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- Mar 1, 2022
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Famous Food In Chile

Chilean cuisine stems mainly from the combination of traditional Spanish cuisine, Chilean Mapuche culture and local ingredients, with later important influences from other European cuisines, particularly from Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and France.

Here Are the national and famous dishes you should try in Chile.

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Carbonada Chilean

Carbonada Chilena is a traditional stew. It is prepared with a combination of beef (often chuck roast), potatoes, carrots, bell peppers, celery, onions, pumpkin, corn, peas, garlic, paprika, oregano, beef stock, bay leaves, salt, pepper, and olive oil.

It is served in a soup dish with abundant broth sprinkled with parsley.

It can be served with rice.

Caldillo de congrio

Caldillo de congrio is a fish soup made with eel as its key ingredient. The dish is made by boiling together fish heads, onion, garlic, coriander, carrots, and pepper. Optionally, heavy cream can also be stirred into the soup. Caldillo de congrio is typically seasoned with salt and black pepper, and it is garnished with coriander, parsley, or scallions.

This soup is traditionally paired with crusty bread and a glass of wine on the side.

Churrasco

Churrasco is a delicious Chilean-style steak sandwich, topped with mayo, tomato, and avocado referred to as palta -a local name for mashed avocados.

The sandwich is served between two slices of freshly baked Chilean bread called pan amasado.

It includes a fried egg, caramelized onion, and tons of Chilean french fries. The Churrasco sandwich comes in different options. Either with avocado (con palta), with tomatoes (con tomatoes), or completo which means with the full ingredients: tomatoes, avocado, and mayonnaise.

Empanadas

Empanadas are delicious dough pastries (baked or fried) filled with onions, ground beef, olives, raisins, and hard-boiled eggs.

During the Easter festivities, beef is forbidden due to religious reasons, so these empanadas are usually filled with cheese and seafood in that period.

Although empanadas are traditionally associated with savory fillings, in the case of empanada de manzana the filling is a sweet combination of cinnamon-spiced apples. Sliced, preferably tart apples are wrapped inside the buttery dough, shaped in small crescent forms, and baked until golden and crispy.

Sopapillas

Sopapillas are simple flatbreads made from a mixture of pumpkins, butter, and flour flattened into circles then fried.

Sopaipillas are served with pebre sauce or mustard and ketchup.

Sopapillas is a snack that can be eaten sweet or savory.

Completos

Completos are the Chilean version of American Hot Dogs.

Completo is served with tomatoes, sauerkraut, sausages, onions, pickles, avocado, mustard, and lots of mayonnaise.

Made with boiled wiener served inside plain bread rolls.

Chorrillana

Chorrillana is a meal of French fries which are covered in a combination of fried or scrambled eggs, strips of beef, and caramelized onions. The servings are huge and it is meant to be shared.

Restaurants typically serve it with a side of hot sauce (or pebre), ketchup, and mayo.

Chorrillana is served as a large platter and is meant to be shared. It matches nicely with some live entertainment and a cold beer.

Pichanga

Pichanga can be translated as a mess, referring to a large variety of food on one plate. The dish consists of diced ham or salami, a variety of pickles, olives, cheese, tomatoes, and avocados.

The dish is served as an appetizer.

Humintas

Humintas is the Chilean version of Tamales it can be sweet or savory. They are usually served for breakfast or a snack and are made by mixing grated sweetcorn with cinnamon, sugar, raisins, and sometimes cheese. All this stuffing is wrapped in corn leaves (tamales) to be steamed or grilled.

It is best served beside a coffee.

Pastel de Choclo

Pastel de choclo is a corn pie, choclo translates to “tender corn” or freshly picked corn. It is Chile’s most famous dish which is based on corn, which is slightly sweet.

There are many different versions of this dish, but the most famous one consists of a purée of corn mixed with basil and coriander, ground beef, onions, a piece of chicken, hard-boiled eggs cut in quarters, and a few black olives.

Pastel de choclo is typically prepared in clay pots and cooked slowly in the oven. Most people add sugar on top to give it a crust and serve it with fresh tomato salad as an aside.

Pastel de Jaiba

Pastel de Jaiba is a popular seafood dish Blue crabs are traditionally used in this dish, The dish is made with crab meat, crustless bread, garlic, onions, milk, chili peppers, white wine, butter, fish stock, cream, and spices such as cumin, oregano, and paprika powder.

Just like pastel de choclo, it is usually baked in clay pots. Parmesan cheese (or similar) is added on top as a gratin.

Cazeula

Cazuela is typically soup or stew in Chilean cuisine. It’s a homemade stew that contains a lot of ingredients: large chunks of beef or chicken, onions, carrots, pumpkin, potatoes, rice, and corn husks. It is all cooked together slowly in water and flavored with garlic, salt, pepper, coriander, and merkén, a local spice made of smoked chili peppers, similar to paprika, all the ingredients slow cooked to perfection

When tender, seasonal vegetables are added. This includes potatoes, corn on the cob, pumpkins, onions, and other vegetables.

