Peruvian Lomo Saltado
Peruvian Lomo Saltado is a beef stir fry with french fries and rice. Best comfort food ever!!!
Servings 4 people
Calories 450kcal
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs beef tenderloin, thin sliced
- 1 big red onion
- 2 tomatoes I used medium sized tomatoes on the vine
- 2 garlic cloves
- 0.5 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp aji amarillo
- 0.5 tsp paprika
- 3 tbsps red wine vinegar
- 3 tbsps soy sauce
- 0.5 cup beef broth
- 1 lb french fries you can bake frozen french fries, air fry them and cook them from scratch. It's up to you:)
- 5 tbsps olive oil I personally prefer olive oil but you can use oil of choice.
- 0.5 tsp salt Please be careful with salt since beef broth usually has some and soy sauce too.
- 1 bunch cilantro
Instructions
- Place meat cut in strips in a bowl. Add salt, paprika, black pepper and minced garlic. Let the flavors meld.
- Chop onion, tomatoes and cilantro.
- Heat oil in a skillet. Add beef and stir fry until browned on both sides. Timing depends a little bit on size of skillet and how thin the strips of beef tenderloin are. So please make sure meat is well cooked. If you are cooking in big batches, then cook about 1.5 lbs at a time and put aside. It took me about 8 minutes to cook well on both sides.
- Add onions, tomatoes and cilantro. Leave a little bit of cilantro on the side for decorating at the end. Cook together for about 2-3 minutes. Stir well. If you are experienced in the kitchen, try flipping the food in the skillet instead of stirring with a spoon. It keeps the shapes a little more intact and the dish looks more appetizing.
- Add red wine vinegar, soy sauce, aji amarillo and mix well until the dish is caramelized.
- Add beef broth. If you like more sauce increase the quantity of beef broth. For me just half a cup is enough.
- Serve over french fries with a side of rice. Decorate with the remaining cilantro.
- If you are serving right away, you can also choose to add the crispy french fries to the skillet the last 20-30 seconds and then serve that way next to rice. With this method you have to serve fast so fries don't get soggy. You just want them to get coated in the sauce a little bit.
Notes
*I didn't add any time in cooking time for the french fries and rice. Just the stir-fry from beginning to end took me 25 minutes. I usually use left over rice, I cook rice for 2-3 days and use leftovers. However, if you were to cook rice at the same time it wouldn't add too much to your cooking time since it would be done within those 25 minutes as well.
*Baking frozen french fries takes about 15 minutes. So if you are going to cook the fries, rice and the stir fry together and using this order you can still cook the whole dish from beginning to end in about 30-35 minutes. 1. Pre-heat oven. 2. Boil water for rice. 3. Add french fries in a baking tray in the oven. 4. Add rice to boiling water. 5. Place skillet in the stove-top with oil. 6. Start chopping vegetables. 7. Start stir-frying the meat and then continue the steps as indicated in the recipe card.
Nutrition
Calories: 450kcal