Chapter 14 : Chile

Stretching across the Pacific coast of South America, Chile is a narrow country of mountains and coasts. The ingredients aren't too unfamiliar if you've cooked Peruvian cuisine: quinoa, corn, and potatoes are common.

For our first attempt we made Chilean asado. Asado is apropriate across Latin America, Chilean asado is topped with pebre: a mix of cilantro, onions and parsley.

Asado with Pebre

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Serves: variable

Ingredients:

Any mix of the following meats:

Ribs, flank steak, chorizo, or offal

Pebre:

2 cups cilantro

2 cups parsley

1 chopped onion

1/4 cup water

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp crushed red pepper

3/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp black pepper

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 1/2 tsp olive oil

Preparation:

Mix all pebre ingredients, excepy olive oil, in a bowl and refridgerate for one hour, then stir in olive oil right before serving.

Cooking:

Barbeque, or broil, meats until cooked. Then top with pebre and serve.