Chances are that if you’ve ever had the good fortune to eat Peruvian food, you’ve had a scrumptious plate of lomo saltado!
One of the most popular Peruvian dishes – after ceviche, of course – lomo saltado is super easy to make and it virtually takes no time. Growing up, I was lucky to eat this at least once a week. My dad’s lomo saltado was by far my favorite.
Most of you know I’m not a huge cook, but I do know how to make some basic, classic Peruvian dishes. Lomo saltado is one of them. (The other one is arroz con pollo – which I promise I’ll share here soon.)
Some people say lomo saltado is not really a Peruvian dish, but it’s actually a prime example of what the cuisine from my country is all about: an ingenious blend of old and new flavors from four continents. The stir-fry concept is undoubtedly Asian, but the ají amarillo and the french fries made with papas amarillas give it the millenary Peruvian flavor.
This recipe is my contribution to our monthly Mizkan Cooking Challenge for September in which the six blogueras participating had to come up with a Receta de mi País recipe using one the many Holland House vinegars as an ingredient.
Ingredients:
- 1 lb of beef tenderloin or beef for stir-frying
- 3 roma tomatoes
- 1 big red onions (make sure they’re red!)
- 1 lb. russet potatoes
- Peruvian hot peppers (otherwise known as ají amarillo. You should be able to find this at a Latin supermarket. If you can’t find the actual ají, you can substitute with ají amarillo sauce like the one I used for this recipe.)
- freshly chopped cilantro (to taste)
- 3 tbsps of soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Holland House red wine vinegar
- Canola or vegetable oil for frying
Directions:
1) Slice the red onions, tomatoes, potatoes, meat and ají amarillo (if you can get it) lengthwise. Make sure you prep all this ingredients before you start cooking because it all needs to happen very quickly and at high temperatures.
2) Deep fry the potato slices by using enough oil to cover them. Beware, they take a little time, so do this before you start with the rest of the ingredients.
3) Put oil on a wok and stir-fry the beef strips at high until brown. You can add pepper to the beef at this point.
4) (Here’s where my recipe differs from other lomo saltado recipes.) Remove the beef strips and stir fry the garlic and onions. Add the vinegar and soy sauce. At this point, thrown in the slices of ají amarillo, if you have it. When onions are cooked but still crunchy, add the tomatoes.
5) Stir and put the beef strips back in the wok. Add the cilantro and the ají amarillo sauce, if that’s what you’re using.
6) Carefully stir all ingredients and add the french fries. (Some people like to put them on the side. I like the potatoes to soak up the juices in the wok). Remove wok from heat.
7) Serve immediately with white rice, the Peruvian staple.
To find out what delicious Recetas de Mi País the other five blogueras in the challenge cooked, just click on the badges below.
Disclosure: This recipe and post were made possible thanks to the sponsorship from Mizkan Americas.
Wow que rico, me encanta el lomo saltado es uno de mis platos preferidos después del Ceviche, justo ayer le hice a mi esposo el lomo saltado le encanta.
Gracias por difundir la comida peruana.
La comida peruana es la mejor!!! Es una de las cosas que más extraño de Miami ahora que vivo en Denver, pero en unos días voy para allá y me voy a dar gusto!
This looks amazing! I’ve never made Lomo Salteado. Thanks for the recipe, Roxana!
Sure thing, Ericka! As you can see from the comments of other Peruvians, it’s a very, very popular typical dish…
Seguro que conquistaste a tu marido con esas recetas!
Jajjajaja!! Na’ que ver… Mi papá todavía vivía cuando conquisté a mi marido, así que el se encargó de alimentarlo… creo que el pobre creía que yo cocinaba tan bien como mi padre y cayó en la trampa!
love me some lomo saltado! there’s a great Peruvian restaurant here in D.C. that serves up some delicious stables! ay que rico!!
Have you ever tried making it, Bren? I’m sure it would come out perfect!!
Aahhhhh, soy sauce. That’s the kick.
Mario’s in Hollywood – Amazing!
Glad to hear you like Peruvian food, Rachel!
Soy sauce? I’m sold! Never heard of this dish but it looks and sounds delicioso =)
It is, Carla! It really is!!!
I’ve only tried Peruvian food one in DC. Never had this before! Will have to try it next time I visit a restaurant!
Well, you’ll have a lot of eating to be done. Peruvian food is very varied and a lot of people don’t even know about its existence.
I never had this but it sounds delicioso! I don’t really eat red meat but I bet it’s good with chicken.
Never had it with chicken, but I’ve heard from other who don’t eat red meat that it can be made with chicken and I know some even make it with seafood… Good luck!
Soy sauce! Unbelievable. But it looks delicioso! Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Have you ever had Peruvian food, Monica? It’s really, really good… I promise…
Lomo Saltado is a high ranking dish in my book… Thank you for sharing… I want to make this.
Glad to hear that! Hope you can make it soon and I’d love to know how it turned out…
Muy sabroso! We have this frequently at home too! If anyone has found a good way to approximate Causa, I’m all ears. And for all you New Yorkers, I hear Gaston Acurio is about to open a Peruvian restaurant in Manhattan next month.
I love causa!!! But I’ve never attempted to make it… Maybe I should try…
And, yes, Acurio is opening a restaurant in a NYC! I’ve been to La Mar in San Francisco and it’s pretty good, but nothing like La Mar in Lima…. I’ll be in Miami at the end of the week, and one of my first stops will be at Ceviche105, my new favorite Peruvian restaurant!! Highly recommended if you plan to visit Miami any time soon!
Thanks for your comment, Stephanie!
I loved this, especially the dash of soy sauce, very creative, and improvisado, which is what fantastic cooks–from our Mamis to Michelin-starred chefs–have done for ages. Yum! I can’t wait to try it. [sounds of forks and knives clanking on the kitchen table] Now, where’s that arroz con pollo recipe?
Rox, it looks delicious and I imagine it would not taste the same made with Tofu!
Hola chicas!!!! soy su nueva fan!!!! y orgullosamente peruana, les digo que me encanta el lomito saltado, es uno de mis platillos preferidos. En casa solo preparo comida peruana, por supuesto. Gracias por difundir la maravillosa gastronomia peruana, yo tambien lo hago de alguna manera. Saludos a las dos!!!!!!
I love Peruvian food! This looks so delicious and easy. Thanks for sharing it, Rox!
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Gracias por tu reseta del Lomito lo unico que yo le agrego son dos huevos fritos (over easy) que viene hacer montado.