Jalea Peruvian Cuisine in Hicksville offers Peru's answer to fried seafood.

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Jalea ejecutiva, a mound of fried seafood over crunchy batons of yucca, is served at Jalea Peruvian Cuisine in Hicksville.

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Jalea Peruvian Cuisine in Hicksville.

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Peruvian-style ceviche de pescado features hunks of sea bass "cooked" in a lime marinade at Jalea Peruvian Cuisine in Hicksville.

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Anticuchos, skewered and grilled beef hearts, at Jalea Peruvian Cuisine in Hicksville.

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Aguadito de pollo is a meal-sized chicken and rice soup at Jalea Peruvian Cuisine in Hicksville.

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Arroz chaufa carne is Peruvian-style fried rice with chewy pieces of beef at Jalea Peruvian Cuisine in Hicksville.

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Peru's textbook roast chicken, known as pollo a la brasa, is cooked tender at Jalea Peruvian Cuisine in Hicksville.

 
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