Chilean cuisine stems mainly from the combination of Spanish cuisine

Spanish cuisine

Spanish cuisine consists of a variety of dishes, which stem from differences in geography, culture and climate. It is heavily influenced by seafood available from the waters that surround the country, and reflects the country's deep maritime roots...

 with traditional Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an ingredients, with later influences from other Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

an cuisines, particularly from Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

, Croatia

Croatia

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, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 and the Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

. The food tradition and recipes in Chile stand out due to the varieties in flavors and colors. The country's long coastline and the Chilean peoples' relationship with the sea

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...

 adds an immense array of ocean products to the variety of the food in Chile. The country's waters are home to unique species of fish and shellfish such as the Chilean sea bass

Patagonian toothfish

The Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides , is a fish found in the cold, temperate waters of the southern Atlantic, southern Pacific, Indian, and Southern Oceans on seamounts and continental shelves around most sub-Antarctic islands.A close relative, the Antarctic toothfish , is found...

, loco

Concholepas concholepas

Concholepas concholepas, common names the Chilean abalone, loco or pata de burro and chanque , is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk. Despite the superficial resemblance, C...

 and picoroco. In addition, many Chilean recipes are enhanced and accompanied by wine

Chilean wine

Chilean wine is wine made in the South American country of Chile. The region has a long viticultural history for a New World wine region dating to the 16th century when the Spanish conquistadors brought Vitis vinifera vines with them as they colonized the region. In the mid-19th century, French...

 because Chile is one of the world's largest producers of wine. The country's immense geographical diversity allows for a wide range of crops and fruits to be present in Chilean food.

Variety

Due to the immense variety of products available in Chile's geographical makeup, recipes vary in different regions of the country. There are three distinct zones dealing with Chilean gastronomy.

• Cuisine of the North---Cesar Yescas

• Cuisine of the Central Coast
• Cuisine of the South

All of the varying cuisines have received some contribution from the European and Chilean people living throughout the country. Each one implementing their own customs and host of condiments such as fish, seafood, meats and poultry. Foreign influence has played a prominent role in main dishes while also providing an ample range of desserts and drinks.

The Pacific territory of Easter Island

Easter Island

Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian triangle. A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people...

 is considered part of Chile, and its own typical cuisine, a mix of Polynesian and southern Chilean flavors, consists mainly of fish and seafood, particularly lobster.

Major crops

Throughout Chile and South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

 you may find fruits and vegetables that have been cultivated for ages. These agricultural products are appreciated and heavily implemented onto several cooking recipes. They have also been exported around the world as important agricultural commodities. Among the most known are the following:

• Olives: Although originating in Europe Azapa olives from Arica
  Arica
  Arica is a city in northern Chile. "Arica" may also refer to:Places* Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile* Arica Airport , Chile* Arica, Amazonas, town in Colombia* Rio Aricá-açu, tributary of the Cuiabá River south of Cuiabá, BrazilOther...
  
  , former Peruvian territory, are considered a variety originating in the northern region and are widely recognized in Chile.

• Chirimoya: a fruit native to the subtropical regions of the Andes mountains, it is widely consumed and produced.

• Maize
  Maize
  Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
  
  : Recognized in Chile and Peru as choclo
  Maize
  Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
  
  , and in English speaking countries as corn. Maize was a staple diet that prospered in three empires Mayas, Aztecs, and the Incas. It was also cultivated in varying systematic methods by the Atacameño
  Atacameño
  The Atacameños are a Native American people who inhabited the Andean portion of the Atacama Desert, mainly in what is today Chile's Antofagasta Region. Their language is known as Kunza....
  
  . Through trade and travel, Maize brought and eventually embraced by the Mapuche
  Mapuche
  The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...
  
   and using it towards their culinary arts. It should be noted that Chilean choclo is a different variety of Maize than is known elsewhere. It originated in Peru and is distinguishable by its very large kernels, which are tougher than American corn and its non-sweet somewhat nutty flavor.

• Lúcuma
  Lúcuma
  The lúcuma is a subtropical fruit native to the Peru's Andean region. Lucuma has been found on ceramics at burial sites of the indigenous people of coastal Peru...
  
  : A subtropical fruit of Andean origin, native to Peru it has grown well for centuries in southern Ecuador and Chile's northern coast. The fruit is very nutritious, having high levels of carotene and vitamin B₃. The lúcuma is exported all around the world. It is an important flavor for gelatin desserts such as ice cream.

• Ugni molinae
  Ugni molinae
  Ugni molinae, commonly known as Chilean guava, or strawberry myrtle, is a shrub native to Chile and adjacent regions of southern Argentina. The Mapuche Native American name is "Uñi"...
  
  : is an endemic shrub native to southern Chile. The Mapuche Native American name is Uñi, and Spanish names include Murta and Murtilla ("little myrtle"); it is also sometimes known as "Chilean guava". It was used among the Mapuche before the arrival of the Spaniards. It is an ingredient used for marmalades and liquor.

