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seitan lomo saltado

If you’ve never tried lomo saltado before, then let me convince you—this is your sign. While this dish is typically made using beef, I found this recipe to be the perfect opportunity to sub in seitan to create a delicious, fully satisfying vegan meal. But first, some background: Lomo saltado is a very popular Peruvian dish with origins in chifa cuisine. Chifa is the culinary mashup developed by Chinese-Peruvian immigrants who applied Cantonese techniques and ingredients to Peruvian foods. This dish is the epitome of this amazing fusion of culinary worlds. The recipe takes aji amarillo (Peruvian chiles) and papas fritas (French fries) and prepares them in the style of a Cantonese stir fry.

We love using freshly made fries for this, but if you want to save on time and cleanup, frozen fries would work great too. If you’re not a seitan fan, no worries—feel free to sub in tofu or any vegan protein if you want to keep this a plant-based dish, or use beef if you want to try your hand at the original.

If you tried making this flavorful vegan dish, let us know how it came out by rating and reviewing below!