Salchipapas

Salchipapas

Type	Fast food
Place of origin	Peru[1]
Main ingredients	French fries, beef sausages, sauce (typically ketchup and mayonnaise), chili peppers
Cookbook: Salchipapas  Media: Salchipapas

A salchipapa or salchipapas is a fast food dish commonly consumed as street food throughout Latin America, originally from the streets of Lima, Peru and also consumed in Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador. The dish's name is a portmanteau of the Spanish words "salchicha" (sausage) and "papa" (potato). Salchipapas typically consist of thinly sliced pan-fried beef sausages and French fries, mixed together with a savory coleslaw on the side. The dish is served with different sauces, such as ketchup and mayonnaise, cream de aceituna (olive sauce), along with aji or chili peppers. Sometimes a fried egg or cheese is added on top; it can also come with tomato and lettuce, and is occasionally garnished with oregano.

Etymology

The name papa is the Quechua name for potato. Salchicha is Spanish for sausage.

History

Salchipapa consumption has expanded beyond Lima, and its recipe adopted by various Latin American cuisines.

The salchipapa was invented as a street food in Lima, Peru.^{[upper-alpha 1]} Over the years, it expanded to other places in Peru.^[2] In Latin America, the dish's popularity has expanded beyond Peruvian cuisine, and is now also typical of Ecuadorian and Bolivian cuisine. The dish is also sold on Argentinian streets and markets.^[3][4]

The range of the dish keeps expanding due to the Bolivian immigration in Argentina and Peruvian restaurants in the United States and Chile.^[5] There's a variant known as "choripapas" (made with chorizo instead of sausage) and in Mexico they are known as "salchipulpos".^[6]

Preparation and variants

Some restaurants modify the salchipapa recipe to refine the traditional street food.

Popularity

Salchipapa consumption remains strong in the urban sectors of Lima.

Health concerns

The salchipapas' high amount of calories are a cause concern for advocates of public health.

See also

• Salchichón
• Junk food
• List of Bolivian dishes
• List of Ecuadorian dishes
• List of Peruvian dishes
• List of sausage dishes

Footnotes

1. Chef Dan Perlman defines the dish as a "street food from Lima (Perú)".^[1]

References

1. Perlman 2007.
2. Jenkins, Dilwyn (2003). Rough Guide to Peru. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-84353-074-9.
3. Adés, Harry; Melissa Graham (2003). The Rough Guide to Ecuador. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-84353-109-8.
4. Donadío, Pablo (2008). Un paso en el camino. Página12.
5. Canelo, Brenda (2011). Procesos transnacionales y Estado subnacional en una ciudad latinoamericana. Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
6. Lozano, Fernando (2011). Salchipapas y churros: ¿cómo se comen estos platos en México?. El Comercio.

Bibliography

• Perlman, Dan (2007). SaltShaker: Spanish - English - Spanish Food & Wine Dictionary. Raleigh, North Carolina, USA: Lulu Press. ISBN 978-1-4303-2659-5.

External links

• South American Food – Website about Salchipapas.