• Potato
  Potato
  The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
  
  : Featured heavily in dishes such as cazuela
  Cazuela
  Cazuela is the common name given to a variety of dishes, specially from South America. It receives its name from the cazuela in which is cooked...
  
  , the potato native to the Americas, was widely grown in Chiloe Archipelago
  Chiloé Archipelago
  Chiloé Archipelago consists of several islands lying off the coast of Chile. It is separated from mainland Chile by Chacao Channel in the north, the Sea of Chiloé in the east and Gulf of Corcovado to the southeast. All of the archipelago except Desertores Islands, which are part of Palena...
  
  . The potato is a fundamental product in a wide array of dishes.

• Quinoa
  Quinoa
  Quinoa , a species of goosefoot , is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal, or grain, as it is not a member of the grass family...
  
  : grown as a crop primarily for its edible seeds and originated in the Peruvian Andean region of South America, where it has been an important food for 6,000 years. Certain varieties of Quinoa are harvested in Concepcion, Chile
  Concepción, Chile
  Concepción is a city in Chile, capital of Concepción Province and of the Biobío Region or Region VIII. Greater Concepción is the second-largest conurbation in the country, with 889,725 inhabitants...
  
  , known as the Catentoa, and the Regalona is abundant in Temuco, Chile.

Seafood

A characteristic of Chilean cuisine is the variety and quality of fish and seafood, due to the geographic location and extensive coastline. The Humboldt current

Humboldt Current

The Humboldt Current , also known as the Peru Current, is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north-westward along the west coast of South America from the southern tip of Chile to northern Peru. It is an eastern boundary current flowing in the direction of the equator, and can extend...

 causes a supply of seafood that gathers along the Pacific coast perpendicular to Chilean waters. These include squid

Squid

Squid are cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle, and arms. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight arms arranged in pairs and two, usually longer, tentacles...

, soleidae

Soleidae

The true soles are a family, Soleidae, of flatfishes, and include species that live in salt water and fresh water. They are bottom-dwelling fishes feeding on small crustaceans and other invertebrates. Other flatfishes are also known as soles....

 (sole), albacore

Albacore

The albacore, Thunnus alalunga, is a type of tuna in the family Scombridae. This species is also called albacore fish, albacore tuna, albicore, longfin, albies, pigfish, tombo ahi, binnaga, Pacific albacore, German bonito , longfin tuna, longfin tunny, or even just tuna...

, codfish, hake

Hake

The term hake refers to fish in either of:* family Phycidae of the northern oceans* family Merlucciidae of the southern oceans-Hake fish:...

, corvina, salmon

Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...

, batoidea

Batoidea

Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays and skates, containing more than 500 described species in thirteen families...

 and tuna

Tuna

Tuna is a salt water fish from the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. Tuna are fast swimmers, and some species are capable of speeds of . Unlike most fish, which have white flesh, the muscle tissue of tuna ranges from pink to dark red. The red coloration derives from myoglobin, an...

. Seafood such as abalone

Abalone

Abalone , from aulón, are small to very large-sized edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Haliotidae and the genus Haliotis...

, prawn

Prawn

Prawns are decapod crustaceans of the sub-order Dendrobranchiata. There are 540 extant species, in seven families, and a fossil record extending back to the Devonian...

s, clams, crab

Crab

True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...

s, shrimp

Shrimp

Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...

, oyster

Oyster

The word oyster is used as a common name for a number of distinct groups of bivalve molluscs which live in marine or brackish habitats. The valves are highly calcified....

s, lobster

Lobster

Clawed lobsters comprise a family of large marine crustaceans. Highly prized as seafood, lobsters are economically important, and are often one of the most profitable commodities in coastal areas they populate.Though several groups of crustaceans are known as lobsters, the clawed lobsters are most...

s, percebes, picorocos, and eel

Eel

Eels are an order of fish, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and approximately 800 species. Most eels are predators...

s are also fished in large amounts.

Congridae

Congridae

Congridae is the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden...

 or in Chile known as congrio can be deep fried in batter, or seasoned and baked. It may also be made into a stew: this popular dish, called Caldillo de congrio, was praised in an ode

Ode

Ode is a type of lyrical verse. A classic ode is structured in three major parts: the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode. Different forms such as the homostrophic ode and the irregular ode also exist...

 by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He chose his pen name after Czech poet Jan Neruda....

.

Recipes from the northern regions of Chile

Appetizers and soup

• Tortilla de mariscos
• Ensalada de papas al salmón
• Machas a la parmesana
• Conchas de camarones
• Camarones con salsa
• Erizos
• Caldillo de Congrio al Vino

Main course

• Picante de conejo
• Plateada con quinua
  Quinoa
  Quinoa , a species of goosefoot , is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal, or grain, as it is not a member of the grass family...
  
