3 dishes people actually cook in Uruguay: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.
What can you cook from Uruguay? 3 traditional Uruguay dishes, from Chivito (30 min, the quickest) to Torta frita (55 min, the longest). Each recipe is written step by step with full ingredient lists, free to read.
Uruguay on the map. Drag to spin the planet.
Uruguay's steak sandwich, born in Punta del Este in 1946, stacks a thin seared beef fillet under ham, melted mozzarella, bacon and a fried egg.
A thin beef cutlet dipped in egg and breadcrumbs, fried, then served with fried eggs on top: the milanesa "on horseback".
A thin, crisp Uruguayan fried dough disc with a small cut in its centre, made on rainy days to go with mate.
Copper documents three dishes from Uruguay: Chivito, Milanesa a caballo and Torta frita. All three are fried. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 22 different ingredients.
The three recipes need 22 ingredients between them, of which 1 is shared by more than one dish. Copper's atlas covers 586 dishes from 198 countries, and these three are the Uruguay entries. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.
Chivito is the quickest at 30 minutes. Torta frita is the longest at 55 minutes. The median is 35 minutes — a weeknight, not a project.
Chivito, Milanesa a caballo and Torta frita are rated easy — start there. The full method is on each recipe page, step by step, free to read.
Uruguay is part of South American.
Countries close to Uruguay on the globe — and close on the plate.
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