Inka Mama's San Clemente Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to Inka Mama's San Clemente, where the vibrant flavors of Peru come alive! Nestled in the heart of San Clemente, this delightful eatery specializes in Peruvian cuisine, cocktails, and seafood, making it a must-visit destination for food enthusiasts.

The menu dazzles with a fusion of traditional and innovative dishes. Highlights include the Chicken Paella with cilantro-infused rice, and the ever-popular Lomo Saltado, a classic beef stir-fry bursting with flavor. Seafood lovers will revel in the Halibut Ceviche, a refreshing dish marinated in zesty lime juice.

Each plate is crafted with quality ingredients and authentic recipes, creating a memorable dining experience. With rave reviews highlighting the attentive service and exquisite presentation, Inka Mama's promises a culinary journey that transports you straight to the heart of Peru.

Appetizers

1/2 Dozen Empanadas

Half dozen empanadas stuffed with your choice of steak, chicken, spinach mozzarella, or shrimp mozzarella. Served with a spicy lime sauce.

$36.00

Halibut Ceviche

Sashimi style wild caught halibut marinated in a spicy lime garlic juice with sliced red onions and cilantro. Garnished with cancha.

$25.00

Jalea

Wild caught halibut, jumbo shrimp and calamari marinated, lightly floured and deep fried. Served with pickled onions and tomatoes and a spicy tartar sauce.

$28.00

Dozen Empanadas

Full dozen empanadas stuffed with your choice of steak, chicken, spinach mozzarella, or shrimp mozzarella. Served with a spicy lime sauce.

$66.00

Chicken Empanadas

Portion of two. chicken breast prepared with caramelized onions, green onions, raisin, kalamata olive and a sliced hard boiled egg. served with a mildly spicy lime sauce.

$13.00

Beef Empanadas

Portion of two. steak prepared with caramelized minced onions, green onions, raisins, kalamata olive and a slice of hard boiled egg. served with a mildly spicy lime sauce.

$13.00

Spinach and Mozzarella Empanadas

Portion of two. Spinach sauteed with minced onion, stuffed in a pastry dough with mozzarella then fried golden brown. Served with a mildly spicy lime sauce.

$13.00

Ceviche Mixto

Halibut, jumbo shrimp and calamari marinated in a spicy garllic lime juice. Prepared with red onions and cilantro. Garnished with cancha.

$28.00

Chicharrn De Pollo

Chicken thigh meat marinated in a red chili garlic sauce and deep fried to a golden brown. Served with pickled onions and cilantro.

$18.50

Ribeye Anticuchos

Marinated Ribeye pieces seared on a cast iron skillet. Served with pickled cabbage and a spicy lime cause.

$21.50

Shrimp Empanadas

Portion of two. jumbo shrimp and mozzarella in a cream sauce. Prepared with green onions and stuffed in a pastry dough and fried golden brown. Served with a mildly spicy lime sauce.

$14.00

Choros a la Chalaca

Steamed New Zealand green lipped mussels. Topped with lime marinated red onion, tomatoes, cilantro and serrano peppers. Garnished with cancha.

$19.00

Ribeye Saltado

Lomo saltado. Seasoned beef sauted with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, french fries, soy sauce and garlic. Served with white or brown rice.

$27.00

Fried Rice

Chaufa de ribeye. Ribeye pan fried with scrambled egg, peas, carrots, green onion, ginger, black bean sauce, soy sauce and white rice.

$27.00

Combinado de Ribeye

Seasoned beef sauted with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, soy sauce and garlic. Served with stewed peruvian garlic beans and white rice.

$27.00

Ajiaco de Ribeye

$27.00

Col Saltado de Ribeye

Ribeye sauted with cabbage, onions, green onions, red bell peppers, ginger, soy sauce and black bean sauce. Served with white rice.

