Chile

🇨🇱Los Lagos, Chile

Chochoca

Traditional Chilote potato dough cooked on a spit over fire, smoky and distinctive, a rare island specialty, traditional.

🇨🇱Bogotá, Chile

Choclo con Queso

A Colombian snack of cooked sweet corn (choclo) with fresh cheese, served warm. A simple, sweet-savory highland snack, especially in Bogotá and Boyacá.

🇨🇱Chile

Choripán

Grilled chorizo sausage served in crusty marraqueta bread, topped with pebre and ají, a beloved Chilean street food.

🇨🇱Valparaíso, Chile

Chorrillana

Iconic Chilean bar food from Valparaíso: fries topped with beef, onions, eggs, and sometimes chorizo

🇨🇱Chile

Christmas Bread

Pan de Pascua

Chilean Christmas fruitcake with candied fruits, nuts, and spices, a festive holiday tradition, moist and rich.

🇨🇱Iquique, Chile

Chumbeque

A northern Chilean layered sweet made from thin baked dough, syrup or fruit filling, and aromatic citrus, spice, or seed notes.

🇨🇱Chile

Chupe de Jaiba

A Chilean baked crab chowder with bread, cream, cheese and shellfish from the coast.

🇨🇱Chile

Churrasco

Thin steak sandwich on marraqueta with tomato, avocado, and mayonnaise, a beloved Chilean street food, simple and fresh.

🇨🇱Chile

Coliza

Traditional flatbread from rural Chile, similar to hallulla but with different shaping technique, a breakfast favorite.

🇨🇱Chile

Completo

Chilean hot dog with vienesa, avocado, tomato, mayonnaise, sauerkraut, and other toppings, an iconic Chilean street food.

🇨🇱Chile

Copao

Native cactus fruit from northern Chile, bright and tart, a desert delicacy, traditional and rare.

🇨🇱Magallanes, Chile

Cordero al palo

Patagonian Chilean lamb slowly roasted on a tall spit over an open fire, prized for smoky edges, tender meat, and a crisp browned crust.

🇨🇱Los Lagos, Chile

Curanto

Curanto en hoyo

Traditional Chiloé earth oven feast with seafood, meats, potatoes cooked on hot stones, a legendary communal celebration.

🇨🇱Chile

Digüeñes

Spring mushrooms from oak trees, used in salads and stews, a rare and prized Chilean wild food, earthy and fresh.

🇨🇱Chile

Dobladita

Folded pastry bread, often filled and baked or fried, a traditional Chilean bread specialty.

🇨🇱Chile

Draft Beer

Schop

Draft beer, typically lager style, popular in social settings throughout Chile, cold and refreshing.

🇨🇱Chile

Ensalada Chilena

Tomato and onion salad with oil/vinegar, Chile's ubiquitous side dish

🇨🇱Chile

Fried Empanada

Empanada frita

Empanada dough fried instead of baked, with various fillings like cheese or pino, a popular Chilean street food.

🇨🇱Chile

Giant Barnacles

Picorocos

Volcano-shaped barnacles with sweet crablike meat inside, a unique Chilean seafood delicacy from the southern coast.

🇨🇱Chile

Green Chili Sauce

Ají verde

Green chili sauce, often made with fresh green chilies and herbs, a popular Chilean condiment, fresh and spicy.

🇨🇱Chile

Hallulla

Round flat roll with soft texture and slightly sweet flavor, made with vegetable shortening, popular for sandwiches.

🇨🇱Chile

Humitas

Ground corn wrapped in corn husks and steamed, sweet or savory, a traditional Chilean corn dish, fresh and tender.

🇨🇱Chile

Italiano

Sandwich with steak or pork, avocado (green), mayonnaise (white), and tomato (red), colors of Italian flag, a Chilean favorite.

🇨🇱Chile

Kuchen

A Chilean fruit-topped yeast cake or tart, with a tender crumb or buttery base and seasonal berries, apples, or other fresh fruit from the southern Lake District tradition.

🇦🇷Arica y Parinacota, Argentina

Llama Asado

Grilled llama meat, a lean, low-fat Andean specialty from Jujuy, Salta, and Catamarca. Seasoned with salt and slow-cooked over coals, it is tender and mildly gamey.

🇨🇱Chile

Lomito

Slow-roasted pork sandwich with avocado, tomato, mayonnaise, and sometimes sauerkraut, a generous Chilean sandwich.

🇨🇱Chile

Lomo a lo Pobre

A Chilean lunch of beef tenderloin topped with fried eggs and French fries, often with caramelized onions and fried plantains. A hearty, everyday restaurant staple.

🇨🇱Chile

Longaniza

Fresh pork sausage seasoned with paprika, garlic, and herbs, a staple of Chilean asados and country cooking.

🇨🇱Chile

Lúcuma

A golden, sweet Andean fruit from Peru with a dry, mapley flesh. Used in ice cream, milkshakes and desserts.

🇨🇱Chile

Lúcuma Cake

Torta de lúcuma

Cake made with lúcuma, a native Andean fruit with maple-like flavor, a uniquely Chilean dessert, moist and distinctive.

🇨🇱Chile

Machas a la Parmesana

Razor clams topped with salt, white wine, butter, and parmesan cheese, then broiled, a beloved Chilean appetizer.

🇨🇱Chile

Manjar

Chilean dulce de leche, used as filling and topping for desserts, smooth and creamy with caramel flavor, a national staple.

🇨🇱Chile

Maqui Berry

Maqui

Native purple berry with extremely high antioxidant content, tart and dark, a Chilean superfood, traditional and wild.

🇨🇱Chile

Marraqueta

Chile's national bread, a crusty white loaf divided into four connected rolls with light airy interior, a daily staple.

🇨🇱Chile

Meat Empanada

Empanada de pino

Baked pastry filled with ground beef, onions, raisins, olives, and hard-boiled eggs, Chile's iconic empanada.

🇨🇱Araucanía, Chile

Merken

Merquén

A Mapuche smoked chili and coriander seasoning from southern Chile, with a deep red color and smoky aroma.