Charqui Stew

A number of South American and West Indian stews call for charqui. Often, the ingredient list is quite long. Here’s a representative dish from Argentina, calling for fresh peas or lima beans. In the South, fresh peas or “butter beans” are sold in season and must be shelled; out of season, they can be purchased frozen. Look for frozen baby lima beans, butter beans, butter peas, or field peas, any of which (in my opinion) are better than dried or canned peas or beans.