Bolivian Cuisine & Recipes

Typical Bolivian Dishes

Appetizers

• Humintas (Steamed corncakes)
• Pukacapas (Spicy cheese pastries)
• Salteñas (Stuffed pastries; see Empanadas variations)

Soups & Stews

• Chairo (Meat, chuño & vegetable stew)
• Lagua de Plátano Verde (Green plantain stew)
• Locro (Chicken, rice & plantain soup)
• Picana de Mariscos (Seafood stew)
• Sopa de Camaroncillo (Dried shrimp soup)
• Sopa de Maní (Peanut soup)
• Sopa de Pirañas (Pirana soup)

Eggs & Dairy

• Tortilla de Huevo de Peta (Tortoise egg omelet)

Poultry

• Chanca (Chicken with yellow pepper & onion sauce)
• Picante de Pollo (Chicken in spicy pepper sauce)
• Pastel de Choclo con Pollo (Chicken & cornmeal pie)
• Pavo Relleno (Stuffed roast turkey)
• Qoqo de Pollo (Stewed chicken)

Meats

• Charquecan (Dried beef with potatoes, corn & eggs)
• Chorizo Beniano (Spicy sausage)
• Fritanga Chuquisqueña (Pork & egg stew)
• Keperi Beniano (Beef with peppers)
• Majao (Rice with dried beef)
• Masako (Dried beef with plantains & cheese)
• Pacumutu (Grilled beef with yuca & cheesy rice)
• Parilladas (Grilled meats)
• Saice (Ground beef & onions over potatoes)
• Sarapate de Peta (Tortoise meat with plantains & herbs)
• Silpancho (Breaded beef cutlets)

Fish & Seafood

• Pacu Frito (Fried fish with yuca & a salad)
• Surubí al Horno (Baked fish with yuca & rice)
• Trucha à la Crema (Trout with cream sauce)

Vegetables & Beans

• Chuño Phuti (Dehydrated potato)
• Escabeche (Pickled vegetables)
• Papas (Potatoes)
• Papas a la Huancaína (Potatoes with chile-peanut sauce)
• Pejtu de Habas (Stewed fava beans)
• Plato Paceño (La Paz dinner of corn, beans, potatoes & cheese)
• Quesumacha (Potatoes with cheese)
• Yuca Frita (Fried yuca)

Breads & Grains

• Cuñapes (Yuca & cheese bread)
• Majao (Rice with dried beef)
• Pan de Arroz (Rice, yuca & cheese bread)
• Quinoa (Andean grain)

Sauces & Condiments

• Chive (Toasted yuca flour condiment)
• Jallpahuaica (Tomato-pepper sauce)
• Llajua (Spicy chile-tomato sauce)

Desserts

• Cocadas (Coconut sweets)
• Helado de Canela (Cinnamon ice cream)
• Leche Asada (Caramel custard)
• Manjar Blanco (Caramel spread; see Dulce de Leche recipe)
• Pan Dulce (Sweet Christmas bread)
• Tawa Tawas (Sweet fritters)

Beverages

• Api (Purple corn beverage)
• Biblia (Bolivian eggnog)
• Cerveza (Beer)
• Chicha de Jora (Fermented corn beverage)
• Chicha de Maní (Peanut beverage)
• Maté de Coca (Coca leaf tea)
• Pisco Sour (Brandy cocktail)
• Singanis (Local brandy)
• Yungueño (Orange cocktail)

Breakfast

• Salteñas (Stuffed pastries; see Empanadas variations)