No. 42 in the world · November 2026
El Chinito
No. 42The one to order
Pan con chicharrón with sweet potato and salsa criolla, for breakfast
A downtown bodega turned sanguchería in 1960; Lima's favorite pan con chicharrón, now with a dozen branches but this is the first.
Make it at home
Pan con chicharrón (Lima breakfast sandwich)
2 1/2 hr (20 min hands-on) · 4 sandwiches. Lima's Sunday breakfast: pork shoulder simmered then fried in its own fat until crisp at the edges, with fried sweet potato and salsa criolla (lime-cured red onion) in a crusty roll.
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