Market Stall · Spicy Pork Soup
Fricasé Paceño
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It's classically an early-morning dish, eaten from dawn at markets, and La Paz has long treated it as the cure for a night of drinking.
Chunks of pork simmer in a fiery yellow broth of ground ají amarillo, cumin and oregano, served with hominy and chuño. La Paz market women ladle it into bowls at dawn from huge steaming pots.
Why it's made this way: Fricasé's early-morning market tradition and use of high-altitude chuño potato are particular to La Paz's Aymara-influenced food culture.
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