• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Pilar's Chilean Food & Garden

Pilar's Chilean Food & Garden

A recipe blog by a Chilean living in the USA

  • Chilean
    • Chilean Appetizers & Beverages
    • Chilean Breads
    • Chilean Breakfast
    • Chilean Cakes & Bakes
    • Chilean Cookies & Candy
    • Chilean Desserts
    • Chilean Jams & Jellies
    • Chilean Meat
    • Chilean Once
    • Chilean Pasta, Rice & Potatoes
    • Chilean Poultry
    • Chilean Salads
    • Chilean Sandwich
    • Chilean Seafood
    • Chilean Soups & Starters
    • Chilean Vegetables
  • Other Cuisines
    • Argentinian Food
    • Peruvian Food
    • US American food
    • Mexican food
    • Latin American Food
  • Savory
    • Breakfast
      • Eggs
    • Appetizers
      • Cocktails
    • Entrees
      • Beef
      • Empanadas (EN)
      • Chicken
      • Fish
      • Pork
      • Shellfish
        • Langostino Recipes
    • Side dishes
      • Pasta
      • Rice
      • Potatoes
    • Vegetables
    • Salads
    • Sandwiches (en)
    • Soups
    • Breads
  • Sweet
    • Cakes & Bakes
    • Kuchen
    • Candy
    • Chocolate
    • Cookies
    • Cupcakes
    • Desserts
      • Lucuma Recipes
    • Jam, Frosting & Jellies
    • Pies
    • Sweet bread
  • Gardening
  • Español

Completo Chilean Hot Dog

August 30, 2022 by Pilar Hernandez
Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe

Versión en español

Completo Chilean Hot Dog

The Completo, or Chilean-style hotdogs, are part of the essence of the Chilean food culture. Chilean Completos can be a quick lunch, a big snack, or the centerpiece of a party with friends.

In addition, Completos have their vocabulary to describe popular topping combinations:

Italian Completo: tomato, avocado, and mayo
Dynamic Completo: tomato, avocado, salsa Americana, and Chilean Salsa Verde
German Completo: with sauerkraut, tomato, and mayo

Which one do you prefer?

If you are invited to a birthday party, and someone says Completada expect to have all the ingredients on the table, and each person does their own. Seconds are allowed.

Why are Chilean-style hot dogs called Completo?

Most likely because eating hot dogs American-style, just the bread, frank, and maybe a little mustard, is not a thing in Chile. Hot dogs are always loaded with toppings. It’s a complete meal with your meat and veggies. The frank or sausage is always boiled or steamed. It’s not the star of the dish.

When and where do Chileans eat Completos?

It’s an everyday meal, a quick solution for lunch and dinner at home, and a quick (almost on the go) lunch for errands or at college cafeterias. Also very popular for parties at home. It’s considered a complete meal.

Is the order of the toppings important?

The mashed avocado is generally used to hold and “seal” the other toppings inside the bun, like the diced tomato. On top of the avocado are condiments: mayo, mustard, ketchup, Chilean salsa verde, or Americana.

What kinds of hotdogs frank are more common in Chile?

Pork or a mix of pork and beef meat. Hotdogs franks are called vienesas in Chile. Most Latinos called them salchichas.

Common mistakes by non-Chileans:

  • Do not add lemon juice to the avocado. This is never done in Chile. Only salt is used to season the avocado.
  • Season the diced tomatoes with vegetable oil (not olive oil) and salt.
  • Do not eat a Completo with a fork and knife. This is like tacos. You hold your completo parallel to the table and maneuver around.
  • Do not grill your franks or hotdog sausages.
  • Remember, it’s your house. You make the rules. Enjoy!
Print
clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag iconfolder folder iconinstagram instagram iconpinterest pinterest iconfacebook facebook iconprint print iconsquares squares iconheart heart iconheart solid heart solid icon

Completo Chilean Hot Dog

★★★★★

5 from 1 reviews

Print Recipe
Pin Recipe

A Chilean classic for quick (almost on the go) lunch or parties with lots of friends.