  
• Cazuela marina
  Cazuela
  Cazuela is the common name given to a variety of dishes, specially from South America. It receives its name from the cazuela in which is cooked...
  
  
• Estofado de cordero a la ostra
• Ensalada chilena nortina
  Salad
  Salad is any of a wide variety of dishes, including vegetable salads; salads of pasta, legumes, eggs, or grains; mixed salads incorporating meat, poultry, or seafood; and fruit salads. They may include a mixture of cold and hot, often including raw vegetables or fruits.Green salads include leaf...
  
  
• Ensalada de quinua
• Timbal de quinua
• Risotto
  Risotto
  Risotto is a class of Italian dishes of rice cooked in broth to a creamy consistency. The broth may be meat-, fish-, or vegetable-based; many kinds include Parmesan cheese, butter, and onion...
  
    de quinua y pimientos amarillos

Apéritifs, alcoholic beverages and soft drinks

• Mango sour
• Papaya sour
• Pajarete
• Cola de mono
  Cola de mono
  Cola de mono is a traditional Chilean drink served around Christmas time, very much like the tradition of serving eggnog during Christmas in North America...
  
  
• Vaina chilena
• Serena Libre
• Ulpo
• Mango con leche

Recipes from the central regions of Chile

Appetizers and soup

• Sopa de Mariscos (seafood soup)
• Caldillo de Congrio (congridae
  Congridae
  Congridae is the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden...
  
   stew)
• Locos con Mayonesa (abalone with mayonnaise)

Main course

• Pastel de choclo
  Pastel de choclo
  Pastel de choclo is a typical Argentinian, Peruvian and Chilean dish made of fresh ground corn with basil. It is traditionally served in a paila . Commonly mixed in with the choclo is ground beef, chicken, black olives, onions and/or slices of hard boiled eggs....
  
  
• Humita
  Humita
  Humita is a Native American dish from pre-Hispanic times, and a traditional food in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru. It consists of masa harina and corn, slowly cooked in oil....
  
  s
• Porotos granados
• Pailita de choclo y crema
• Albóndigas al jugo (meatballs in sauce)
• Cazuela
  Cazuela
  Cazuela is the common name given to a variety of dishes, specially from South America. It receives its name from the cazuela in which is cooked...
  
   de ave
• Empanada
  Empanada
  An empanada is a stuffed bread or pastry baked or fried in many countries in Latin America, Southern Europe and parts of Southeast Asia. The name comes from the verb empanar, meaning to wrap or coat in bread. Empanada is made by folding a dough or bread patty around the stuffing...
  
  s Fritas de queso (fried empanadas filled with cheese)
• Pantruca
  Pantruca
  Pantruca, pancutra or pancucha is a typical food of Chile made with flour. It is a type of dumpling whose dough is made with water, flour and a bit of oil, cut in irregular pieces and later mixed with verduras soup or beef stock....
  
  s
• Porotos con mazamorra
  Mazamorra
  Mazamorra is a traditional maize-based Latin American food.-In Colombia:Mazamorra in Colombia is also known as Peto...
  
  
• Charquican
  Charquican
  Charquekán is a Chilean dish, containing potatoes, minced meat, pumpkin, white corn, onion and sometimes peas. Charquekán is dry llama meat . This way of preserving meat made it possible for ancient cultures to store food. Today Charquecán Orureño is one of the most famous ways to prepare this meat...
  
  
• Jaibas rellenas
• Tomaticán
• Pastel de papa
• Brochetas (a variatión of anticucho)

Baked goods and desserts

• Empolvados
• Pan de Pascua
  Pan de Pascua
  Pan de Pascua is a typical Chilean cake that is traditionally eaten around Christmas time. It is similar to a sweet sponge cake flavored with ginger and honey. It usually contains candied fruits, raisins, walnuts and almonds. Pan de Pascua was originally introduced to Chile by German immigrants....
  
  
• Pan Amasado (baked bread)
• Leche Asada

Recipes from the South of Chile

Appetizers and soup

• Caldillo de Almejas (a clam stew)
• Chupe
  Chupe
  Chupe is a generic term used in South America to a variety of stew generally made with chicken, red meat, lamb or beef tripe and other offal, or with fish, shrimp, crayfish or shellfish such as loco, and vegetables, potatoes or yuca...
  
   de Locos
• Sopa de Ostras (oyster soup)
• Pastel de pescado
• Arrollado de chancho

Main course

• Asado
  Asado
  Asado is a term used both for a range of barbecue techniques and the social event of having or attending a barbecue in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and southern Brazil. In the former countries asado is also the standard word for barbecue. An asado usually consists of beef alongside various...
  
   de cordero
• Asado al palo
• Caldillo de mariscos (seafood stew)
• Cancato
• Churrasco
  Churrasco
  Churrasco is a Portuguese and Spanish term referring to beef or grilled meat more generally, differing across Latin America and Europe, but a prominent feature in the cuisines of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and other Latin American countries...
  
