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Chilean Recipes

Chilean cuisine has a flavour all its own. Explore original, tested Chilean recipes from Tara’s Kitchen, written for everyday home cooks.

Chilean Pastel de Choclo served and ready to eat Chilean

Chilean Pastel de Choclo

A sweet corn pie topped with chicken, beef, olives and raisins — Chile's most beloved family…

⏱ 1 hr 20 min 🍽 6 servings 📊 Medium
Chilean Pebre served and ready to eat Chilean

Chilean Pebre

A fresh Chilean salsa of coriander, onion, chilli, tomato and olive oil — the table relish…

⏱ 10 min 🍽 6 servings 📊 Easy
Chilean Empanadas de Pino served and ready to eat Chilean

Chilean Empanadas de Pino

Large baked empanadas with seasoned beef, onion, olive and a wedge of egg — Chile's national…

⏱ 1 hr 15 min 🍽 8 servings 📊 Medium
Chilean Empanadas served and ready to eat Chilean

Chilean Empanadas

Large baked beef empanadas with onion, olive, hard-boiled egg and raisin — Chile's most beloved snack.

⏱ 1 hr 10 min 🍽 6 servings 📊 Medium
Cazuela served and ready to eat Chilean

Cazuela

A hearty Chilean broth with bone-in beef, corn on the cob, potato, pumpkin and green beans…

⏱ 1 hr 45 min 🍽 4 servings 📊 Easy
Completo Italiano served and ready to eat Chilean

Completo Italiano

A loaded Chilean hot dog with avocado, tomato and mayo — the colours of the Italian…

⏱ 20 min 🍽 4 servings 📊 Easy
Mote con Huesillos served and ready to eat Chilean

Mote con Huesillos

A summer Chilean drink of cooked wheat berries and dried peaches in a sweet cinnamon syrup…

⏱ 1 hr 10 min 🍽 4 servings 📊 Easy
Chilean Sopaipillas served and ready to eat Chilean

Chilean Sopaipillas

Pumpkin-enriched fried dough discs served with pebre or in a sweet syrup — a Chilean rainy-day…

⏱ 35 min 🍽 10 servings 📊 Easy
Chilean Seafood Empanadas served and ready to eat Chilean

Chilean Seafood Empanadas

Crispy fried empanadas stuffed with prawns and mussels in a creamy sauce — Chile's coastal classic.

⏱ 45 min 🍽 8 servings 📊 Medium
Chilean Sopaipillas served and ready to eat Chilean

Chilean Sopaipillas

Soft pumpkin flatbread rounds fried golden — a beloved Chilean rainy-day snack.

⏱ 1 hr 🍽 10 servings 📊 Easy
Chilean Mote con Huesillo served and ready to eat Chilean

Chilean Mote con Huesillo

Sweetened dried peaches with cinnamon syrup over wheat berries — Chile's most refreshing summer drink-dessert.

⏱ 2 hr 10 min 🍽 4 servings 📊 Easy
Chilean Charquicán served and ready to eat Chilean

Chilean Charquicán

A creamy mashed stew of beef, potato, pumpkin and corn topped with a fried egg —…

⏱ 55 min 🍽 4 servings 📊 Easy
Chilean Pebre served and ready to eat Chilean

Chilean Pebre

A bright Chilean salsa of tomato, coriander, onion and chilli — eaten with everything from bread…

⏱ 10 min 🍽 6 servings 📊 Easy

About Chilean cooking

Do I need special ingredients?

Most of our Chilean recipes use ingredients you can find in a regular supermarket. Where something less common is needed, we suggest easy alternatives.

Are these recipes authentic?

They are inspired by Chilean flavours and traditions, written originally and adapted to be practical for the home kitchen.