  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x

Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 4 hot dog buns (preferably brioche ones)
  • 4 hot dog sausages or franks cooked in water and keep warm
  • 1 large avocado, mashed and seasoned with salt
  • 1/2 chopped onion in fine diced or Chilean Salsa verde
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped into small squares and seasoned with salt, drained
  • 1/2 cup sauerkraut
  • mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard

Instructions

  1. Heat the buns in the toaster if you like them crispy, or wrapped in aluminum foil in the oven if you like them soft.
  2. Cut the onion an hour before and let it stand in boiling water with sugar to make it softer. Wash with cold water and strain before serving. Or prepare the Chilean Salsa Verde.
    Ingredients for Chilean hot dogs
  3. Put together the hotdogs. I usually put the mayonnaise, then the sausage, the tomato, the sauerkraut, the avocado, and the salsas.
    Completos with tomato and sauerkraut Chilean hot dog with avocado
  4. Serve immediately.
    Chilean Completos or hot dogs
  • Author: Pilar Hernandez
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 minutes
  • Category: Sandwichs
  • Method: Stove-cooked
  • Cuisine: Chilean

Nutrition

  • Serving Size:
  • Calories: 485
  • Sugar: 8.7 g
  • Sodium: 1129.8 mg
  • Fat: 30.1 g
  • Saturated Fat: 6.6 g
  • Carbohydrates: 41.7 g
  • Fiber: 9.2 g
  • Protein: 14.5 g

Keywords: Chilean Completos, Chilean hot dog

Did you make this recipe?

Tag @chileanfoodandgarden on Instagram and hashtag it #chileanfoodandgarden

Chilean Completos or Chilean Hot Dogs

Sharing is caring!


The Chilean Kitchen*




 

If you enjoyed this recipe, you would also enjoy my cookbook* featuring 75 Chilean recipes for all seasons. It is lovingly written and scrumptiously photographed, and you’ll delight in the best Chilean cuisine offers, with easy-to-follow recipes tailored to American ingredients and grocery stores.

* Amazon affiliate links

Category: Chilean recipes, Chilean Sandwich

Reader Interactions

Comments

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe rating ★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆

  1. Pedro

    August 23, 2022 at 9:25 pm

    I did the recipe in your book, so good.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  2. Katie

    May 6, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    Do you know how to make the dough for the completo buns? I have found many recipes with the ingredients in kilos and weight measurements but I don’t have a food scale.

    Reply
    • Pilar Hernandez

      May 7, 2020 at 1:10 pm

      I use this recipe https://www.chileanfoodandgarden.com/quick-hamburger-buns/ instead of doing the rolls, give them an oval shape.

      Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Completos chilenos - En Mi Cocina Hoy says:
    September 28, 2021 at 7:45 pm

    […] English version […]

    Reply

Sidebar

Hello, I’m Pilar

Hello! I'm Pilar Hernandez, a Latina mom, cookbook author, and urban farmer. I'm currently based in Seattle, WA. I was born and raised in Chile. I went to medical school there and then moved to …

Buy The Chilean Kitchen Here! (affiliated link)

Cover The Chilean Kitchen

Popular Recipes

Learn more about Chilean Food

Tortilla de Rescoldo Chilean Food

Chilean Bread

Torta Mil hojas

Chilean Cakes & Bakes

Manzana rallada Chilean Food

Chilean Desserts

Once chilena

Chilean Once

Asado Chilean Food

Chilean Meat

Chacarero Chilean sandwich

Chilean Sandwiches

Locos con Mayo Chilean food

Chilean Seafood

Chilean food

Chilean recipes

About Pilar

Instagram

Privacy

Facebook

Licensing

Copyright © 2023 · Pilar's Chilean Food & Garden · All Rights Reserved