$27.00

Ribeye

Bistec encebollado. Ribeye steak (5 onzas) pan seared and topped with sauted red onions, tomatoes and cilantro, in a garlic and soy sauce. Served with white rice.

$28.00

Tallarn Saltado de Ribeye

Ribeye sauted with cabbage, onions, green onions, red bell peppers, ginger, soy sauce and black bean sauce and tossed with noodles.

$27.00

Beef

Chicken

Arroz con Pollo

Chicken thigh stewed with garlic, onions and cilantro. Served with a cilantro infused rice and lime marinated red onions.

$23.00

Inka Special Chicken

Chicken breast, minced onions, peas, carrots and french fries simmered in a yellow chili garlic sauce. Served with white.

$21.00

Saltado Vainitas de Pollo

Chicken breast sauted with a green beans, broccoli, red onions, tomatoes, cilantro, green onion and soy sauce. Served with white rice.

$21.00

Tallarn Verde Con Pollo

Chicken breast smothered in garlic, lightly breaded and pan fried. Served with pasta in a creamy spinach and basil sauce. Topped with grated parmesan.

$23.00

Chaufa De Pollo

Chicken sauted with scrambled eggs, peas, carrots, green onions, ginger, black bean sauce, soy sauce and white rice.

$21.00

Saltado De Pollo

Chicken breast sauted with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, green onion, French fries and soy sauce. Served with white rice.

$21.00

Ajiaco de Pollo

Chicken breast simmered in a spicy garlic chili sauce with cubed potatoes and cilantro. Served with white.

$21.00

Chicken Scampi

Breaded. chicken breast smothered in garlic, lightly breaded and pan fried. Served with pasta tossed in a spicy garlic cream sauce. Prepared with cilantro and parmesan.

$23.00

Pollo Apanado

Chicken breast smothered in garlic, lightly breaded and pan fried. Served with salad and white rice.

$21.00

Chicken Paella

Chicken sauted with fresh garlic, peas, carrots, a bay leaf, cilantro infused rice. Served with lime marinated red onions and cilantro.

$21.00

Shrimp Scampi

Jumbo shrimp in a spicy garlic cream sauce. Prepared with Parmesan, tossed in noodles and finished with fresh cilantro.

$28.00

Tallarn Saltado De Mariscos

Halibut, shrimp and calamari sauted with cabbage, red and green onions, bell pepper, ginger and black bean sauce. Stir fried with noodles.

$38.00

Seafood Paella

Halibut, shrimp, calamari and mussels sauted in garlic and pan fried with cilantro infused rice, peas, carrots and a bay leaf. Served with lime marinated red onions.

$38.00

Garlic Shrimp

Camarn al ajo. jumbo shrimp prepared in a garlic and lime sauce. Served with a fried potato round, steamed white rice and salad.

$28.00

Chaufa De Mariscos

Shrimp, and calamari pan fried with peas, carrots, scrambled eggs, green onions, ginger, black bean sauce, rice and soy sauce.

$38.00

Ajiaco De Mariscos

Shrimp, and calamari in a spicy garlic chili sauce. Prepared with potatoes and cilantro. Served with steamed white rice.

$38.00

Saltado De Mariscos

Halibut, shrimp and calamari sauted with garlic, onion, tomato, cilantro, french fries and soy sauce. Served with steamed white rice.

$38.00

Seafood Inka Special

Halibut, shrimp, and calamari in a mildly spicy yellow pepper sauce. Prepared with peas, carrots a bay leaf and french fries. Served with steamed white rice.

$38.00

Seafood

Vegetarian

Paella de Vegetales

$18.50

Vegetable Inka Special

Seasoned mixed vegetables sauted with minced onions, peas, carrots, french fries in a mildly spicy yellow pepper sauce.

$18.50

Chaufa de Vegetales

Fried rice mixed with green beans, broccoli, peas, carrots, red bell peppers, scrambled eggs, green onions, ginger, soy sauce and black bean sauce.

