Cuy Ecuador Traditional Food

Chicha is often served with cuy as it.

Cuy ecuador traditional food. And yes cuy are guinea pigs. A popular street food in mountainous regions is hornado roasted pig which is often served with llapingacho a pan seared potato ball. Cuy is a traditional dish a delicacy in ecuador. Cuy has a naturally greasy dark meat.

Alternative recipe 4 cuys 1 teaspoon hot pepper 1 tablespoon pisco garlic to taste 6 fresh hot peppers either red or yellow 1 4 cup oil salt pepper to taste season the cleaned cuys with salt pepper hot pepper and pisco. Cuy also called cobayo or conejillo de indias is a guinea pig and a traditional entrée in south american andean culture. Traditional foods of the ecuadorian coast ceviche de camarón raw shrimp cocktail. It is more commonly known as cuy kew y in the indigenous language of kichwa because of the high pitched bird like sound the animal makes.

Guinea pig or cuy in ecuador is one of the traditional foods you should try while visiting ecuador bolivia or peru. Fry in oil five minutes or until. Cuy is an indigenous food source and common to the diet in ecuador dating back to the times before domestic animals namely cattle were introduced by the spanish. Cuy eating guinea pig in ecuador youtube.

You can t miss the experience of eating a delicious bolón de verde. We first encountered cuy during our time in cusco peru several years ago. In this post i share my experience visiting a cuy farm and eating fresh roasted cuy. In the andes ecuadorian food is full of pork and root vegetables like yuca.

Orange naranja raspberry mora banana maracuya guanabana. Bolones de verde stuffed green plantain dumplings. This is a very popular dish in the sierra especially cuenca but can be found all over the country. 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.

The meat is rich like duck and may be seasoned with garlic cumin salt and pepper. Cuy is a traditional peruvian dish. Shrimp ceviche or cebiche is one of the most traditional dishes in ecuador.