Picante a la tacneña is Tacna’s signature dish: a stew of panca, mirasol, and limeño chilies with tripe, cow’s foot, charqui, chalona, and potato.
The chilies are cooked slowly into an intense red base that coats the meats and potatoes.
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Peruvian Picante a la Tacneña
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 55 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Peruvian
Description
Traditional Tacna stew made with beef tripe, beef foot, potatoes, and ají panca.
Ingredients
- 1 kg of boiled beef tripe
- ½ boiled cow’s foot, with its broth reserved
- 2 kg of potatoes
- 50 g of charqui, toasted and soaked
- 50 g of chalona (dried mutton)
- 100 g of chilies (panca, mirasol, and limeño)
- 1 small onion
- 2 tablespoons of garlic
- 3 tablespoons of oil
- Salt, pepper, cumin, and oregano, to taste
Preparation
- Cook the chilies, put the chilies, onion, and chalona in a pot and cook for about an hour, until they release their juices.
- Make the base, once dry, add the oil, garlic, charqui, pepper, cumin, and oregano and fry; save a little of the oil to drizzle over the dish when serving.
- Add the meats, add the boiled cow’s foot and cook 5 minutes, turning it; add the tripe, a little of the cow’s foot broth, and the potatoes in pieces, adjust the seasoning, and cook 20 minutes, until the potato takes on the chili flavor.
- Rest and serve, let it rest in the pot uncovered for a few minutes and serve drizzled with the reserved oil.
Tips
- Cook the chilies patiently: the flavor of the picante depends on that hour.
- Let the stew rest uncovered before serving.
Traditional variations
In Tacna it’s made with the mariva potato, unique to the region, and the traditional preparation can take many hours depending on quantity.
How to serve
Serve it hot with marraqueta bread.
Recommended pairings
- Marraqueta bread
- Dry red wine
Did you know?
INEI records it as a typical dish of Tacna, and it’s considered the region’s signature dish.
Frequently Asked Questions
A mix of ají panca, mirasol, and limeño.
Tripe, cow's foot, charqui, and chalona.
Marraqueta bread and dry red wine from Tacna.