   Chilote
• Cazuela
  Cazuela
  Cazuela is the common name given to a variety of dishes, specially from South America. It receives its name from the cazuela in which is cooked...
  
   chilota
• Cazuela de vacuno
• Sopa Chilota de pescado seco
• Curanto
  Curanto
  Curanto is a traditional food of Chiloé Archipelago that has spread to the southern areas of Chile and recently Argentina. It is traditionally prepared in a hole, about a meter and a half deep, which is dug in the ground...
  
  
• Chapaleles
• Chiporro
• Crudos
  Crudos
  Crudo is a typical German-Chilean dish similar to a steak tartare. It is made by putting finely chopped raw beef mince into a piece of pre-sliced white bread and then adding lemon juice, chopped onions and a sauce made of yogurt and mayonnaise....
  
  
• Empanada
  Empanada
  An empanada is a stuffed bread or pastry baked or fried in many countries in Latin America, Southern Europe and parts of Southeast Asia. The name comes from the verb empanar, meaning to wrap or coat in bread. Empanada is made by folding a dough or bread patty around the stuffing...
  
  s de Horno
• Milcaos
• Chochoca al palo
• Pulmay
• Lloco
• Valdiviano

Baked goods and desserts

• Brazo de Reina
• Empanadas de manzana
• Kuchen
  Kuchen
  Kuchen , the German word for cake, is used in other languages as the name for several different types of sweet desserts, pastries, and gateaux...
  
  
• Murta con membrillo
  Murta con membrillo
  Murta con membrillo is a typical dessert from southern Chile where the Chilean guava shrub is common. It is made by boiling the quince and the Chilean guava berries together with sugar....
  
  
• Tortilla de rescoldo
  Tortilla de rescoldo
  Tortilla de rescoldo is a traditional Chilean unleavened bread prepared by rural travellers. It consists of a wheat flour based bread, traditionally baked in the coals of a campfire.-See also:*Damper...
  
  
• Mazamorra
  Mazamorra
  Mazamorra is a traditional maize-based Latin American food.-In Colombia:Mazamorra in Colombia is also known as Peto...
  
   de manzana
• Merquén
• Sopapillas

Alcoholic beverages

• Chicha
  Chicha
  For the musical genre, see Peruvian cumbiaChicha is a term used in some regions of Latin America for several varieties of fermented and non-fermented beverages, rather often to those derived from maize and similar non-alcoholic beverages...
  
   de manzana
• Caliente de chicha
• Chicha de calafate
• Licor de oro
  Licor de oro
  Licor de oro is a typical Chilotan liqueur made of aguardiente and whey. The other ingredients are saffron and lemon peel....
  
  
• Muday
• Murtado
  Murtado
  Murtado is a typical liqueur from southern Chile where the endemic Ugni molinae grows. It is made by conserving Ugni molinae inside a bottle with aguardiente for some weeks and then mixing it with syrup....
  
  

Alcoholic beverages

• Borgoña - Cold red wine with chopped strawberries.
• Chicha
  Chicha
  For the musical genre, see Peruvian cumbiaChicha is a term used in some regions of Latin America for several varieties of fermented and non-fermented beverages, rather often to those derived from maize and similar non-alcoholic beverages...
  
   - Sweet fermented wine typically made from apples though sometimes from grapes too. This is typically drunk around the 18th of September for the national day celebrations.
• Chilean Pisco Sour
  Pisco Sour
  A Pisco Sour is a cocktail containing pisco, lemon or lime juice, egg whites, simple syrup, and bitters- Culture :The national origin of the pisco sour is debated. Both Chile and Peru lay claim to the drink. In both countries, the variety of lime used is what North Americans would call Persian lime...
  
   - Popular Chilean cocktail. Pisco, lemon juice and sugar, one egg white - Shaken together.
• Cola de mono
  Cola de mono
  Cola de mono is a traditional Chilean drink served around Christmas time, very much like the tradition of serving eggnog during Christmas in North America...
  
   (Monkey's tail) - Aguardiente liquor with milk, cinnamon, coffee and sugar. Typical drink around Christmas time.
• Fanschop - A glass half filled with tap beer and the other half with Fanta.
• Jote - Red wine with Coke.
• Melon con Vino - Melon Tuna (a type of melon) with the top cut off and the seeds taken out with white wine poured inside of it.
• Navegado - Heated red wine with slices of orange and sugar.
• Pipeño or Vino pipeño
  Vino pipeño
  Vino Pipeño is wine from Chile that is made from ordinary grape stock, different from other wines known by their distinctive names.Vino Pipeño is similar in flavor and sweetness to grapes from parish wines, as both come from young grapes...
  
