When “Hot Dog” Isn’t Enough: the Chilean Completo
Chicago has a reputation for overloading its hot dogs, dragging them through the garden as the saying goes, but Chile has us beat by miles.
Chicago has a reputation for overloading its hot dogs, dragging them through the garden as the saying goes, but Chile has us beat by miles.
If you’ve been following this blog and you’re feeling a little deja vu right now, you’ve come by that feeling honestly. Churrasco is far from the first Chilean steak sandwich we’ve covered. So what...
Chile’s sandwich game is so strong that it got me to reverse a lifelong aversion to green beans.
Last month, with a big assist from the Bay Essence blog, I wrote something like 3000 words about a ham and cheese sandwich. Not just any ham and cheese sandwich–the Barros Jarpa, an inexpensive...
Chileans love their sandwiches. The past 2 weeks that I’ve been researching this post, that’s been the refrain, the common thread throughout every article I read. Chile is a long narrow country with thousands of...
Black-eyed peas have a nutty flavor that, combined with the cooked onions sweetness, extra umami from the seasoning cubes and tomato paste, and the slight kick of habanero spice, give the bean spread more than enough flavor.
The sharp mustard has a bit more bite than a typical yellow American mustard but between it and the sliced onion there’s enough of a pungent, acidic punch to cut through the richness of butter and a thick slice of cheese.
Empalme, at its most basic, consists of this: tortillas of nixtamalized corn, dipped in lard, sandwiched together and cooked on a grill, or in a griddle.
In October the Tribunal will be tackling the UK’s Coronation Chicken, Cutters from Barbados, and a kind of salad-topped toast from Crete called Dakos.
In September, the Tribunal will be covering the Completo Chileno, Collards sandwiches from NC, and the fancy-sounding Continental Roll from Perth, Australia.
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