Lomo Saltado Peruano (Beef stir-fry)

This is another delicious dish from Peru. They called it Lomo saltado and English it means beef stir fry. This is the typical Peruvian food and you'll find this in every Peruvian restaurant. This is actually a very special dish because it's a blend of Asian and Peruvian ingredients. Since the migration of the Chinese and Japanese in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they brought with them Asian ingredients, cooking techniques and therefore new traditional dishes are being invented. One of them is Lomo saltado which I am going to share you my version that I always cook at home. The main ingredients here is Soy sauce....hope you'll like it.

1.5 lb of stir fry beef
2 potatoes
4 tablespoon of of soy sauce (I used Mushroom soy sauce, it's bit thicker and darker than regular soy sauce, Also it's not salty has a mushroom flavor.)
1 large red onion (cut wedges)
1 large tomato seedless
a pinch of cumin
1/2 teaspoon chicken powder bouillon
1/2 tablespoon of garlic
1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar
1/2 medium size of bell pepper seedless
1 teaspoon of aji amarillo
1 teaspoon of cinammon
a bunch of cilantro
a dash of ajinomoto
salt + pepper to taste
3 tablespoon of vegetable oil

Season beef with salt + pepper + 2 tablespoon of soy sauce and let it sit for 30mins

Fry potatoes with veg oil until golden brown and add salt

On a wok fry the beef with 3 tablespoon of veg oil. Add Garlic + soy sauce + cumin + pepper + cinnamon + aji amarillo and let it shimmer. Then add red wine vinegar. Then add onion + tomato + bell pepper and let them all cook. Add a bit of water if needed. Add chicken bouillon + ajinomoto. At the end before turning off the heat, add fresh cilantro. Add The french fries on the wok.

All the ingredients

This is the mushroom soy sauce, it's a chinese product

Meat needs to be marinated

Frozen cilantro & bell pepper

Frying meat w/ veg oil

Add the french fries at the end

Serve this with rice. Enjoy!!