Peruvian Beef Kebabs

Anticuchos

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    as an Appetizer
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Planet Barbecue

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2010

  • About

No visit to Lima or Cuzco, or anywhere else in Peru, would be complete without sampling a kebab that’s both an everyday snack and a national obsession: anticuchos. Peruvians from all economic classes eat these spicy kebabs dipped in fiery yellow chile sauce as a quick lunch on the go, a late night pick-me-up, and just about any time in between. There’s only one stumbling block—from the North American point of view, at least: The traditional meat is beef heart.

When the conqui