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Charquicán
Chile
One of Chile's oldest recipes. The Mapuche people preserved meat as charqui long before Spanish arrival.
Chilean beef and vegetable hash — dried beef rehydrated and cooked with potato, squash, corn and beans. A Mapuche dish that sustained Chileans through cold southern winters.
Prep
15 mins
Cook
30 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Calories
435 kcal
Serves
4
Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used
Ingredients
300gcharqui dried beef or regular beef, cubed
400gpotatoes, diced
200gsquash, diced
100gsweetcorn
100ggreen beans
1onion, diced
1 tsppaprika
1 tspcumin
oilfor cooking
Method
1
If using dried charqui, soak 1 hour and shred. Fry onion. Add beef and paprika. Cook 5 minutes.
2
Add potato and squash. Add water to cover. Simmer 15 minutes.
3
Add corn and beans. Cook 5 more minutes. Mash slightly to thicken.
Chef's Tip
Mash some of the potato and squash into the broth — this creates the thick, stew-like consistency.
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