Chairo

Name: Chairo
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Bolivia
Ingredients: 400g lamb, cubed; 200g chuño, soaked; 100g barley, toasted; 2 carrots, diced; 2 potatoes, diced; 1 onion, diced; 1 tsp cumin; coriander to garnish

Bolivia

The soup of the Bolivian highlands. Chuño — the freeze-dried potato — has been made by Andean peoples for over 1,000 years.

Bolivian Andean soup — a thick, nourishing broth with chuño, lamb, vegetables and toasted barley. The ancient soup of the altiplano.

Photo: Valorian

Prep

20 mins

Cook

90 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Calories

385 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

400glamb, cubed

200gchuño, soaked

100gbarley, toasted

2carrots, diced

2potatoes, diced

1onion, diced

1 tspcumin

corianderto garnish

Method

Brown lamb. Add onion and cumin. Add water and barley. Simmer 45 minutes.

Add carrot, potato and chuño. Simmer 30 more minutes.

Serve with coriander.

Chef's Tip

Toasting the barley before adding it gives chairo a nutty depth.

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