   - A type of sweet fermented Wine.
• Piscola
  Piscola
  thumb|250px|Two piscolas with icePiscola or Combinado Nacional is a highball cocktail, made of pisco and most commonly a cola drink, that is popular in Chile. A piscola may be black or white depending if it is mixed with a cola or ginger ale, Tonic, Sprite or a similar soft drink...
  
   - Pisco with Coke and ice.
• Ponche a la Romana - Champagne with pineapple ice cream. Typically served on New Year's Eve.
• Terremoto (Earthquake) - Pipeño with pineapple ice cream served in a one-liter glass. The next round usually contains the same drink though only in a glass that holds half a liter. This is called a Replica (Aftershock).
• Vaina - Sweet cocktail drink. Port wine and sugar - Shaken together and after serving, sprinkled with cinnamon.

Non-alcoholic beverages

• Leche con Plátano - Fresh milk blended with banana and ice.
• Mote con huesillo
  Mote con huesillo
  Mote con huesillo is a traditional Chilean summer-time drink, known as the “refreshing national drink.” It is a non-alcoholic beverage consisting of a sweet clear nectar like liquid made with dried peaches cooked in sugar,water and cinnamon, and then once cooled mixed with fresh cooked husked...
  
   - Cooked dried peaches and fresh cooked husked wheat served as a drink.

Sandwiches

• Barros Jarpa
  Barros Jarpa
  Barros Jarpa is a popular sandwich that includes ham and melted cheese. The name was coined in the restaurant of the National Congress of Chile where Minister Ernesto Barros Jarpa always asked for this sandwich....
  
   - Grilled cheese and ham on white bun. Named after Chilean Minister Ernesto Barros Jarpa.
• Barros Luco
  Barros Luco
  thumb|200px|Chilean president [[Ramón Barros Luco]].Barros Luco is a popular sandwich in Chile that includes beef and melted cheese. The name was coined in the restaurant of the National Congress of Chile, where president Ramón Barros Luco always asked for this sandwich.The presidents cousin,...
  
   - Grilled cheese and meat on white bread. Named after the Chilean President Ramón Barros Luco (President 1910–1915).
• Churrasco
  Churrasco
  Churrasco is a Portuguese and Spanish term referring to beef or grilled meat more generally, differing across Latin America and Europe, but a prominent feature in the cuisines of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and other Latin American countries...
  
   Italiano - Beef sandwich with tomato, avocado and mayonnaise.
• Choripán
  Choripán
  Choripán is a type of sandwich with chorizo invented in Argentina.This type of chorizo sandwich is very popular in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Puerto Rico and Uruguay...
  
  
• Completo
  Completo
  The completo is a hot dog variation eaten in Chile, which, besides bread and sausages, It is usually served with ingredients such as chopped tomatoes, mayonnaise, sauerkraut, a variation of the sauce américaine, chilean chili, green sauce and cheese...
  
   Italiano - Hot dog with tomato, avocado and mayonnaise.
• Crudos
  Crudos
  Crudo is a typical German-Chilean dish similar to a steak tartare. It is made by putting finely chopped raw beef mince into a piece of pre-sliced white bread and then adding lemon juice, chopped onions and a sauce made of yogurt and mayonnaise....
  
  
• Piñera Sandwich - Salmon, arugula (rocket) and cream cheese. This sandwich is named after the current President of Chile Sebastián Piñera
  Sebastián Piñera
  Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique is a Chilean businessman and politician. He was elected President of Chile in January 2010, taking office in March 2010.- Education :...
  
  .

Appetizers

• Palta reina
• Tomates rellenos con atún
• Salpicón
• Tomates a la cebolla
• Tortilla de porotos verdes
• Alcachofas Primavera
• Aspic
  Aspic
  Aspic is a dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatin made from a meat stock or consommé. Non-savory dishes, often made with commercial gelatin mixes without stock or consommé, are usually called gelatin salads....
  
   de tomates
• Coctel de camarones
• Enrollados de jamón
  Jamón
  Jamón is the Spanish word for ham. In English it refers to certain types of dry-cured ham from Spain. There are two primary types of jamón: Jamón serrano and Jamón ibérico ....
  
  
• Jamón primavera
• Mousse
  Mousse
  Mousse is derived from the French word mousse which means "lather" or "foam". A mousse is a prepared food that incorporates air bubbles to give it a light and airy texture...
  
   de ave

Cereals (grains) and legumes (dried fruit)

• Porotos con rienda
  Porotos con rienda
  Porotos con rienda is a typical Chilean dish made of boiled beans with spaghetti....
  
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• Porotos con mote
  Mote (food)
  Mote is the generic name for several grains cooked in water, consumed in many Central and South American countries.-Argentina:...
  
