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Lunch is the main meal of the in Bolivia. It usually includes soup and a main dish. The potato is the main staple, served at most meals, sometimes with rice or noodles. Bolivian food is not often spicy, but a sauce "la llajwa" is usually available which is made with tomato and locoto (hot chilies).

Some popular food dishes are:

  • Humitas - Fresh corn with cheese wrapped in corn leaves and steamed. There are some great recipes for Humitas in The South American Table. (See Cookbooks, below.)
  • Salteñas - Only eaten in the morning. A warm savory pastry that holds a juicy combination of chicken or meat, greens and sauce, and is cooked in an oven.
  • Empanadas - A savory pastry containing cheese or cheese with onion, olives and locoto.
  • Sandwich de Chola - Sandwich with roasted pork leg, lettuce and locoto.
  • Changa de pollo o de conejo - Soup make with chicken or cuy (guinea pig), potato, peas, avas and green onion.
  • Chicharron - Pieces of fried pork, cooked with chicha (see drinks below) and served with stewed corn.
  • Charque de llama - Dried llama meat, fried, served with stewed corn, hard cooked eggs and cheese.
  • Lechon - Roast suckling pig.
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