llama charquekan – Oruro
Charquekán – Oruro
[ap_dropcaps style=”ap-square”]E[/ap_dropcaps]l Charquekan is a dish originating from the department of Oruro. Consists of meat (beef or llama) crumbled and dehydrated, through exposure to the sun with salt, accompanied with fresh cow cheese, potatoes with skin, mote (corn kernels) and llajwa (Bolivian hot sauce).
Advice
– night before, soak the meat to reduce the salt. The next day, drain the water. in a saucepan, put the meat with water and let it cook for 15 minutes.
– Once cooked, Fry the meat in hot oil until it turns dark in color.
Preparation suggestion
Ingredients
- 800 g of beef jerky
- 1/2 cup of oil
- 8 large unpeeled potatoes
- 8 eggs
- 1 y 1/2 kg of white mote (peeled and cooked corn)
- Sal
- 500 g of cheese
- Llajwua.
Preparation
[ap_dropcaps style=”ap-square”]U[/ap_dropcaps]n day before preparing the charquekan, Soak the jerky in a pot with plenty of water, this to remove all the excess salt.
Remove the puddle from the water, rinse and let drain. Heat a pot with unsalted water, boil the jerky a few 15 minutes. Remove from the pot and spread the slices in a fulling mill or tacú. Hammer away what is necessary, until it can be easily crumbled with the fingers, including fat. You can also put the charque inside a plastic bag and hit the bag with a kitchen hammer. (wooden) on some sturdy surface.
Meanwhile, let a pot heat up with water and salt. Wash the imilla potatoes very well and add to the pot., with more of its shell. let cook 15 minutes or until the potatoes are soft and ready to split.
In the same water that you cooked the potatoes, put the eggs and let them boil. 5 minutes or until they harden, You can also put the eggs together with the potatoes.
To place 1/2 cup of oil in a large frying pan, once hot, dry the jerky as best as possible before adding it to the hot oil, Put all the jerky in the pan, mixing until golden and crispy., Remove from the pan and let it drain in a metal strainer or you can also put it on absorbent paper..
In the same pan that fried the jerky, put the sliced cheese (16 markets), let fry 1 a 2 minutes per side or until lightly browned.
Heat the white mote separately, Drain with a slotted spoon and serve the mote first., fried jerky on top, beside 1 egg, 1 potato with its peel. 2 slightly melted cheese slices. Accompany this dish, with a red llajwa.
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