Lomo Saltado

Lomo Saltado

serves 3-4

Ok so this looks pretty strange but believe me its pretty good. This is a dish from Peru, they love to cook with cilantro, lime, and garlic which for me is a perfect fit. I have never seen a recipe for this but i loved to eat it when i was down in South America so I tried to recreate it from taste. So basically it is a steak and potato stir fry. First you lay down a bed of rice with some home made french fries on top. Once that is done you add on everything else on top and enjoy. Its simple and pretty cheap but has a lot of flavor.


1 cup of rice
1 medium red onion ( i used white for this but red is way better)
1 serrano pepper (depending on how spicy you want it)
2 roma tomatos
2 medium sized cloves of garlic
2 medium  potatoes
1/2 tea spoon cumin
1/2 cup of loose cilantro leaves.
1 Lime
10 oz of steak (chuck, sirloin, rib eye depending on your budget)
Salt the fries and the vegetables to taste


1. Cut meat into strips and then put meat in a bowl to marinate in the juice of half of a lime.

2. Put the rice on to cook, add a little bit of garlic salt to the rice.

3. Cut the potato into fries, cover the bottom of a pan in canola or vegetable oil and pan fry the potatoes. Make sure you do not over cook them or the dish will be hard to eat. They should be crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.

4. Brown the meat with all of its juices and marinade, then add the sliced onion, minced garlic, and diced serrano to the pan.

5. Once the onions are al dente add the cumin, tomato slices, salt, half of your cilantro leaves, and the other half of your lime. Cook until the tomatoes just start to get soft.

6. Make a bed of rice with the french fries on top then add the stir fry mixture on top, make sure to get some of the juice on top so it gets the rice moist, then garnish with the rest of your cilantro.