🇨🇱 Chile
Pastel de Choclo, made with supermarket ingredients
The authentic flavor in three easy steps with what any supermarket sells, in metric, for students and anyone cooking far from home (serves 2).
60 min3 to wash
3 lazy steps
- 1
Sauté ground beef and diced onion with ground cumin and salt in a pan until browned.
- 2
Puree choclo corn, fresh basil, milk, and butter in a blender, then simmer in a pot until thick.
- 3
Layer the beef filling, cooked chicken thighs, hard-boiled eggs, pitted black olives, and raisins in a baking dish, cover with the corn puree, and bake at 205°C for 30 minutes.
🇨🇱 How it's eaten in Chile
In Chile, it is traditionally served piping hot in round earthenware dish bowls, often dusted with sugar before baking to create a golden crust.
Ingredients (serves 2)
- choclo corn950 ml
Swap: canned sweet corn 950 ml（easy to find・no prep）
- ground beef450 g
- diced onion500 ml
Swap: frozen chopped onion 500 ml（no cutting）
- cooked chicken thighs2
Swap: rotisserie chicken 250 ml shredded（pre-cooked）
- hard-boiled eggs2
- pitted black olives6
- raisins2 tbsp
- fresh basil10 leaves
- milk120 ml
- butter2 tbsp
- ground cumin1 tsp
- salt1 tsp
Authentic ingredients in Chile
- choclo corn950 ml
- ground beef450 g
- diced onion500 ml
- cooked chicken thighs2
- hard-boiled eggs2
- pitted black olives6
- raisins2 tbsp
- fresh basil10 leaves
- milk120 ml
- butter2 tbsp
- ground cumin1 tsp
- salt1 tsp
Optional authentic touch
Slow-cooking the beef and onion filling a day ahead deepens the savory flavor.
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