Choritos (Mussels) are popular up and down the coast of Peru. In this dish, plump mussels are bathed in a creamy aji amarillo butter sauce flavored with bacon and white wine – merging a Peruvian delicacy with a European classic.
Chef Ricardo Zarate, a native of Lima, Peru, is the chef of Mo-Chica and Picca Restaurants in Los Angeles, California.