Barros Luco

Barros Luco is a simple Chilean sandwich that usually consists of thin slices of grilled beef steak topped with cheese and served inside various buns and bread rolls. It got its unique name after the Chilean president Ramón Barros Luco, who was a great admirer of this satisfying sandwich. It is always served hot and can be found on the menus of many Chilean restaurants.

It looks a bit like an American cheeseburger, with thin slices of grilled beef steak topped with cheese and served inside a bun or fresh bread roll. It got its name from former Chilean president Ramón Barros Luco, who was a great fan of this particular sandwich.

Barros Jarpa

Barros Jarpa is a Chilean sandwich consisting of grilled sandwich bread filled with a slice of ham and cheese. The sandwich is a variation of the Barros Luco, which is made with steak instead of ham.

Charquicán

Charquicán is a flavorful Chilean stew that was originally made with dried and salted llama meat, pumpkin, onions, sweet corn, and potatoes. Current versions often replace dried llama with ground beef and top the dish with a fried egg.

Tomaticán

Tomaticán is a similar stew, but lighter, with only tomatoes, onions, and corn added to the meat. Because it is made purely with fresh products, it is prepared only during summer.

It is sometimes prepared without meat, making it a vegetarian dish. Some cover it with grated cheese to give it some extra flavor.

Porotos con rienda

Porotos con rienda is a traditional Chilean dish that is usually prepared during the colder winter months. This hearty stew is made with spaghetti noodles, beans, pumpkin, sausages, garlic, onions, paprika powder, or smoked chili pepper.

Porotos granados are often served with pebre.

Machas a la parmesana

Machas a la parmesana is a typical Chilean dish consisting of razor clams that are topped with salt, white wine, butter, and parmesan cheese. The clams are then broiled until the cheese melts, and it is recommended to serve immediately, preferably with a glass of white wine on the side. This dish is always served as an appetizer.

Pollo arvejado

Pollo arvejado is a typical Chilean stew made with chicken and peas as the main ingredients. The stew is usually flavored with onions, garlic, carrots, green peppers, white wine, chicken stock, cumin, paprika, and bay leaves. In Chile, it is typically accompanied by rice or potatoes.

This comforting dish is quite popular in the country because it is quick and easy to prepare while remaining immensely flavorful.

Desserts

Pan de Pascua

Pan de Pascua is a Chilean cake traditionally eaten around Christmas time.

it is also a rich and dense cake loaded with various spices, nuts, and dried fruits.

Cuchuflí

Cuchuflí are popular Chilean sweet snacks that are thin, crispy tubes with a texture similar to that of wafers. They are made of sugar, flour, butter, egg whites, and vanilla flavoring. These sweet treats are often filled with dulce de leche, but they can also be covered in chocolate.

Drinks

Cola De Mono

A famous drink especially at Christmas. There are numerous versions of this beverage, but it typically consists of milk, sugar, coffee, cloves, cinnamon, and aguardiente – distilled spirits containing between 29% and 60% alcohol by volume.

All ingredients are first boiled, cooled, then combined with aguardiente. The drink can be served hot or cold, and it is traditionally paired with a slice of pan de Pascua, a traditional Christmas bread.

Mote Con Huesillos

A delicious and refreshing wheat-based dessert drink with corn seeds and dried peaches.

Leche con plátano

Leche con plátano is a light Chilean milkshake made with a combination of milk, sugar, and ripe bananas, sometimes with the addition of whipping cream. In order to prepare it, all ingredients should simply blend until smooth.

The drink is especially popular at children’s parties and birthdays.

Famous Food In Chile

Here Are the national and famous dishes you should try in Chile.

Enjoy Reading!

Carbonada Chilean

Carbonada Chilena is a traditional stew. It is prepared with a combination of beef (often chuck roast), potatoes, carrots, bell peppers, celery, onions, pumpkin, corn, peas, garlic, paprika, oregano, beef stock, bay leaves, salt, pepper, and olive oil.

It is served in a soup dish with abundant broth sprinkled with parsley.

It can be served with rice.

Caldillo de congrio

This soup is traditionally paired with crusty bread and a glass of wine on the side.

Churrasco

Churrasco is a delicious Chilean-style steak sandwich, topped with mayo, tomato, and avocado referred to as palta -a local name for mashed avocados.

The sandwich is served between two slices of freshly baked Chilean bread called pan amasado.

It includes a fried egg, caramelized onion, and tons of Chilean french fries. The Churrasco sandwich comes in different options. Either with avocado (con palta), with tomatoes (con tomatoes), or completo which means with the full ingredients: tomatoes, avocado, and mayonnaise.

Empanadas

Empanadas are delicious dough pastries (baked or fried) filled with onions, ground beef, olives, raisins, and hard-boiled eggs.

During the Easter festivities, beef is forbidden due to religious reasons, so these empanadas are usually filled with cheese and seafood in that period.

Sopapillas

Sopapillas are simple flatbreads made from a mixture of pumpkins, butter, and flour flattened into circles then fried.

Sopaipillas are served with pebre sauce or mustard and ketchup.

Sopapillas is a snack that can be eaten sweet or savory.

Completos

Completos are the Chilean version of American Hot Dogs.

