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Cuy con papas: Seasoned, cooked, and fried Guinea pig served with a potato stew, toasted peanuts, chopped onions and hot peppers. [42] Cuy frito: Guinea pig breaded with corn meal and fried. Cuy relleno: Guinea pig stuffed with parsley, black mint, mint, oregano, green onions, cleaned and boiled innards, and crushed toasted peanuts. [43] [44]
Cuy: Guinea pig, which is often served whole, or the meat can be used as filling for foods such as tacos and ravioli. [13] Cuy chactado: A dish more popular in the highlands is this meal of fried guinea pig. Often the indigenous women of the Peruvian Andes will raise the guinea pigs in their huts.
Ceviche, a Peruvian dish that has grown rapidly in popularity. Peru has a varied cuisine with ingredients like potato, uchu or Ají (Capsicum pubescens), oca, ulluco, avocado, fruits like chirimoya, lúcuma and pineapple, and animals like taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis), llama and guinea pig (called cuy).
On the July 21st premiere of his National Geographic Show, "Uncharted," he travels to Peru where he tries an array of local delicacies, including roast guinea pig.
Cuy (Guinea Pig) The local gastronomy presents a diversified array of dishes resulting from the mestizaje and fusion of its pre-Inca , Inca , colonial , and modern traditions. It is a variation of Andean Peruvian cuisine , although it maintains some typical cultural traits of southern Peru.
Papa a la huancaína is the most famous dish from Huancayo and one of the most famous in the country. It is a yellow cream over fresh cheese or cooked potatoes, hard boiled eggs, black olives and chili peppers. Another popular dish is cuy, guinea pig, and trout ceviche.
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From the common American guinea pig to the exotic Lunkarya Guinea Pig, these are the guinea pig breeds you should know about.