of foods sold by street vendors is a good reflection of the country's diversity.
Moreover, the traditional filling of this dish is with beef. But as with the causa limena, we can be very creative and also make it with a different filling. The potato is traditionally filled with black olives, egg, beef, cumin and other spices. It is often served with a delicious salsa criolla.
One of my favorite memories of Peru is Señora Julia's “papa rellena”. She was a street food vendor in Lima who was around the corner from my English school. Every time after my class, we went to her with my friends and ordered the most delicious papa rellena with salsa criolla and ajicito on the side. These are fried potato balls filled with minced meat, onion, raisins and olives. The salsa criolla is a fresh salad of red onion, lime juice and coriander.
The ajicito is a spicy sauce made from yellow peppers. The combination of these ingredients together make a fantastic taste explosion that you will love. That's why I decided to share my “papa rellena” with Francine, who invited me into her kitchen. I was happy to see that she thoroughly enjoyed my Peruvian dish.
The recipe for Peruvian fried papa rellena
For example, another place where you can eat one of the best papa rellena in Lima is at “Huerta Chinen”. This is a small restaurant that is prepared with great enthusiasm and love by Señora Angelita together with her family. They really make the best traditional dishes from Peru. You can see more about her on Netflix's street food Latin America series.
Just like back home in Peru, I also enjoyed this dish a lot. This is mainly due to the recipe and the way my abuelita cooked it in her kitchen with firewood, which brought a fantastic smoky flavor to the “papa rellena”. That's why I share her recipe with the ingredients that ensure that you get close to the smoke flavor.
Enjoy it!
Here you will find the complete recipe with all the ingredients you need. I hope you have fun preparing the dish below.
Peruvian fried papa rellena
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Ingredients:
- 1 kilo floury potatoes
- 200 gram minced beef
- 3 el tomato paste
- 1 Red onion - (shredded)
- 2 el finely chopped red bell pepper
- 2 cloves of smoked garlic finely chopped - (otherwise normal normal white cloves)
- 6 black olives
- 2 Cooked eggs
- 1 protein - ( to bread )
- wheat flour - ( to bread )
Herbs / spices :
- salt
- peper
- 2 el aji amarillo paste - (Taste Peru, pasta of Peruvian peppers)
- 1 el aji panca paste - (dried chili pepper powder is also possible)
- 1 tl cumin powder
- 1 tl dried oregano
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And this is how you make it:
- Peel the potatoes and boil them in salted water for about 20 minutes until they are soft. Mash the potatoes fine and smooth. There should be no pieces left. For perfectly smooth puree, I use a fork myself. Mix the mashed potatoes well with 3 tablespoons of wheat flour and some salt to a kind of dough.
- For the filling: Heat some oil in a pan over high heat. While stirring, add the chopped onion and minced garlic then the tomato paste, bell pepper, aji amarillo, ají panca and fry until slightly caramelized. Add the ground beef, salt, pepper, cumin and oregano. Stir and cover the pan. Cook over low heat for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, then turn off the heat.
- Boil the eggs.
- Divide the potato dough into four equal parts and form into balls. Knead the potato ball for a few seconds with floured hands. Take the ball and flatten it between your hands. Scoop some of the filling from the pan with a spoon and a piece of the boiled egg and black olive in the center of the potato round. Fold nicely into a round ball.
- Prepare 1 large bowl with a layer of flour on the counter and a bowl with the beaten egg whites. Roll the stuffed potato ball first in the egg white then in the bowl with flour and fry them in hot oil or in a deep fryer until they are golden brown on the outside.
- Serve the “papa rellena” together with salsa criolla and aji amarillo mayonnaise. *see notes.
- Delicious bites!
This blog “Peruvian fried papa rellena” is a contribution of our guest foodie Mariëlla from Proef Peru. Want to try even more Peruvian dishes? Then take a look at her website.
Want to try even more of these colorful and tasty dishes? Check out the recipes below:
Vegetarian causa Limena, a mashed potato pie with vegetable filling.
Or this meal soup chupe de papa, soup with egg and potato and chicken.
For a nice breakfast, make tacacho con cecina. Banana with bacon!
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