DISH RESEARCH · Street food
Anticuchos de Corazón
Grilled cow-heart skewers marinated in aji panca, vinegar, garlic and spices.

About Anticuchos de Corazón
Peru Delights presents anticuchos as a familiar Peruvian street food associated with anticucheras and communal celebrations. Cow’s heart is cut into pieces and marinated with aji panca, garlic, red wine vinegar and spices.
The skewered meat is grilled and basted with its marinade using a brush made from fresh corn husks. Aji panca contributes earthy, smoky chilli flavour to the strongly seasoned heart.
Boiled potatoes and large-kernel Peruvian corn accompany the skewers. A sauce of aji amarillo, scallions and salt adds heat at the table, with chicha morada among the suggested drinks.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Anticuchos de Corazón
Peru Delights' cow-heart anticuchos.
- Cow heartProtein
- Prepared aji panca pasteSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- GarlicAromatic
- Red wine vinegarLiquid
- Dried oreganoSeasoning
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- SaltSeasoning
- CuminSeasoning
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Prepared boiled Russet potatoesAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
- Prepared boiled Peruvian giant-kernel cornAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
- Prepared aji amarillo pasteSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- ScallionsAromatic
- Fresh corn husksCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- Prepared chicha moradaAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Cow heart: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual51 cow option selected over veal; ordinary beef muscle/chicken38/51 are different unselected variants.
- Prepared aji panca paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual53 named prepared chilli paste, full product formula unknown.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Red wine vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dried oregano: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual57/67, plant source/full product unresolved.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual58 marinade and64 sauce consolidated.
- Cumin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual38 marinade context explicitly pepper, missing card51-59 but retained; exact pepper type unresolved.
- Prepared boiled Russet potatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual61 full prepared component; no boiling water/other seasonings invented.
- Prepared boiled Peruvian giant-kernel corn: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual62 prepared corn, full subsidiary process not supplied.
- Prepared aji amarillo paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual64 own sauce chilli-paste component, full product formula unknown.
- Scallions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual64 own sauce chopped scallions, salt consolidated; no duplicate opaque aji sauce allocation.
- Fresh corn husks: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual68 edible plant material used as basting brush, food-contact allocation retained; ordinary bamboo skewers69 equipment not ingredients.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
- Prepared chicha morada (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual39 optional offered drink selected over beer/Inca Kola/Pisco sour, full beverage formula unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Peru
- PeruCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Peruvian Cuisine
- Peruvian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.