$18.50

Saltado De Vegetales

Mixed vegetables seasoned with ginger, french fries, soy sauce and black bean sauce. Served with white or brown rice.

$18.50

Ajiaco de Vegetales

Quinoa, green beans, broccoli, red bell peppers, peas and carrots in a spicy garlic chili sauce with cubed potatoes, cilantro and beans. Served with white or brown rice.

$18.50

Tallarn Saltado De Vegetales

Spaghetti pasta sauted with green beans, broccoli, cabbage, bell peppers, onions and green onions with ginger, black bean sauce and soy sauce.

$18.50

Tallarn Verde Veg

Broccoli sauted in garlic and a spinach and basil sauce. Prepared with cilantro, parmesan and noodles.

$18.50

Tacu Tacu

Pan seared tenderloin steak served with plantains, fried eggs and mixture of rice, beans and peruvian yellow chilis.

$30.00

Arroz Con Mariscos

Peruvian paella. Seasoned seafood sauted in fresh garlic; pan fried with our cilantro infused rice. Served with sarza criolla.

$38.00

Macho Fish

Pan fried seasoned halibut topped with sauted chopped shrimp and calamari in a spicy garlic yellow chili sauce. Served with white or brown rice and potatoes.

$48.00

Parihuela

Inca bouillabaisse. Mixed seafood prepared with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, cubed potatoes and inca wine in a spicy seafood broth. Served with white or brown rice.

$42.00

House Specialty

Soup and Salad

Aguadito De Pollo

Chicken cilantro soup simmered with rice, peas, carrots and potatoes.

$9.00

Ginger Soup

Chicken or shrimp simmered in a ginger broth, prepared with cabbage, broccoli, noodles and potatoes. Finished with green onions and soy sauce.

$24.00

Side Salad

Mixed greens, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, topped with cancha and served with our house vinaigrette.

$9.00

Salpicon (Big Salad)

Salpicn. seasoned chicken breast or shrimp with romaine, tomatoes, onions, kalamata olives and cubed potatoes served with our house vinaigrette.

$22.00

Chupe De Camarones

Butterflied shrimp in a garlic cream broth prepared with eggs, peas, tomato, cubed potato and rice.

$26.00

Sope de Frijoles

$22.00

Side of Plantains

Deep fried caramelized plantains. Suggested pairing, chaufa de mariscos.

$7.00

Side Cilantro Rice

$7.00

Bread and Aj

Bread and green sauce for 2.

$6.00

Green Sauce

Twelve ounce mason jar of our fresh green sauce. Eat it with your favorite bread, put it on left over pizza, also makes a great marinade.

$12.00

Side Fried Yuca

Yuca root, also known as cassava, is similar to a potato only more fibrous. Ours are boiled, cut into wedges, deep fried and salted. Suggested pairing, ceviche or chicharrn.

$7.00

Side Peruvian Beans

Stewed garlic beans.

$7.00

Side Cancha

Peruvian corn, dehydrated and deep fried. It's the incan corn nut. salty and crunchy.

$7.00

Side White Rice

$6.00

Side Sarza Criolla

Thinly sliced red onions, chopped tomato and cilantro tossed in a mildly spicy lime vinaigrette.

$7.00

Side Plates

Kid's Menu

Kid's Pesto Pasta

Noodles prepared in a creamy spinach and basil sauce. Topped with grated parmesan.

$15.00

Kids Bowl

Choice of seasoned chicken breast or ribeye pieces, sauted and served over white rice.

$12.00

Chicken Tenders with Fries

Breaded chicken cutlets served with french fries.

$12.00

Spaguetti with Parmesan Cheese & Butter

Noodles prepared with butter and parmesan cheese.

$15.00

Puerple Puch

Chicha morada. 12 oz mason jar of scratch made punch made by simmering purple corn, pineapple, cinnamon and cloves. Once chilled, we add lime and sugar.

$5.00

Inca Kola

$3.00

Beverages