DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Ayampaco de Pescado
Also known as: Fish Ayampaco
River fish and mashed yuca steamed in butter-greased bijao leaves.
About Ayampaco de Pescado
The Asociación de Chefs del Ecuador presents this fish Ayampaco as an Ecuadorian Amazon dish of Shuar association, identifying its recipe with Zamora Chinchipe. River fish and mashed yuca sit inside bijao-leaf parcels.
Garlic and finely chopped ají add aromatic warmth and chilli heat. Pimiento contributes a vegetable note, while butter enriches the leaf-lined parcel and the yuca provides a mild starchy base.
The fish rests on flattened yuca mash, with chopped peppers and garlic above it. Bijao leaves enclose the individual portions; the source’s palm-heart ayampaco is identified as a separate variety.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Ayampaco de Pescado
Asociación de Chefs del Ecuador’s Zamora Chinchipe fish Ayampaco.
- Peeled yucaBaseIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- River-fish filletProtein
- AjíSeasoning
- Bijao leavesBase · Cooking wrapper
- ButterCooking medium
- PimientoSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- GarlicAromatic
- Unspecified fish seasoningSeasoningIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Peeled yuca: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Catalogue explicitly names Cassava (Yuca); peeled root form retained; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit yuca cooking water; steaming liquid is not separately named
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- River-fish fillet: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Broader fish record; species unspecified
- Ají: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader chilli record; exact cultivar unspecified
- Bijao leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Leaf parcel wrapper; not represented as an edible vegetable portion
- Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed
- Pimiento: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source pepper colour and exact cultivar unspecified
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Unspecified fish seasoning: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method says to season the fish but supplies no separate formula; not silently replaced with assumed salt/pepper blend
Origins & food traditions
The Ecuadorian chefs association identifies the dish with Shuar Amazonian cooking and its published fish recipe with Zamora Chinchipe.
Countries
- Ecuador
- EcuadorCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Ecuadorian Amazonian Cuisine
- Ecuadorian Amazonian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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