Lomo Saltado

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Lomo saltado is a traditional Peruvian beef stir-fry combining tender, marinated steak strips with onions, juicy tomatoes, and fiery chilies, served with crispy French fries.

Prep Time15

Cook Time15

Total Time30

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Peruvian

Keyword: lomo saltado

Servings: servings

Author: Katerina | Diethood

Ingredients

For the marinade:

1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 small garlic clove minced

For the lomo saltado:

1 pound beef skirt steak or flank steak, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 red onion cut into 8 wedges
4 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
3 tomatoes cut into wedges, seeds removed
1 yellow bell pepper seeded, sliced into wedges
4 cloves garlic
1 yellow chili pepper or 1 habanero pepper
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

To serve with:

cooked rice and/or French fries
thinly sliced scallions

Instructions

Marinate the meat. Add soy sauce, garlic, and thinly sliced meat to a zip-lock bag. Let the meat marinate for 5-10 minutes.
Sear the meat. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the beef and cook until browned, for 2 minutes. The key here is to sear the meat. Once the beef is browned, remove it from the skillet and set aside.
Cook the veggies. Add more oil to the skillet if needed. Add the onion and cook for 2 minutes. Add soy sauce and red wine vinegar, stir in the garlic, and cook for 20 seconds or until fragrant. Add tomatoes, bell pepper, and chopped chili pepper, and cook until the tomatoes are tender, about 3-4 minutes.
Put it all together. Place the beef back into the skillet. Cook until the beef is reheated. If you want your French fries covered with the sauce, now is the time to add them. If you want your fries to be crispy, cook them and serve them separately.
Serve. Serve the lomo saltado warm with rice and French fries on the side. Just before serving, garnish with thinly sliced scallions.

Notes

Serve it with fries. The lomo saltado is traditionally served with French fries. You can cook the fries in the sauce with the rest of the ingredients or make them separately. If you like crispy French fries, cook them and serve them separately. You do not need to make fries from scratch - you can cook your frozen French fries in oil or an air fryer.
For juicy and tender meat, make sure to cut the steak against the grain.
Peppers. The yellow chili peppers, or Aji Amarillo, are the staple of this dish, but if you cannot find them, Habanero is just fine.
The nutritional information does not include the side dishes.

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