Peruvian Chicken and Rice in a cast iron skillet with a bowl of aji amarillo.

Main Dishes

Includes all recipes that are suitable for a main dish… It might be healthy weeknight dishes like pollo saltado (Peruvian stir-fried chicken) or pan-seared Mexican fish. Perhaps you’re looking for something special for date night like these lamb chops with compound butter. Vegetarian main dish options include Peruvian pasta a la huancaína and spicy air fryer tofu tacos. Of course if you have a specific protein in mind, you may find it easier to go to chicken, fish, vegetarian mains, etc.

  • Peruvian Roasted Chicken with Spicy Cilantro Sauce

  • Ají de Gallina (Spicy Peruvian Chicken)

  • Vegetarian Hatch Green Chilaquiles with Eggs

  • Quinoa Chaufa

  • Tapado {Instant Pot or Stove Top}

  • Citrus-Chipotle Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs

  • Latin Braised Turkey Thighs in Pumpkin Seed Red Chile Sauce

  • Instant Pot Argentinian Beef Stew

  • Fish with Creamy Tomatillo Sauce

  • Instant Pot Pork and Pumpkin Stew

  • Baked Peruvian Meatballs

  • Mexican Arroz con Camarones (Rice and Shrimp)

  • Spicy Mexican Salmon Patties