Salchipapa Recipe - Peruvian Sausage & Fries Snack

Salchipapas is one of the most popular savoury street food snacks in Peru. A latin version of hot dogs and french fries. Super easy to make and guaranteed to satisfy the hungriest of guests.

📝 Ingredients

• 3 large potatoes (500 g.)
• 2 cups oil
• 250 g. Wiener sausages
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon aji amarillo paste
• 1/4 cup tomato sauce (Optional)
• 1/4 cup mustard
• 2 tablespoons coriander (chopped)
• pinch of salt

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Wash the potatoes and peel them with a vegetable peeler. Rinse the peeled potatoes and pat dry with a tea towel. Place them on the cutting board, and with a long, sharp knife cut them crosswise in half.
2. 2Take each half and cut it into slices about 1 cm thick. Then take each sliced piece and cut 1 cm thick sticks lengthwise. While you are peeling the potatoes, immerse the sticks in water to prevent them from turning black. When you have peeled all the potatoes, and cut into sticks. Drain the water, pat dry, and add salt to the potato sticks.
3. 3Pour the oil into a skillet over medium-high heat. When you see small bubbles rising from the bottom, add the potato sticks. Make sure they are dry to avoid boiling oil bubbles that can cause injury.
4. 4Fry the potatoes for about three minutes, then carefully, with a kitchen spatula, flip the potato sticks until they are evenly browned on all sides.
5. 5When the potatoes are golden brown, remove them from the oil, let them drain a little on the kitchen spatula and then place them on a flat plate covered with absorbent paper.
6. 6Cut the sausages into pieces to your liking (or use small cocktail-style sausages) and fry them for about a minute in the still-hot oil where the potatoes were cooked.
7. 7Drain the sausages, and place them on a plate covered with absorbent paper.
8. 8Mix half a cup of mayonnaise with the aji amarillo paste. Stir with a fork until you have a completely homogeneous mixture.
9. 9Arrange the potato chips on a plate, add the sausages on top, add the sauces, and parsley to your liking.
10. 10Place the sauces in small containers near the plate and enjoy while it's still hot.