🇧🇴Bolivian Recipes

Discover Bolivian cuisine — salteñas, silpancho, pique macho, and hearty Andean-Amazonian highland cooking.

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Bolivian cuisine spans the high Andes and tropical lowlands, built on potatoes (hundreds of native varieties, plus freeze-dried chuño), maize, quinoa, and aji peppers (amarillo, panca). Salteñas (juicy baked empanadas), silpancho (breaded beef over rice and potato), and pique macho (spicy beef-and-fries platter) anchor the canon. Distinct from neighbouring Andean cuisines through chuño and llajwa salsa.

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Potatoes & chuño (freeze-dried)QuinoaMaize (choclo)Aji amarillo & aji pancaLlajwa (chili salsa)BeefPeanutsFava beansCuminOregano

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Bolivian · Rice Dishes
Majadito (Majadito) — Bolivian Rice with Charque and Fried Egg
Majadito is a beloved rice dish from Bolivia’s eastern lowlands, especially Santa Cruz. It combines shredded charque, achiote-colored rice, fried egg, plantain, and often llajwa or aji amarillo on the side.
90 min 6 705 cal

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Bolivian · Main Courses

Bolivian Spicy Chicken Stew (Sajta de Pollo) — Aji Amarillo Chicken with Chuño

Sajta de pollo is a beloved Bolivian chicken dish from the Andean highlands, especially La Paz. It pairs tender chicken in aji amarillo sauce with potatoes, chuño, rice, and bright llajwa.

95 min 4 755 cal

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Majadito (Majadito) — Bolivian Rice with Charque and Fried Egg

🌍 Related Cuisines

Bolivian Spicy Chicken Stew (Sajta de Pollo) — Aji Amarillo Chicken with Chuño

Silpancho (Silpancho cochabambino) — Bolivian Breaded Beef Plate

Pique a lo Macho (Pique a lo macho) — Bolivian Beef, Sausage, and Fries

Bolivian Salteñas (Salteñas) — Juicy Baked Meat Empanadas