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October 10, 2026

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Chilean Grilled Beef Brisket — Homemade Tapapecho a la Parrilla Recipe

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Chilean grilled beef brisket sliced with a dark crust, tapapecho a la parrilla cooked over indirect heat

Versión en Español Chilean grilled beef brisket, or tapapecho a la parrilla, is a cut from the beef chest cooked for several hours over indirect heat, between 140 and 150°C (284 and 302°F), until its collagen softens and the meat turns tender. Plan on about 40 minutes of prep and 6 hours of cooking for 6 servings. It stands out for its dark spice crust and an inside that pulls apart easily when sliced. In…

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Peruvian Beef Noodle Stir-Fry — Homemade Tallarín Saltado Recipe

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Peruvian beef tallarín saltado with red onion, tomato and scallions, homemade chifa noodle stir-fry

Versión en Español Tallarín saltado is a Peruvian chifa dish of long noodles stir-fried in a wok with strips of beef, red onion, tomato, ají amarillo (a fruity Peruvian yellow chili) and sillao, the Peruvian name for soy sauce, finished with fresh scallions. It takes about 50 minutes and serves 4 as a one-plate lunch or dinner. It shares its base with Peruvian lomo saltado, but the noodles replace the french fries and rice and…

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Blog

Easy Mapuche Desserts — 7 Sweet Recipes from Southern Chile

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Catutos or multrún, one of the Mapuche desserts served with honey

Versión en Español The best-known Mapuche desserts are bolitas de indio, catutos or multrún with honey, ulpo made with toasted flour, and sweet preparations with piñones, the seeds of the araucaria tree, such as piñones in syrup, piñón sopaipillas and muday. They are built on ingredients from southern Chile like the piñón, wheat mote, toasted flour, potatoes, honey and wild fruit such as murta. Some are old preparations and others are modern versions made with…

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Desserts

Chilean Candied Sweet Potatoes — Homemade Camote Confitado Recipe

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Camote confitado in syrup, homemade Chilean candied sweet potato recipe

Versión en Español Chilean candied sweet potatoes, or camote confitado, are peeled sweet potato pieces cooked slowly in a syrup of chancaca, Chilean unrefined cane sugar, with orange juice and spices until tender and glossy. They take 15 minutes of prep and 45 minutes of cooking for 6 servings. They are served warm as a dessert, on their own or with cream, and also as a sweet side for pork, turkey or chicken, for example…

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Appetizers

Chilean Canned Salmon Empanadas — Homemade Empanadas de Salmón en Tarro Recipe

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Baked Chilean empanadas, canned salmon empanada recipe

Versión en Español Chilean canned salmon empanadas, or empanadas de salmón en tarro, are filled with a pino, the classic Chilean empanada filling, made here from flaked canned salmon, sautéed onion and red bell pepper, spices and cheese, and then baked or fried. They take 40 minutes of prep and 45 minutes of cooking for 12 empanadas. They are an affordable, quick option because the salmon comes already cooked, and they are made often during…

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Appetizers

Chilean Mini Pizzas — Homemade Pizzetas Recipe

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Homemade Chilean pizzetas with tomato sauce, cheese and oregano for a birthday party

Versión en Español Chilean pizzetas are small homemade pizzas, 7 to 8 cm (about 3 inches) across, made with a dough of flour, yeast, water and oil and topped with tomato sauce, cheese and oregano. They take 1 hour and 30 minutes of prep, including 1 hour for the dough to rise, and 30 minutes of baking. One batch of dough makes 30 to 35 pizzetas, and they can be frozen ready to bake. Pizzetas…

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Sauces

Chilean Nalca Jam — Homemade Mermelada de Nalca Recipe

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Jar of homemade Chilean nalca jam

Versión en Español Chilean nalca jam, or mermelada de nalca, is a homemade preserve from southern Chile made by cooking peeled young nalca stalks with sugar, grated green apple and lemon juice until thick. It takes 30 minutes of prep plus 2 hours of macerating and about 1 hour of cooking, and makes 5 to 6 jars of 250 g (9 oz). The result is tart and fresh, a jam to spread on pan amasado,…

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Main Dishes

Chilean Baked Pasta with Ham and Mushrooms — Homemade Tallarines Bontú Recipe

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Chilean tallarines bontú, baked pasta with ham, mushrooms and golden cheese, homemade recipe

Versión en Español Tallarines bontú are long noodles coated in a white sauce enriched with cream, ham and mushrooms, then topped with cheese and baked until golden. The dish takes about 1 hour and 5 minutes and serves 4. Few pasta dishes are as familiar in Chile, where tallarines bontú appear on workplace cafeteria menus, packed lunches and weekend family meals. The name is spelled several ways, bontú, bontu or bontoux, and all of them…

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Chilean Cantonese Pork Ribs — Homemade Costillar Cantonés Recipe

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Oven-glazed Chilean Cantonese pork ribs cut between the bones, homemade Chinese-Chilean recipe

Versión en Español Chilean Cantonese pork ribs, or costillar cantonés, are pork ribs marinated in soy sauce, honey, garlic and ginger, baked slowly and finished with a glossy sweet and sour glaze. They need about 4 hours and 20 minutes of prep, most of it marinating time, plus 1 hour and 50 minutes in the oven for 4 servings. In Chile these ribs reached the table through neighborhood Chinese restaurants, where they share the menu…

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Chilean Roast Chicken with Potatoes — Homemade Pollo al Horno con Papas Recipe

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Chilean roast chicken with golden potatoes in a baking dish

Versión en Español Chilean roast chicken with potatoes, or pollo al horno con papas, is a main dish of chicken pieces marinated with garlic, ají de color (Chilean sweet paprika) and oregano, then roasted at 200°C (392°F) over potato wedges. It takes 40 minutes of prep, marinating included, and about 1 hour in the oven, and it serves 4. What sets it apart is that the potatoes cook in the fat and juices released by…

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