Ocopa de Camarones (Prawn Ocopa) is a traditional Peruvian recipe for a classic dish of prawn and potato patties that are fried to cook and served with a cheese, onion, vanilla wafer, green chilli, garlic and peanut sauce. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Peruvian version of: Prawn Ocopa (Ocopa de Camarones).
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Ocopa de Camarones (Prawn Ocopa) a Classic Peruvian recipe for a dish of prawn and potato patties that are fried to cook and served with a cheese, onion, vanilla wafer, green chilli, garlic and peanut sauce.
Ingredients:
1kg potatoes
500g unpeeled prawns
500g cheese, grated
500g onions
250g vanilla wafers
7 green chillies
5 garlic cloves
milk
peanuts
oil
salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
Method:
Bring a pan of water to a boil. Add the potatoes and parboil for 20 minutes, or until just tender.
Add the prawns to another pan of boiling water. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until just pink then drain and peel (scoop the intense red coral from the heads and place in a bowl).
Heat a little oil in a pan, add the garlic, onions and chopped chillies. Fry for about 6 minutes, or until golden brown. Turn this mixture into a blender. Pulse to chop then crumble in the vanilla wafers and add the grated cheese and the milk along with the peanuts. Process to a sauce-like consistency.
Drain and peel the potatoes then mash and mix with the prawns and the prawn coral. Shape into patties and fry until lightly browned.
Season the sauce with salt, black pepper and oil to taste. Arrange the prawn ocopa on a serving plate, pour over the sauce and serve. If desired, you can garnish with halved hard-boiled eggs.
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