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.
It all came together to something entirely pleasant to eat, nothing to write home about perhaps but if every sandwich inspired you to write a letter, eventually your wrist would get too tired to lift the next sandwich.
The vinegar in the Big Bob Gibson white sauce penetrates into the chicken’s meat and skin somehow, causing some alchemical reaction that brightens the flavor considerably.
It does seem essentially American in some way, though the Hamburger patty may be German in origin, the mayonnaise Spanish, the baguette French, the frites Belgian and the ketchup Asian.
The savory beef and egg combination is accentuated by umami flavors from the tomatoes and the sauces, the sweetness of the ketchup playing nicely off the sour and salty bite of the pickled onion.
The ham in this sandwich is almost a non-presence in the face of the attention-grabbing bread and the quietly delicious tea eggs, to my mind the star of the show.
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