Peruvian Lomo Saltado – Stir-Fried Beef with Tomatoes, Peppers and French Fries
The extraordinary Peruvian-Chinese stir-fry: tender beef, onions and tomatoes with soy sauce, served over chips and rice.
16 recipes using beef — Ceviche, lomo saltado, causa — the world's most exciting emerging cuisine.
These 16 peruvian beef recipes are ready in about 61 minutes on average, with 300–720 kcal per serving, and 13% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
Peruvian cooking is one of the world's most exciting — fusing Andean, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese techniques with bright citrus and vivid ají chillies. When Peruvian cooks work with beef, they reach for ají chillies, lime, garlic, coriander and red onion, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are searing, stir-frying, frying and boiling.
A rich, deeply savoury red meat that rewards both fast, hot searing and long, slow braising depending on the cut. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, soy sauce, red wine vinegar, aji panca paste, aji amarillo paste and ground cumin. The dishes here span peruvian classics ready in as little as 27 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Peruvian Lomo Saltado — Acurio-Inspired is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 2,142 ratings.
The extraordinary Peruvian-Chinese stir-fry: tender beef, onions and tomatoes with soy sauce, served over chips and rice.
Grilled beef heart skewers marinated in a flavorful Peruvian sauce.
Peruvian stir-fried beef with fries and rice.
Peru's signature stir-fry — strips of beef tenderloin, tomatoes and onions tossed in a soy-and-vinegar sauce over high heat, served with both white rice and crispy chips.
A special version of Peru's most popular stir-fry — beef tenderloin, tomatoes, and yellow peppers tossed in a wok with soy sauce and served over fries and rice.
Stir-fried beef with tomatoes, red onion and aji amarillo, served with both rice AND fries — Peru's most beloved fusion dish.
Peru's beloved chifa stir-fry — strips of marinated beef seared with onion, tomato and ají amarillo in a soy-vinegar sauce, served over rice with crisp French fries tossed in.
A fiery Andean beef stew slow-cooked with aji panca, aji amarillo and potatoes — the signature dish of southern Peru and Bolivia, rich with cumin and hot yellow chile.
Strips of beef stir-fried with onion, tomato and soy sauce, served over crispy fries, Peru's beloved Chinese-Peruvian fusion classic.
Beef heart marinated in aji panca and vinegar, grilled on skewers until charred, a beloved Peruvian street food and national favorite.
Fiery rocoto peppers stuffed with seasoned ground beef and topped with cheese, baked until bubbling, an Arequipa specialty.
Tender ground beef meatballs simmered in a savory aji amarillo and tomato sauce, a comforting Peruvian home-cooking staple.
A quinoa bowl topped with stir-fried beef, red onion and tomato in the style of Peru's lomo saltado.
Fiery rocoto peppers stuffed with savory beef picadillo, topped with cheese and baked until bubbling.
A molded Peruvian casserole of seasoned rice wrapped around a smoky tomato beef picadillo filling.
A juicy beef burger seasoned with cumin and aji amarillo, topped with a creamy queso fresco sauce.
Tender cuts (sirloin, ribeye) suit quick cooking; tougher, collagen-rich cuts (chuck, brisket, shin) are built for stews and braises. Look for bright-red colour and fine marbling.
Season generously and let steaks come to room temperature before searing. Rest cooked beef 5–10 minutes so the juices redistribute; slice against the grain to keep it tender.
Steaks: 52°C / 125°F for rare up to 71°C / 160°F for well done. Ground beef should always reach 71°C / 160°F.
An excellent source of complete protein, iron, zinc and vitamin B12; leaner cuts keep saturated fat in check.
Most of these 16 Peruvian beef recipes are ready in around 61 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Peruvian Lomo Saltado — Acurio-Inspired, takes about 27 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 255 minutes.
Across this collection they range from about 300 to 720 kcal per serving, averaging 516 kcal — Anticuchos is the lightest option at 300 kcal.
Peruvian Lomo Saltado — Acurio-Inspired is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 27 minutes. 13% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
In these recipes, beef is most often paired with garlic, soy sauce, red wine vinegar, aji panca paste, aji amarillo paste and ground cumin. Peruvian kitchens also lean on ají chillies, lime, garlic, coriander and red onion.
Steaks: 52°C / 125°F for rare up to 71°C / 160°F for well done. Ground beef should always reach 71°C / 160°F.
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