Cultura
Chinese Peruvian Food: What Tusán Cooking Actually Means
Chifa is the restaurant. Chinese Peruvian food is bigger than that — it is the sillao on the table, the family recipe with no carta to speak of.
Una casa de chifa y criollo
Lomo saltado is a love story.
We're bottling it.
Casa Capón is a Peruvian sauce brand named for Calle Capón, the street in Lima where Cantonese woks met criollo fire and gave the world chifa. The sauce is coming. The stories and recipes are already here.
Primero, lo primero
La salsa is coming.
Our first product is a lomo saltado sauce: the smoky, soy-and-ají heart of Peru's favorite dish, made so a Tuesday-night saltado takes one pan and zero shortcuts on flavor. The recipe is done. The first small batches are on their way.
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Fresh from la casa
Recetas
Ají de Gallina Recipe: The Creamy Chicken Peru Undersells
The real ají de gallina recipe: shredded chicken in a bread-and-ají amarillo sauce that isn't spicy, isn't a saltado, and won't pick your family's nut for you.
La Despensa
Ají Panca: Peru's Dark Red Chili That Barely Burns
Ají panca looks like it should hurt and barely does. Peru's great dried chili: what it tastes like, the dishes it holds up, and how to buy it in the US.
Cultura
Chifa Menu Dishes: How to Read the Carta and What to Order
The carta at almost every chifa runs the same. Here are the chifa menu dishes top to bottom, sopa wantán to aeropuerto, and what to order first.