Majadito or Majao

Majadito is a dish from eastern Bolivia. Made with different meats, chopped onions, and tomatoes and served with fried eggs and some delicious plantains (green banana). You can use several kinds of meat to make majadito. The most popular are beef jerky and duck or dry chicken.

Majadito has a bright orange color due to a seed called urucú (achiote). These seeds need to be heated in the oil in order to release their color. They´re heated in the oil used to fry vegetables (removing them before adding the vegetables). Now days in Bolivia you can find ground urucú and that makes it easier to add it to any meal.

The origin of the dish dates back to the pre-Columbian era in Bolivia when rice, grains, meat, plantains, and cassava formed the usual food staple among the native people.

It originated in the city of Santa Cruz, from where it spread out across the country. Today it is considered to be one of the national dishes in Bolivia that is commonly served in numerous Bolivian restaurants.