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🇨🇱 Traditional dishes from Chile

3 dishes people actually cook in Chile: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Cazuela

90 min · medium · 13 ingredients

Cazuela, a traditional dish from Chile

Savor the rich flavors of this traditional Chilean stew.

  • 500 g beef
  • 300 g chicken
  • 400 g potatoes
  • 300 g pumpkin
  • 200 g corn
  • 150 g green beans
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic
  • 1 beef broth
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp paprika

Empanadas de pino

90 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Empanadas de pino, a traditional dish from Chile

Delicious Chilean empanadas filled with savory goodness.

  • 500 g all-purpose flour
  • 200 ml water
  • 50 ml olive oil
  • 400 g ground beef
  • 1 onion
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs
  • 100 g black olives
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper

Pastel de choclo

60 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Pastel de choclo, a traditional dish from Chile

A savory corn pie bursting with flavor!

  • 500 g corn
  • 400 g ground beef
  • 1 onion
  • 100 g black olives
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs
  • 200 ml milk
  • 50 g butter
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tbsp sugar

What do people eat in Chile?

The three dishes from Chile documented in Copper are Cazuela, Empanadas de pino and Pastel de choclo. Onion and black olives each appear in more than one recipe. All three are fried. Two of the three need an oven. Between them they use 23 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Chile?

The three recipes need 23 ingredients between them, of which 6 are shared by more than one dish. Black olives and corn are the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 7 use black olives and 5 use corn. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Chile take?

Pastel de choclo is the quickest at 60 minutes. Cazuela is the longest at 90 minutes. The median is 90 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Chile is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Chile here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Pastel de choclo is the shortest way in.

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