Silpancho is a traditional Bolivian dish from Cochabamba, featuring thinly pounded beef, seasoned breadcrumbs, fried potatoes, three eggs, and rice, served with pico de gallo and ilajua salsa. The dish boasts hearty portions and a variety of textures, with a flavorful crust on the meat and a fiery kick from the ilajua salsa.
Silver Spring MD
Kantutas
Silpancho
Beef slices / breadcrumbs / Potatoes / Eggs / Rice / Pico de gallo / Ilajua salsa / Mustard / White pepper / Salt
Signature Dish
From Prep to Plate
Host Seth Tillman heads to Kantutas, a Bolivian restaurant in Wheaton, Maryland, where co-owner Maria Peredo introduces Seth to the Bolivian food silpancho. Silpancho is a hearty meal of beef and eggs from the Bolivian city of Cochabamba.
... silpancho is a superfood in my book, at least from its expert layering of flavors. The starchy rice base is complemented by the breaded beef, both blanketed in a rich yolk released from a stratum of fried eggs, all of which is mercifully elevated with an acidic blast of pico de gallo. Wash it down with a sweet horchata or chicha morada, and your day is complete... And you know what sends silpancho over the top? Yes, that’s right: a healthy dose of Kantutas’s tableside salsa.
Tim Carman, The Washington Post
