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Chairo

Name: Chairo
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Bolivia
Ingredients: 400g Beef; 3 Potato; 1 Carrot; 100g Fava Beans; 50g Barley; 1 Onion; 1 tsp Oregano; 1/2 tsp Cumin powder; 2 tsp Salt; A pinch Parsley

Soup

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Beef, chuño, vegetables, and grain stewed together — a traditional soup of the Aymara of the Andean highlands.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Chairo is a traditional soup of the Aymara people living in the Andean highlands around La Paz, simmering beef or lamb, chuño (freeze-dried potato), carrots, fava beans, wheat, and more. A hearty soup that warms you in the harsh cold of the highlands, it's widely eaten at La Paz market eateries.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a La Paz market eatery, a woman in traditional Aymara dress ladles hearty soup from a big pot and hands it to customers with cheeks red from the cold.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Beef 400g
Potato 3
Carrot 1
Fava Beans 100g
Barley 50g
Onion 1
Oregano 1 tsp
Cumin powder 1/2 tsp
Salt 2 tsp
Parsley A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef small and simmer in 1.5L water for 30 minutes.
Add the barley and simmer 20 minutes.
Add the diced potatoes, carrots, and onion and simmer 20 minutes.
Add the fava beans and simmer 10 minutes.
Season with oregano, cumin, and salt.
Scatter with parsley.

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