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Chochoca

A traditional dish from central and southern Chile, made with dried, cracked corn (mote) cooked slowly with potatoes and meat. Its texture is thick, rustic and comforting, ideal in winter.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Assaisonnement

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

On the side

Nutrition facts

445 kcal per serving

Protein
33.3 g
Carbohydrates
35.4 g
of which sugars
7.8 g
Fat
17.3 g
of which saturated fat
4.6 g
Fiber
6.5 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Rinse the soaked mote corn, then cook it in 1 litre of water over low heat for about 1 hour 30 minutes, until the kernels open and become tender.
  2. Cut the pork into cubes and brown it in oil over high heat, in small batches, to colour it well.
  3. Chop the onion, garlic and pepper, then sauté them in the same pot for 5 minutes with the paprika and cumin.
  4. Add the meat, cover with water or broth and simmer for 30 minutes over low heat.
  5. Peel and cut the potatoes into large cubes, then add them to the stew with the cooked corn and its cooking water.
  6. Continue cooking, covered, for 25 minutes, until the potatoes are falling apart and the liquid has thickened.
  7. Adjust the seasoning, sprinkle with chilli if you like it, and serve hot with pebre.

Variations and tips

Vegetarian version. Replace the pork with mushrooms and pumpkin, adding a little smoked paprika.

Using what's available here. Replace the mote corn with dried white corn such as pozolero or, failing that, add canned corn at the end of cooking.

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