Anticuchos: what it is and where to eat it

Skewered meat, typically beef heart, seasoned and grilled over an open flame.

6 restaurants on Tastavo serve it

Cuisine: Peruvian

Typical ingredients

beef heart
ají panca
garlic
vinegar
potato

History of the dish

Peru

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Origin: Peru
Created by: Inca Empire

Anticuchos (singular anticucho, Quechua 'Anti Kuchu', Anti: 'Eastern region of the Andes' or 'Eastern native ethnicities', Kuchu: 'Cut'; Quechua for 'Anti-style cuts', 'Eastern-style cuts') are popular and inexpensive meat dishes that originated in the Andes during the pre-Columbian era, specifically in the Antisuyu region of the Tawantinsuyu (Inca Empire).

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Where to eat it

Geneva

Lyon

Mochicas Cafe ANTICUCHOS€16

Turin

KAY Essenza Peruviana and Piscobar€14

Genoa

Brisas Peruanas€14

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