🇵🇾 Paraguayan Cuisine

Chipa Guazú

Fresh Corn Cake

Prep Time 20 min
Servings 8
Difficulty Medium
Calories 318 kcal

A savory-sweet baked corn pudding made from fresh choclo corn kernels, eggs, cheese, and onion — like a Paraguayan corn soufflé with a golden crust.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Sauté onion in butter until translucent. Let cool slightly.
  2. 2 Blend half the corn kernels with milk until smooth. Leave the other half as whole kernels for texture.
  3. 3 Beat eggs. Combine blended corn, whole kernels, eggs, cheese, sautéed onion, salt, and sugar.
  4. 4 Pour into a greased baking dish.
  5. 5 Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 45-50 min until golden on top and set in the center.
  6. 6 Let rest 10 min before cutting into squares.

Did You Know?

Chipa guazú can only be made properly when fresh choclo corn is in season — Paraguayans eagerly await corn season just for this dish.