Pastel de Choclo

Name: Pastel de Choclo
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chile
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 2 onions; 2 cloves garlic; 1 tsp salt; ½ tsp paprika; To taste black pepper; 1 lb ground beef; ½ chicken; 2 tbsp raisins; 2 tbsp green olives; 3 cans corn; 2 tsp basil; 1 tbsp butter; 1 cup milk; 2 tsp sugar; To taste salt

A Chile dinner made with chicken. Ready in about 1 hour 25 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

20 minPrep (about)
1 hr 5 minCook (about)
1 hr 25 minTotal time
4Servings
MediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 6 people +

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Main ingredient

¾ chicken

Fresh & other

3 eggs
3 onions
3 cloves garlic
1 ½ lb ground beef
3 tbsp raisins
3 tbsp green olives
5 cans corn
1 ½ tbsp butter
1 ½ cups milk
1 tbsp sugar

Spices & seasonings (5): salt, paprika, black pepper, basil, salt

1 ½ tsp salt
¾ tsp paprika
To taste black pepper
1 tbsp basil Shopping tip: Dried basil is fine here.
To taste salt

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Place eggs in a pot.
Cover with water.
Bring to a boil.
Take it off the heat.
Let eggs stand.
Do it in hot water for 15 minutes.
While that cooks, heat oil in a pan over medium heat.
Add onions, garlic, 2 salt, ½ teaspoon paprika, and black pepper.
Cook until it smells good, about 2 minutes.
Add beef, rest of the 1 ½ teaspoons salt, rest of the ½ teaspoon paprika, and black pepper.
Cook.
Mix until beef mostly browned, about 5 minutes.
Add chicken, raisins, and olives.
Remove eggs from hot, cool under cold running water, and peel.
Roughly chop.
Add to beef mixture.
Keep pino warm.
Mix corn plus basil in a blender or your bowl of a food processor.
Blend until smooth.
Pour into a pot over medium heat.
Add butter.
Cook.
Stir until thickened, 7 to 10 minutes.
Stir in salt, 1 tbsp sugar and milk.
Heat till thickened to a paste, around 15 minutes more.
Turn the oven on to 350°F.
Spread pino into a baking dish.
Cover with corn paste.
Sprinkle a little sugar on top.
Bake in the heat the oven until golden on top, about 20 minutes.