🍲 Charquicán

Name: Charquicán
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chile · Central Chile
Ingredients: 500 g beef, cut into small cubes; 800 g potatoes, peeled and cubed; 500 g pumpkin, peeled and cubed; 2 onions, chopped; 3 garlic cloves; 1 tsp ground cumin and 1 tsp paprika; 1 cup sweetcorn or green beans; 2 tbsp oil, salt and pepper; 4 eggs

Origin: Chile · Central Chile

455kcal

per serving · 350 g

130kcal

per 100 g

28 gProtein8 g / 100 g

18 gFat5 g / 100 g

49 gCarbs14 g / 100 g

Charquicán is a thick, comforting Chilean stew of mashed potato and pumpkin cooked with beef and onion. It is usually served with a fried egg on top. A homely everyday dish, it is eaten at lunch in homes and small restaurants.

Diets

✓

No porkfor halal, the meat must be halal-slaughtered

✓

Gluten-freeno wheat, barley or rye in a typical recipe

✓

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

Not vegetarianbecause of: beef

Not veganbecause of: beef, egg

Not keto14 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Eggs

What it is made of

potatobeefpumpkinonionegg

Recipe

4 servings50 min

Ingredients

500 g beef, cut into small cubes
800 g potatoes, peeled and cubed
500 g pumpkin, peeled and cubed
2 onions, chopped
3 garlic cloves
1 tsp ground cumin and 1 tsp paprika
1 cup sweetcorn or green beans
2 tbsp oil, salt and pepper
4 eggs

Method

Fry the onion and garlic in the oil until soft, add the beef with the cumin, paprika, salt and pepper and brown it.
Add 500 ml of water and simmer for 25 minutes until the beef is nearly tender.
Add the potato, pumpkin and corn or green beans, cover and cook 20 minutes more.
Mash the vegetables partly into the stew until thick and creamy, with some small pieces left.
Fry the eggs and serve one on each portion.

How to make it lighter

Cook the eggs in a non-stick pan with just a drop of oil, or poach them, to save fat.
Use lean beef and add more pumpkin or green beans: the stew stays filling with fewer calories.
Fry the onion in one tablespoon of oil rather than two; the stew is thick enough that it does not need more.

History

Charquicán is a traditional dish of central Chile, and its name comes from the Quechua language. It was originally made with dried, salted meat, and today fresh beef is more common. It is an everyday home-cooking dish that makes use of simple vegetables like potato and pumpkin. Cooks often add sweetcorn or green beans to it.

Count it in one photo

Point your camera at the table — Me Nutrition recognises Charquicán and every other dish, with calories and macros for each. Ate only half? Slide it.

Download on the App Store

Similar dishes

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 →