Completo is served with tomatoes, sauerkraut, sausages, onions, pickles, avocado, mustard, and lots of mayonnaise.

Made with boiled wiener served inside plain bread rolls.

Chorrillana

Chorrillana is a meal of French fries which are covered in a combination of fried or scrambled eggs, strips of beef, and caramelized onions. The servings are huge and it is meant to be shared.

Restaurants typically serve it with a side of hot sauce (or pebre), ketchup, and mayo.

Chorrillana is served as a large platter and is meant to be shared. It matches nicely with some live entertainment and a cold beer.

Pichanga

Pichanga can be translated as a mess, referring to a large variety of food on one plate. The dish consists of diced ham or salami, a variety of pickles, olives, cheese, tomatoes, and avocados.

The dish is served as an appetizer.

Humintas

Humintas is the Chilean version of Tamales it can be sweet or savory. They are usually served for breakfast or a snack and are made by mixing grated sweetcorn with cinnamon, sugar, raisins, and sometimes cheese. All this stuffing is wrapped in corn leaves (tamales) to be steamed or grilled.

It is best served beside a coffee.

Pastel de Choclo

Pastel de choclo is a corn pie, choclo translates to “tender corn” or freshly picked corn. It is Chile’s most famous dish which is based on corn, which is slightly sweet.

There are many different versions of this dish, but the most famous one consists of a purée of corn mixed with basil and coriander, ground beef, onions, a piece of chicken, hard-boiled eggs cut in quarters, and a few black olives.

Pastel de choclo is typically prepared in clay pots and cooked slowly in the oven. Most people add sugar on top to give it a crust and serve it with fresh tomato salad as an aside.

Pastel de Jaiba

Pastel de Jaiba is a popular seafood dish Blue crabs are traditionally used in this dish, The dish is made with crab meat, crustless bread, garlic, onions, milk, chili peppers, white wine, butter, fish stock, cream, and spices such as cumin, oregano, and paprika powder.

Just like pastel de choclo, it is usually baked in clay pots. Parmesan cheese (or similar) is added on top as a gratin.

Cazeula

When tender, seasonal vegetables are added. This includes potatoes, corn on the cob, pumpkins, onions, and other vegetables.

Barros Luco

It looks a bit like an American cheeseburger, with thin slices of grilled beef steak topped with cheese and served inside a bun or fresh bread roll. It got its name from former Chilean president Ramón Barros Luco, who was a great fan of this particular sandwich.

Barros Jarpa

Barros Jarpa is a Chilean sandwich consisting of grilled sandwich bread filled with a slice of ham and cheese. The sandwich is a variation of the Barros Luco, which is made with steak instead of ham.

Charquicán

Charquicán is a flavorful Chilean stew that was originally made with dried and salted llama meat, pumpkin, onions, sweet corn, and potatoes. Current versions often replace dried llama with ground beef and top the dish with a fried egg.

Tomaticán

Tomaticán is a similar stew, but lighter, with only tomatoes, onions, and corn added to the meat. Because it is made purely with fresh products, it is prepared only during summer.

It is sometimes prepared without meat, making it a vegetarian dish. Some cover it with grated cheese to give it some extra flavor.

Porotos con rienda

Porotos con rienda is a traditional Chilean dish that is usually prepared during the colder winter months. This hearty stew is made with spaghetti noodles, beans, pumpkin, sausages, garlic, onions, paprika powder, or smoked chili pepper.

Porotos granados are often served with pebre.

Machas a la parmesana

Pollo arvejado

Pollo arvejado is a typical Chilean stew made with chicken and peas as the main ingredients. The stew is usually flavored with onions, garlic, carrots, green peppers, white wine, chicken stock, cumin, paprika, and bay leaves. In Chile, it is typically accompanied by rice or potatoes.

This comforting dish is quite popular in the country because it is quick and easy to prepare while remaining immensely flavorful.

Desserts

Pan de Pascua

Pan de Pascua is a Chilean cake traditionally eaten around Christmas time.

it is also a rich and dense cake loaded with various spices, nuts, and dried fruits.

Cuchuflí

Cuchuflí are popular Chilean sweet snacks that are thin, crispy tubes with a texture similar to that of wafers. They are made of sugar, flour, butter, egg whites, and vanilla flavoring. These sweet treats are often filled with dulce de leche, but they can also be covered in chocolate.

Drinks

Cola De Mono

A famous drink especially at Christmas. There are numerous versions of this beverage, but it typically consists of milk, sugar, coffee, cloves, cinnamon, and aguardiente – distilled spirits containing between 29% and 60% alcohol by volume.

All ingredients are first boiled, cooled, then combined with aguardiente. The drink can be served hot or cold, and it is traditionally paired with a slice of pan de Pascua, a traditional Christmas bread.

Mote Con Huesillos

A delicious and refreshing wheat-based dessert drink with corn seeds and dried peaches.

Leche con plátano

Leche con plátano is a light Chilean milkshake made with a combination of milk, sugar, and ripe bananas, sometimes with the addition of whipping cream. In order to prepare it, all ingredients should simply blend until smooth.

The drink is especially popular at children’s parties and birthdays.

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