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Papa Rellena (Stuffed Potato)
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An entire meal built inside a mashed potato shell.
Mashed potato formed around a filling of seasoned beef, olives, egg, and onion, then breaded and fried into a golden, football-shaped snack.
Why it's made this way: Peru grows thousands of native potato varieties — building a whole dish around potato-as-container reflects how central the crop is to everyday cooking.
Roughly what's in it
380kcal
14gprotein
45gcarbs
16gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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Part of World of Street Food — 690 dishes from 118 countries.
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