  
• Porotos granados con mazamorra
• Porotos granados con pilco
• Lentejas de la Abuela
• Budín de maíz
• Corona de Arroz con cholgas
• Garbanzos picantes
• Mote
  Mote (food)
  Mote is the generic name for several grains cooked in water, consumed in many Central and South American countries.-Argentina:...
  
   a la crema
• Pastel de arroz
• Choritos
  Choro
  Choro , traditionally called chorinho , is a Brazilian popular music instrumental style. Its origins are in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. In spite of the name, the style often has a fast and happy rhythm, characterized by virtuosity, improvisation, subtile modulations and full of syncopation and...
  
   con arroz
• Arroz graneado
• Arroz primavera
• Arroz con huevo
• Arroz con alverjitas
• Lentejas con arroz

Mushroom dishes

• Callampas al gratin
• Callampas con crema
• Guiso de champiñones
• Callampas con salsa de tomates y carne

Salads and vegetables

• Ensalada
  Salad
  Salad is any of a wide variety of dishes, including vegetable salads; salads of pasta, legumes, eggs, or grains; mixed salads incorporating meat, poultry, or seafood; and fruit salads. They may include a mixture of cold and hot, often including raw vegetables or fruits.Green salads include leaf...
  
   de papas picantes
• Flan
  Flan
  Crème caramel , flan , or caramel custard is a custard dessert with a layer of soft caramel on top, as opposed to crème brûlée, which is custard with a hard caramel top...
  
   de espinacas o acelga
• Flancitos de coliflor con salsa
• Fritos de porotos verdes
• Torta de cebolla gratinada
• Ensalada chilena
• Ensalada de arverjitas con jamón
• Ensalada de colores
• Ensalada de papas
• Ensalada de pencas
• Ensalada de pimientos
• Ensalada de zanahorias
• Ensalada de pollo amoldado
• Ensalada de pepinos
• Ensalada de haba
  Vicia faba
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• Ensalada de pencas
• Ensalada de apio
• Berenjenas a la parmesana
• Budín de acelgas
• Coliflor al gratín
• Budín de zanahorias
• Chupe de tomates
• Fricasé de verduras
• Panqueques verdes
• Papas con ají
• Papas con rellenas
• Pastel de acelgas
• Tartaleta de verduras
• Zapallitos con pimentón
• Zapallitos rellenos

Eggs

• Callampitas de huevo
• Huevos a la copa
• Huevos a la jardinera
• Huevos a la ligera
• Huevos a la tripa
• Hevos con callampas
• Huevos con salsa de alcachofas
• Huevos gratinados
• Huevos primavera
• Huevos rellenos
• Huevos revueltos con salsa de tomates
• Huevos revueltos
• Revoltijo de tomates
• Pailita de huevo con salsa de tomate

Tortillas

• Croquetas de pescado
• Panqueques
• Panqueques con espinacas
• Picarones
• Sopaipilla
  Sopaipilla
  A sopaipilla, sopapilla, sopaipa, or cachanga is a kind of fried pastry and a type of quick bread served in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, northern Mexico, New Mexico, Peru, Texas, and Uruguay. The word sopaipilla is the diminutive of sopaipa, a word that entered Spanish from the Mozarabic language of...
  
   de Zapallo
• Soufflé
  Soufflé
  A soufflé is a light baked cake made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites combined with various other ingredients and served as a savoury main dish or sweetened as a dessert...
  
   de queso
• Torta de panqueques
• Tortilla
  Tortilla
  In Mexico and Central America, a tortilla is a type of thin, unleavened flat bread, made from finely ground maize...
  
   de arvejas
• Tortilla de cebollas
• Tortilla de erizos
• Tortilla de jamón
• Tortilla de salchichas
• Tortilla mixta
• Tostadas de cebolla

Caldos, custards and soups

• Ajiaco
  Ajiaco
  Ajiaco is a Colombian potato soup, and is eaten in Colombia.The soup is typically served with table cream, capers and avocado all mixed in just before eating in the proportions each individual prefers. Ajiaco is so heavy that it is usually considered a full meal...
  
  
• Albóndigas  de cordero
• Caldillo de congrio
• Caldillo de pescado
• Caldillo de Merluza al vino
• Caldo de gallo
• Carbonada
• Cazuela de cordero
• Cazuela de pava con chuchoca
• Cazuela de chancho
• Caldo de huesos
• Consome de ave
• Consome de perejil
• Sopa de garbanzos
• Sopa de cebolla
• Sopa de lentejas
• Sopa de pan
• Crema de espárragos (creme of asparagus)
• Crema de verduras
• Crema de garbanzos
• Puchero
• Puchero Criollo

Empanadas

• Empanadas de horno
• Empanadas de machas
• Empanadas fritas
• Empanadas de queso
• Pequenes

Breads

• Marraqueta
  Marraqueta
  The marraqueta is a South American crunchy bread made with flour, salt, water and leavening...
  
  
• Pan de campo
• Pan amasado
• Hallulla
  Hallulla
  Hallulla is a popular bread in Chile. The hallulla is a flat round bread baked with butter and is used for Chilean aliados ....
  
