Ecuador
Coastal ceviches and plantain, highland pork feasts and potato soups, finished with purple colada morada. That is the short version of what Ecuador cooks. Look for Encebollado (albacore-and-yuca soup topped with pickled onions; famous hangover cure), Ceviche de camarón (shrimp in tomato-citrus marinade, eaten with chifles and popcorn) and Hornado (slow-roasted whole pork served at markets with llapingachos and mote). Guayaquil’s fish soup of albacore, yuca and pickled red onion, eaten in the morning and treated nationally as a hangover cure. This atlas has 39 Ecuador dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.
39 dishes.
TigrilloScrambled mashed green plantain with egg and cheese
Tripa mishquiGrilled cow intestine on skewers, served with hominy and potato
YaguarlocroPotato soup with lamb offal, topped with fried blood and avocado-
Encocado
Fish or shrimp simmered in coconut milk with peppers and coriander. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 35 minutes cooking.…
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Empanada de viento
Puffy fried cheese empanada dusted with sugar. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 25 minutes cooking. Makes about 12. A…
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Espumilla
Guava meringue cream scooped like ice cream on the street. Ready in 30 min prep and 10 min cooking. 6…
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Fanesca
Holy Week soup of twelve grains, squash and salt cod. Ready in 2 hr prep and 2 hr cooking. 12…
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Fritada
Pork braised then crisped in its fat, with hominy and plantain. Ready in 20 min prep and 1 hr 30…
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Guaguas de pan
Sweet bread shaped like swaddled babies, filled with jam. Ready in 40 min prep and 25 min cooking. About 10.…
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Guayusa
Amazonian holly leaf brewed as a caffeinated tea, drunk before dawn. Ready in 2 min prep and 10 min cooking.…
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Guatita
Tripe stewed in peanut-potato sauce, served with rice. Ready in 30 min prep and 2 hr 30 min cooking. 6…
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Horchata lojana
Deep pink infusion of up to two dozen dried Andean herbs and flowers. Ready in 15 minutes prep and 25…
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Llapingachos
Cheese-stuffed potato patties griddled and doused in peanut sauce. Ready in 40 min prep and 30 min cooking. 8 patties.…