🥪 Chacarero

Name: Chacarero
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chile · Santiago
Ingredients: 600 g thin beef steaks (sirloin or rump); 4 round crusty buns; 400 g green beans; 3 ripe tomatoes, sliced; 2 green chilies, or pickled green chili; 1 tbsp oil; Salt and pepper

Origin: Chile · Santiago

600kcal

per serving · 250 g

240kcal

per 100 g

38 gProtein15 g / 100 g

25 gFat10 g / 100 g

55 gCarbs22 g / 100 g

The chacarero is a Chilean steak sandwich: thin grilled beef in a fresh bun with sliced tomato, green beans and hot green chili. The green beans, soft and lightly salted, are what set it apart from other sandwiches. It is a classic of Chilean sandwich bars and quick lunches.

Diets

✓

No porkfor halal, the meat must be halal-slaughtered

✓

Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

✓

High protein15 g protein per 100 g — 25% of the calories

Not vegetarianbecause of: beef

Not veganbecause of: beef

Contains glutenbecause of: bread

Not keto22 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten

What it is made of

beefbreadgreen beanstomatochili pepper

Recipe

4 servings30 min

Ingredients

600 g thin beef steaks (sirloin or rump)
4 round crusty buns
400 g green beans
3 ripe tomatoes, sliced
2 green chilies, or pickled green chili
1 tbsp oil
Salt and pepper

Method

Trim the green beans and boil them in salted water for 8–10 minutes until very tender, then drain and cool.
Season the steaks with salt and pepper and grill or pan-fry in a hot pan with the oil for 1–2 minutes per side.
Split and warm the buns on the grill.
Layer the steak, sliced tomato and green beans in each bun.
Top with sliced green chili to taste and serve at once.

How to make it lighter

Use lean cuts and trim visible fat to keep the sandwich around the protein-rich side.
Pile on extra tomato and green beans: they add volume and fibre for very few calories.
Choose a smaller wholegrain bun, since the bread supplies much of the carbohydrate.

History

The chacarero is a street-food sandwich from Santiago, traditionally served in sandwich bars. Its name refers to the chacarero, a farmer, and the tomato, green beans and chili in it are fresh farm vegetables. It belongs to the family of Chilean beef sandwiches alongside the churrasco. Today it is found in sandwich bars all over the country.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v15. How we count →