  
• Pan de huevo
• Pan con chicharrones
• Tortilla de rescoldo
  Tortilla de rescoldo
  Tortilla de rescoldo is a traditional Chilean unleavened bread prepared by rural travellers. It consists of a wheat flour based bread, traditionally baked in the coals of a campfire.-See also:*Damper...
  
  

Tallarines (pastas)

• Canelones
  Canelones
  Canelones is the capital of the department of Canelones in Uruguay.-Population:In 2004, it had a population of 19,631. While Canelones is the capital of the department of the same name, it has a considerably smaller population compared with two other cities in the department, Ciudad de la Costa and...
  
   con camarones
  Shrimp
  Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
  
  
• Coditos con cebolla
• Coditos con nueces
• Tallarines con berenjenas
• Tallarines vegetarianos
• Tallarines al pesto
  Pesto
  Pesto is a sauce originating in Genoa in the Liguria region of northern Italy , and traditionally consists of crushed garlic, basil and pine nuts blended with olive oil and Parmigiano Reggiano and Fiore Sardo...
  
  
• Tallarines al salmón
• Tallarines con atún
• Tallarines con pollo
• Tallarines sureños

Salsas (sauces)

• Pebre
  Pebre
  Pebre is a Chilean condiment made of coriander, chopped onion, olive oil, garlic and ground or pureed spicy aji peppers. Pebre is most commonly spooned on meat, usually from a barbecue. If you add chopped tomatoes it is called Chancho en piedra....
  
  
• Chancho en piedra
• Crema de queso para rellenar
• Pebre de cilantro con tomates
• Pebre de ají cacho de cabra
• Pebre sureño
• Pebre de camote
• Pebre de cebolla con cilantro
• Salsa blanca
• Salsa chilena
• Salsa de los Alpes
• Salsa de mantequilla a las verduras
• Salsa de paltas
• Salsa para tallarines
• Salsa picante

Poultry dishes

• Pollo arvejado
• Pollo borracho
• Pavo
  Turkey (bird)
  A turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris. One species, Meleagris gallopavo, commonly known as the Wild Turkey, is native to the forests of North America. The domestic turkey is a descendant of this species...
  
   de harina
• Pollo asado con vino blanco y albahaca
  Basil
  Basil, or Sweet Basil, is a common name for the culinary herb Ocimum basilicum , of the family Lamiaceae , sometimes known as Saint Joseph's Wort in some English-speaking countries....
  
  
• Chuño
  Chuño
  Chuño is a freeze-dried potato product traditionally made by Quechua and Aymara communities of Bolivia and Peru, and is known in various countries of South America, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru...
  
  -puti con ave
• Gallina en escabeche
  Escabeche
  Escabeche is a typical Mediterranean cuisine which refers to both a dish of poached or fried fish that is marinated in an acidic mixture before serving, and to the marinade itself...
  
  
• Ganso relleno
• Pato a la naranja
• Pato relleno
• Pavo relleno
• Picante de gallina
• Pollo asado
• Pollo a la cacerola
• Pollo al coñac
• Pollo al vino
• Pollo estofado
• Pollo guisado
• Pollo primavera
• Tórtola al Jerez
• Pollo ganso mechado
• Pollo al barro

Meat dishes

• Asado
  Asado
  Asado is a term used both for a range of barbecue techniques and the social event of having or attending a barbecue in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and southern Brazil. In the former countries asado is also the standard word for barbecue. An asado usually consists of beef alongside various...
  
  : includes Cerdo(pork) and Ave(poultry)
• Niños envueltos
• Crudos
  Crudos
  Crudo is a typical German-Chilean dish similar to a steak tartare. It is made by putting finely chopped raw beef mince into a piece of pre-sliced white bread and then adding lemon juice, chopped onions and a sauce made of yogurt and mayonnaise....
  
  : similar to (Steak Tartare)
• Bistec a lo pobre
• Tapapecho a la cacerola
• Carnes al Disco con Mariscos
• Chorrillana (variation)
• Budín de 2 carnes
• Bifes a la cacerola
• Bifes a la criolla
• Bifes al sartén
• Bifes hamburgueses
• Cacerola al vino
• Carne con salsa pimienta
• Carne mechada
• Chanfaina
• Chuleta asada a la parrilla
• Chuletón a la parrilla con berros
• Estofado de vacuno
• Filete al Jerez
• Filete al vino blanco
• Medallones de filete
• Tapabarriga de ternera rellena

Pork dishes

• Costillar de chancho
• Arrollado de chancho
• Queso de cabeza
• Longaniza
  Longaniza
  Longaniza is a Spanish sausage similar to a chorizo and also closely associated with the Portuguese linguiça. Its defining characteristics are interpreted differently from region to region...
  
  
• Arrollado arriero
• Rollo de cerdo picante
• Arrollado de guatitas
  Guatitas
  Guatitas, or guatitas criollas is a popular dish in Chile and in Ecuador, where it is considered a national dish.Guatitas is essentially a stew whose main ingredient is pieces of tripe , known locally as "guatitas." The tripe is often cleaned several times in a lemon-juice brine, after which it is...
  
