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Chilean Charquican

Hi, I’m Pilar Hernandez

I was born and raised in Chile and moved to Houston, Texas, in 2003 without knowing how to cook and speaking no English. Today, I’m a cookbook author and leader of 2 community gardens.
I will show you how to cook Chilean food with ingredients you find in your supermarket. I’ll challenge you to try exotic fruits like lucuma or maqui, our favorite cereals, wheat berries, and quinoa.

Welcome to my Chilean Kitchen!

Popular Recipes

Chilean Charquican

Pebre Sauce

Corn and Beef Chilean Pastel de Choclo

Chilean Beef Empanadas

Chilean Chicken Soup, Cazuela de pollo

Chilean Sopaipillas with Pumpkin

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The Chilean Kitchen* has 75 traditional recipes lovingly adapted to work with American ingredients. Eileen’s beautiful writing and Araceli’s amazing photography will transport you to my Chilean kitchen right on your own!

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Traditional Breads

Hallullas Chilean Bread

Chilean Pan Dulce

Empanada Dough

Chilean Country Bread

Chilean Dobladitas

Colizas, Chilean Bread

Cake Recipes

Apple Chocolate Kuchen

Banana Thousand Layers Cake

Namoura Semolina Cake

Chilean Pan de Pascua

Cielo (Heaven) Cake

Apple Kuchen with Crumbs

Sandwich Recipes

Completos or Chilean Hot Dogs

Chacarero, Chilean Sandwich

Langostino Tails Rolls

Churrasco, Chilean Sandwich

Chemilico, Chilean Sandwich

Chilean Lomito Sandwich

Cookie Recipes

Chocolate Alfajores

Chilean Wine Cookies

Chilean Picarones

Coconut Cookies

Meringue kisses with Dulce de Leche

Soup Recipes

Summer Bean Soup Porotos con Mazamorra

Chilean Beef Cazuela

Cream of Cauliflower Soup

Chilean Chickpea Soup

Chilean Bean Stew “Porotos Granados”

Cream of Spinach Soup

Desserts Recipes

Yogurt Flan

Strawberry Bavarois

Chilean Profiteroles

Roasted Milk (Leche Asada)

Floating Island Dessert

Easy Lucuma Flan

Houston Gardening

6 Basics of the Vegetable Garden in Houston

An edible butterfly garden

Hurricane Harvey and our school garden

Houston Backyard Gardens: Meyerland 2008-16

How to Plant and Grow Carrots in Houston

How to Collect Seeds from Poppies

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