Chicharõ hu’itĩ
chicharõ hu’itĩ
Crispy floured pork cracklings eaten at San Juan festivities alongside the braided chicharõ.
What it is
Chicharõ hu’itĩ is one of the varieties of chicharrón (fried meat) in Paraguayan cooking: the name refers to flour, and it is described as floured chicharrón. It is on the list of 51 dishes that DINAPI declared gastronomic heritage in 2018, and among the foods found at San Juan festivities, together with chicharõ trenzado, pastel mandi’o, payagua mascada, longaniza, butifarra and batiburrillo. Chicharõ trenzado, its more famous relative, is meat cut into strips that are braided, boiled and then fried.
Ingredients
History
It belongs to the tradition of fried meats tied to popular and patron saint festivals.
Did you know…?
Wikipedia clarifies that San Juan dishes may be made on other dates, but at the festival almost all of them can be found.
When
San Juan festivities (24 June) and popular festivals.
Where
Fairs, kermesses and patron saint festivals across the country.
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