Chile Recipes
A 4,000-kilometer pantry between the Andes and the sea. Not sure what to eat in Chile? Start with Pastel de Choclo (Corn and Beef Pie), Completo, Leche Asada and Sopaipillas. Here are 9 authentic Chile recipes, each from a specific region, with cultural context and dietary substitutions for every table.
9 recipes
Porotos GranadosCentral Valley, Chile · easy · 1 hSummer stew of fresh beans, corn, squash, and basil, Chile’s pre-Columbian trinity in one pot.
Porotos Granados SopaipillasCentral Valley, Chile · medium · 40 minGolden pumpkin-dough fritters, soft and faintly sweet, fried up on cold Chilean mornings and eaten with pebre or chancaca syrup.
CompletoCentral Valley, Chile · easy · 25 minA hot dog buried under diced tomato, mashed avocado, sauerkraut, and mayonnaise, Chile's overloaded snack-lunch.
Leche AsadaCentral Valley, Chile · easy · 55 minA rustic baked milk custard with a scorched, caramelised top, Chile's homelier cousin of crème caramel.
Pastel de Choclo (Corn and Beef Pie)Central Valley, Chile · medium · 1 h 30 minA baked casserole of seasoned beef and chicken with egg, olives and raisins, under a thick, lightly sweet fresh-corn topping.
Empanadas de PinoCentral Valley, Chile · medium · 2 h 10 minBaked pastry turnovers filled with a seasoned beef-and-onion pino, a piece of hard-boiled egg, an olive and a few raisins.
Ensalada Chilena (Chilean Tomato and Onion Salad)Central Valley, Chile · easy · 27 minWedges of ripe tomato and paper-thin onion, soaked to tame its bite, dressed with oil and salt and scattered with cilantro, the salad beside every Chilean asado.
Machas a la Parmesana (Chilean Baked Clams with Parmesan)Central Valley, Chile · easy · 35 minChilean surf clams opened onto their half shells, splashed with white wine and lemon, dotted with butter, blanketed with Parmesan and baked until golden and bubbling.
Calzones Rotos (Chilean Twisted Fried Pastries)Central Valley, Chile · medium · 50 minStrips of orange-scented dough slit and pulled through themselves into little knots, fried golden and buried in icing sugar, a Chilean treat for tea time and rainy afternoons.
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