Stir-Fried Beef and Fries: Our New Favorite Combo

Your Recipe of the Day No Images? Click here Lomo Saltado (Peruvian Stir-Fried Beef With Onion, Tomatoes, and French Fries) When Chinese immigrants arrived in Peru more than a century ago, they brought their cooking with them, and it didn't take long for a new, hybrid Chinese-Peruvian cuisine called chifa to emerge. This dish of stir-fried beef with tomatoes, onion, and French fries in a savory brown sauce is one of the most famous of the chifa tradition, cooked throughout Peru and around the world today. The secret to success is to stir-fry properly, which at home often means dividing ingredients into very small batches to guarantee that they sear instead of just steaming. For the best flavor, you'll want to toss the wok or pan over an open flame, allowing the contents to briefly catch fire, but if that makes you nervous, it's okay to avoid the pyrotechnics. Read More → The Kitchen Essential Carbon Steel Wok Stir-frying in small batches in a carbon steel wok guarantees a good sear and deep flavor. Shop Now   More Stir-Fry Favorites How to Cook Crispy Tofu Worth Eating Chinese Velveting 101: An Introduction to Water-Velveting The Food Lab: The Realest-Deal Kung Pao Chicken (Gong Bao Ji Ding) Stir-Fried Chow Mein With Four Vegetables     Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe