Dinner
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.
⏱ 40 min🔥 560 kcalMedium
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Peruvian Tomatoes Recipes
12 recipes using tomatoes — Ceviche, lomo saltado, causa — the world's most exciting emerging cuisine.
These 12 peruvian tomatoes recipes are ready in about 52 minutes on average, with 310–720 kcal per serving, and 17% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
12
recipes
52 min
average time
505 kcal
avg per serving
17%
easy recipes
How Peruvian cuisine cooks with tomatoes
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 tomatoes, they reach for ají chillies, lime, garlic, coriander and red onion, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, searing, frying and boiling.
Sweet-acidic fruit that forms the backbone of sauces, stews and salads across nearly every cuisine. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, aji amarillo paste, soy sauce, red wine vinegar, fresh cilantro and red onion. The dishes here span peruvian classics ready in as little as 27 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
12 Peruvian Tomatoes Recipes
Dinner
Lomo Saltado Especial
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.
⏱ 35 min🔥 500 kcalMedium
Dinner
Peruvian Lomo Saltado — Acurio-Inspired
Stir-fried beef with tomatoes, red onion and aji amarillo, served with both rice AND fries — Peru's most beloved fusion dish.
⏱ 27 min🔥 712 kcalEasy
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Lomo Saltado (Peruvian Beef Stir-Fry with French Fries)
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.
⏱ 45 min🔥 720 kcalMedium
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Chupe de Camarones (Peruvian Shrimp Chowder)
Arequipa's magnificent shrimp chowder: large river shrimp in a rich aji panca and tomato broth with corn, potato, queso fresco, cream and a poached egg.
⏱ 70 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
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Picante de Carne (Bolivian-Peruvian Spiced Beef Stew)
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.
⏱ 140 min🔥 580 kcalMedium
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Albondigas Peruanas (Peruvian Meatballs in Aji Sauce)
Tender ground beef meatballs simmered in a savory aji amarillo and tomato sauce, a comforting Peruvian home-cooking staple.
⏱ 50 min🔥 430 kcalMedium
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Pescado a la Chorrillana (Peruvian Fish in Tomato Onion Sauce)
Pan-fried white fish topped with a savory sauteed sauce of tomato, onion, and bell pepper, a classic dish from Lima's Chorrillos district.
⏱ 40 min🔥 330 kcalMedium
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Solterito de Quinoa (Peruvian Quinoa Salad)
A colorful Peruvian salad of cooked quinoa, corn, fava beans, tomato, and queso fresco, tossed in a light lime vinaigrette.
⏱ 40 min🔥 310 kcalEasy
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Peruvian Quinoa Bowl with Lomo Saltado-Style Beef
A quinoa bowl topped with stir-fried beef, red onion and tomato in the style of Peru's lomo saltado.
⏱ 30 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
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Arroz con Mariscos (Peruvian Seafood Rice)
Smoky tomato-and-aji rice studded with shrimp, squid and mussels, Peru's answer to paella.
⏱ 50 min🔥 470 kcalMedium
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Arroz Tapado (Peruvian Beef and Rice Casserole)
A molded Peruvian casserole of seasoned rice wrapped around a smoky tomato beef picadillo filling.
⏱ 55 min🔥 490 kcalMedium
Choosing & preparing tomatoes
How to choose
Ripe tomatoes smell fragrant at the stem and give slightly to a gentle squeeze. For cooking out of season, good-quality tinned tomatoes often beat pale fresh ones.
Prep & storage
Store at room temperature, never the fridge, which kills their flavour and texture. Score and blanch to slip off skins; salting slices draws out excess water for salads.
Nutrition
A low-calorie source of vitamin C, potassium and the antioxidant lycopene — which actually becomes more available when tomatoes are cooked.
Classic flavour partners: basil, garlic, olive oil, mozzarella, onion, oregano
Peruvian Tomatoes Recipes — FAQ
How long do Peruvian tomatoes recipes take to make?
Most of these 12 Peruvian tomatoes recipes are ready in around 52 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Peruvian Lomo Saltado — Acurio-Inspired, takes about 27 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 140 minutes.
How many calories are in Peruvian tomatoes dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 310 to 720 kcal per serving, averaging 505 kcal — Solterito de Quinoa (Peruvian Quinoa Salad) is the lightest option at 310 kcal.
What is the easiest Peruvian tomatoes recipe for beginners?
Peruvian Lomo Saltado — Acurio-Inspired is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 27 minutes. 17% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with tomatoes in Peruvian cooking?
In these recipes, tomatoes is most often paired with garlic, aji amarillo paste, soy sauce, red wine vinegar, fresh cilantro and red onion. Peruvian kitchens also lean on ají chillies, lime, garlic, coriander and red onion.
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