Market Stall · Hearty Soup
Chairo Puneño
🍜
Photo coming soon
The soup gets its distinct flavor from chuño — potatoes freeze-dried using a centuries-old technique of alternating nighttime frost and daytime sun exposure at Titicaca's altitude.
A thick soup of lamb or beef, chuño, wheat berries, vegetables and herbs is simmered for hours. Market stalls in Puno ladle it into bowls for a filling breakfast or lunch.
Why it's made this way: Chuño-making is only possible at Puno's extreme high altitude, tying the soup directly to the Altiplano's climate and Aymara/Quechua food traditions.
More from Peru
Inca Kola
Papa Rellena (Stuffed Potato)
Anticuchos (Grilled Beef Heart Skewers)
Pan con Chicharrón
Picarones
🌶️
Rocoto Relleno (Stuffed Spicy Pepper)
Part of World of Street Food — 690 dishes from 118 countries.
Something wrong here? Tell us in the comments below.
Photo credits.