Cuy Ecuadorian Food

Ingredients 4 guinea pigs cuy 1 bulb of garlic 2 green or yellow peppers 100g ground roasted peanuts cumin chili panca salt 8 potatoes 4 hard boiled eggs.

Cuy ecuadorian food. The meat is a bit greasy but delicious. Delicious fried yuca with hunacaina sauce. Ecuadorian food typical dishes arroz con pollo or camarones ceviche choclo cuy guinea pig langostinos librillo llapingachos locro soup melcocha pan de yuca trucha. One portion of cuy is good to share between two people and also comes served with potatoes beans and corn.

On the coast it s common to have seafood with coconut milk and rice whereas the amazon has the most unusual food of it all albeit not so tasty in the heart of the amazon. Guinea pig or cuy as it is widely known in ecuador is considered a delicacy. Churrasco ecuatoriano ecuadorian grilled meat churrasco has its particularities in each nation in which it is prepared and ecuadorian churrasco also has its own style as well. A guinea pig is served with amazing potatoes that have a delicious mayonnaise sauce avocado and tomato or pico de gallo.

Churrasco churro dulce de leche come y bebe a tropical fruit salad served in orange juice ecuador maize varieties maize is. I ve never had duck or rabbit but my parents say that s what it tastes like. In the andes ecuadorian food is full of pork and root vegetables like yuca. Ecuadorian style churrasco is a delicious dish of beef accompanied by white rice fried eggs french fries salad and avocado.

From a personal point of view i would definitely recommend cuenca s restaurant tres estrellas in which to try guinea pig. In huanuco tacna and cajamarca the preference is also for fried cuy. Cuy also called cobayo or conejillo de indias is a guinea pig and a traditional entrée in south american andean culture. In arequipa it is prepared baked as cuy chaktado and in cuzco it is baked whole as a small suckling pig with a hot pepper in its mouth.

The guinea pig is a bit like ecuador s version of lobster served whole with a few side dishes. In the huancayo region the cuy is preferred fried with a sauce of pepper and achiote. Ecuadorian dishes and foods alfajor ceviche chifle chugchucaras a local delicacy of latacunga ecuador and the surrounding area prepared with deep fried pork and. It s a traditional food in colombian peruvian and ecuadorian andean culture.