{"id":1191,"date":"2014-03-12T21:27:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T04:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poormansgourmetkitchen.com\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2019-02-11T15:46:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T22:46:52","slug":"lomo-saltado-with-hash-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poormansgourmetkitchen.com\/devsite\/lomo-saltado-with-hash-browns\/","title":{"rendered":"Lomo Saltado with Hash Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lomo<\/a>Lomo Saltado for breakfast?<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re like me, you probably wouldn\u2019t mind Lomo Saltado for breakfast, it\u2019s that good.  But could you substitute those French fries for hash browns?  It wasn\u2019t even a question for me.  I got home with a grocery bag of ingredients for this recipe when I soon realize I forgot to by French fries.  I suppose I could\u2019ve chopped up a few of my russets, but when I realized I had hash browns in the freezer, my curiosity dominated my decision making.  Lomo Saltado with Hash browns it is!<\/p>\n

This dish is Peruvian in nature.  Though I don\u2019t follow the intended recipe to a \u201cT\u201d, my recipe is quite good.  If you aren\u2019t familiar with this dish, let me break it down for you.  This is another one of those “East meets West” kind of recipes, just like the Chow Mein<\/a> recipe we talked about the other day.  Depending on what kind of beef cut you want to go with, you can chop up Mongolian style slices of a filet mignon, beef flank or a chuck, then of course marinate in soy, garlic, cumin and some chopped Jalapeno.  In this \"Vegies<\/a>case, I\u2019m using a sliced chuck cut into 1\/8 inch slices.  An assortment of vegetables is stir fried and mixed with beef and a secret sauce, then tossed with French Fries and served over rice.  And there you have it; Lomo Saltado.<\/p>\n

Of course I\u2019m showing you how effective a decent substitute can be.  I believe a substitute is effective if the use can be logically explained in a manner that everyone understands its purpose and the flavor still holds its integrity.  In this case it\u2019s a TomAto\/Tomato scenario.  French fries and Hash browns are just salted potatoes.  And for argument sake, the Hash browns aren\u2019t deep fried, so it might even be a pinch healthier for you.<\/p>\n