  
• Arrollado de malaya
• Chancho adobado
• Costillar con papas (ribs and potatoes)
• Chuletas rebozadas
• Estofado de chancho (pork stew)
• Malaya a la chilena
• Patas de chancho rebozadas

Lamb dishes

• Cordero en salsa
• Caritún
• Chuletas de cordero primavera
• Arvejado de Cordero
• Cordero Guisado
• Cacerola campesina
• Cordero al chilindrón
• Cordero al horno
• Cordero arverjado
• Corderito relleno
• Chuletas asadas
• Pulpa de cordero a la mantequilla
• Patitas con ají
• Papas Fritas con Payumba

Conejo (rabbit) dishes

• Conejo al horno
• Conejo al orégano
• Conejo a la valdiviana
• Estofado de conejo

Intestinos (offal) dishes

• Cocimientos de criadillas
• Guatitas al vino blanco
• Lengua con salsa tártara
• Panitas en salsa de mostaza
• Picante de guatitas
• Riñones al Jerez (wine)
• Salchichas de cerdo envueltas
• Seso a la mantequilla
• Sesos imperiales
• Guatitas a la jardinera

Various stews

• Tortilla de tallarines
• Guiso de Lentejas con zapallo and romero
• Guiso de Fausto
• Guiso de acelga con huevo
• Guiso de guatitas
• Charquicán
  Charquican
  Charquekán is a Chilean dish, containing potatoes, minced meat, pumpkin, white corn, onion and sometimes peas. Charquekán is dry llama meat . This way of preserving meat made it possible for ancient cultures to store food. Today Charquecán Orureño is one of the most famous ways to prepare this meat...
  
   (variación)
• Charquicán de cochayuyo
  Durvillaea antarctica
  Durvillaea antarctica is a large, robust bull kelp species and the dominant seaweed in southern New Zealand and Chile. D. antarctica has a circumpolar distribution between the latitudes of 29°S and 55°S . It is found on exposed shores, especially in the northern parts of its range, and attaches...
  
  

Fish

• Jurel en salsa de tomate y pimentones
• Pescado a la parrilla
• Tollo
  Tollo
  Tollo is a comune and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Tollo is renowned for its vineyards and olive groves which surround and embrace this tranquil part of Abruzzo....
  
   en salsa de erizos
• Pejerrey relleno
• Pescado Rebozado
• Congrio a lo Pobre
• Lenguado a la plancha
• Chupín de Congrio
• Congrio a la plancha
• Pescado a la teja

Raw seafood platters

• Almejas al matico
• Camarón
  Shrimp
  Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
  
   de mar
• Camarón de río
• Cangrejo o Jaiba
• Centolla
• Cholgas al Alicate
• Choritos(mussels) en salsa verde
• Choros zapato (mussels)
• Gamba
  Prawn
  Prawns are decapod crustaceans of the sub-order Dendrobranchiata. There are 540 extant species, in seven families, and a fossil record extending back to the Devonian...
  
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• Langostas de Juan Fernández (lobsters from Juan Fernández Islands
  Juan Fernández Islands
  The Juan Fernández Islands are a sparsely inhabited island group reliant on tourism and fishing in the South Pacific Ocean, situated about off the coast of Chile, and is composed of three main volcanic islands; Robinson Crusoe Island, Alejandro Selkirk Island and Santa Clara Island, the first...
  
  )
• Langostino
  Langostino
  Langostino is a Spanish word with different meanings in different areas. In America, it is commonly used in the restaurant trade to refer to the meat of the squat lobster, which is neither a true lobster nor a prawn. It is more closely related to porcelain crabs and hermit crabs. Crustaceans...
  
  
• Macha
  Macha
  Macha is the name of a goddess and several other characters in Irish mythology.Macha can also mean:*The LÉ Macha , a ship in the Irish Naval Service, named for the goddess*The Macha crater in Russia, less than 7000 years old...
  
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• Ostra
  Oyster
  The word oyster is used as a common name for a number of distinct groups of bivalve molluscs which live in marine or brackish habitats. The valves are highly calcified....
  
  s
• Ostión (vieira
  Vieira
  Vieira is the Galician and Portuguese word for "scallop" . It is a common Galician and Portuguese surname.It may refer to:*Adelino André Vieira Freitas, or Vieirinha , Portuguese footballer*Alice Vieira , Portuguese author...
  
  ) (scallops)
• Pibres
• Picorocos

Prepared seafood dishes

• Choritos al vapor
• Chupe de mariscos
• Consomé de locos
• Locos Chilean abalone
• Mariscal
• Mariscal caliente
• Pastel de jaibas

External links

• Asociación Chilena de Gastronomía Association for Chilean Gastronomy (in Spanish)