Market Stall · Tripe Stew
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Cooks judge the dish ready not by a timer but by smell — the tripe must simmer in ají color until the kitchen smells like a spice market, a test passed down orally between market cooks.
Diced beef tripe is stewed with potatoes, onion, and a deep-red ají sauce until thick enough to eat with a spoon and bread. It's sold by the bowl at northern Chile's covered markets, usually alongside rice.
Why it's made this way: The dish reflects Arica's long-standing Peruvian and Aymara culinary overlap, where tripe stews spiced with ají are everyday market fare rather than special-occasion cooking.
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