Tacu tacu
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Recipe type: Entree
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • ⅓ cup red onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon aji amarillo, chopped (or to taste)
  • ½ teaspoon dried oregano
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 cups Lima beans, cooked
  • 1 cup white rice, cooked
Instructions
  1. *Heat the oil in a pan, add and cook the onion, garlic, aji Amarillo and oregano.
  2. *Add and stir the beans, mashing them with a wooden spoon, or even better, with a potato masher. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. *Add the rice and continue stirring and mashing until the mixture is thick like a paste. Divide into four portions, fry every one and try to form a log moving the pan back and forth with a firm but light movement. The outside of the tacu tacu must be slightly crispy while the inside remains mushy.
  4. *Serve with Salsa Criolla, fried egg, fried bananas, breaded steak, or anyway you like.
Recipe by PERU DELIGHTS at https://perudelights.com/tacu-tacu-when-less-is-more/