About the dish
Silpancho is a hearty dish from Cochabamba, a city seen as Bolivia's culinary capital. It is built in layers on the plate: white rice, slices of boiled and fried potato, and on top a huge, very thinly pounded breaded beef cutlet that often hangs over the edge. The whole thing is crowned with one or two fried eggs and a fresh salsa of tomato, onion, parsley and fiery locoto chilli. It is a popular lunch in diners and markets and a favourite evening meal out, and its simplicity makes it easy to cook at home. Leftovers go into trancapecho, a sandwich with the same fillings.
Main ingredients
- beef
- breadcrumbs
- rice
- potatoes
- eggs
- tomatoes
- onion
- locoto chilli
Bolivia: A Cochabamba speciality, popular across Bolivia.
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