Lakeside Stall · Fried Trout
Trucha Frita (Fried Titicaca Trout)
Photo: Lucerito Corrales from Lima, Perú / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Rainbow trout isn't native to Titicaca at all — it was introduced from North America in the 1940s, and Puno now produces most of Peru's farmed trout.
Fresh trout from Lake Titicaca is coated in seasoned flour and shallow-fried whole until crisp, then served with rice, potatoes and a wedge of lime. Lakeside stalls in Puno and on the Uros islands grill or fry it to order.
Why it's made this way: Puno sits directly on Lake Titicaca, where trout farming has turned the fish into an everyday street meal.
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