Ocopa Sauce is a traditional Peruvian sauce that contains milk, fresh cheese, huacatay leaves, yellow chili, and several other ingredients. Peruvians typically serve the sauce as a dish that includes lettuce, potatoes, white cheese, black olives, and hard-boiled eggs.
However, depending on the recipe being followed, you can add various other ingredients to the sauce, such as peanuts or saltine crackers.
How it's prepared
Many people who prepare the sauce often turn it into a dish called Ocopa. The dish originates from Arequipa, a city in Peru.
After making the sauce, Peruvians place slices of potato and lettuce leaves in a bowl, then pour the sauce over these ingredients and top with eggs, cheese, and olives.
Origin of the sauce
Ocopa Sauce originated in Peru. Specifically, the dish comes from the southern part of Peru, in the city of Arequipa. Arequipa is the second-largest city after Lima (the capital of Peru).
Apart from the city of origin, there isn't much information about the history of Ocopa Sauce.
However, Huancaina-style potatoes are a separate Peruvian dish with a sauce that closely resembles Ocopa Sauce.
The main theory is that this dish originated in the 19th century during the construction of Peru's main railway, which extends from Lima to Huancayo.
