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Lomo saltado

Beef and chips stir-fried together in soy and vinegar, which should not work and does.

Lomo saltado
Photo: Chasqui (Luis Tamayo), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A photo of the dish, not of these exact recipes.

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How to make lomo saltado

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In a very hot wok

30 minutes · serves 3 · Easy

What you need

  • 500g beef sirloin, in thick strips
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 red onion, in thick wedges
  • 2 tomatoes, in wedges
  • 1 yellow chilli, sliced
  • 600g chips, freshly fried
  • Coriander
  • Rice, to serve

What you do

  1. 1Season the beef and get a wok or heavy pan as hot as it will go with a little oil.
  2. 2Sear the beef in two batches, 90 seconds each, and lift it out. It should still be pink.
  3. 3Onion in, 1 minute — it must stay crunchy. Then the chilli and tomato for 30 seconds.
  4. 4Beef back in with the soy and vinegar. It will steam violently. Toss for 20 seconds.
  5. 5Tip the hot chips in, toss twice, coriander over. Serve with rice as well as the chips, which is the point of the dish.

With oven chips, on a weeknight

25 minutes · serves 2 · Very easy

What you need

  • 350g beef
  • Soy sauce
  • Red wine vinegar
  • Red onion
  • Tomato
  • Oven chips
  • Coriander

What you do

  1. 1Chips in the oven first, and get them properly dark.
  2. 2Everything else as above. Add the chips at the very last second or they go soft.