🇨🇱 Chilean Cuisine

Charquicán

Chilean Beef and Vegetable Hash

Prep Time 20 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 394 kcal

A comforting rustic hash of diced beef, potatoes, pumpkin, corn, and green beans, mashed together and topped with a fried egg.

Ingredients

  • 400g beef chuck, diced small
  • 4 potatoes, cubed
  • 300g pumpkin, cubed
  • 1 cup corn kernels
  • 200g green beans, cut into pieces
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • Salt, pepper
  • 4 fried eggs for topping

Instructions

  1. 1 Brown diced beef in oil with cumin and paprika. Remove and set aside.
  2. 2 Sauté onion and garlic until soft. Add pumpkin and potatoes with a splash of water.
  3. 3 Cover and cook 15 min until vegetables soften. Add corn and green beans, cook 5 more min.
  4. 4 Return beef to the pot. Mash everything roughly with a fork or potato masher — it should be chunky, not smooth.
  5. 5 Season with salt and pepper. Cook 5 more min to meld flavors.
  6. 6 Serve in bowls topped with a fried egg.

Did You Know?

The name charquicán comes from Quechua "charki" (dried meat) combined with "kan" (stew) — the same root that gave English the word "jerky."

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/chilean/charquican/