🇪🇨Ecuadorian Recipes

Explore Ecuadorian cuisine — ceviche, encebollado, llapingachos, locro de papa, and coastal-Andean-Amazonian cooking.

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Ecuadorian cuisine divides between the coast (seafood ceviches, encebollado fish stew, green plantain), the Andean sierra (locro de papa potato soup, llapingachos cheese-potato patties, hornado roast pork), and the Amazon. Distinct from Peruvian ceviche through its softer, citrus-and-tomato style served with chifles and popcorn. Aji criollo salsa accompanies most meals.

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PotatoesGreen & ripe plantainsYuca (cassava)Aji (chili)CilantroAchiotePeanutsCheese (queso fresco)Shrimp & fishHominy (mote)

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Ecuadorian · Stews
Ecuadorian Peanut Tripe Stew (Guatita) — Creamy Potato and Peanut Stew
Guatita is an Ecuadorian comfort stew of tender beef tripe, potatoes, achiote refrito, and maní peanut sauce. It is commonly served with white rice, avocado, ají criollo, and sometimes chifles.
180 min 6 492 cal

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🇵🇪 Peruvian 🇨🇴 Colombian 🇧🇴 Bolivian

Ecuadorian · Soups

Fanesca (Fanesca) — Ecuadorian Holy Week Cod and Grain Soup

Fanesca is Ecuador’s emblematic Semana Santa soup, a lavish bowl of bacalao, milk, peanuts, zapallo, sambo, and many grains. Families often prepare it together, serving it with egg, queso fresco, fried ripe plantain, and aji criollo.

180 min 8 896 cal

🇪🇨Ecuadorian Recipes

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Ecuadorian Peanut Tripe Stew (Guatita) — Creamy Potato and Peanut Stew

🌍 Related Cuisines

Fanesca (Fanesca) — Ecuadorian Holy Week Cod and Grain Soup

Ecuadorian Roast Pork (Hornado) — Slow-Roasted Achiote Pork

Ecuadorian Tuna Encebollado (Encebollado ecuatoriano) — Coastal Yuca and Tuna Soup