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Chilean Potato Bread

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Full of flavor Chilean potato bread.

  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 12

Ingredients

Units
  • 2 pounds red potatoes
  • 1/2 pound of flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons butter or soft butter
  • pork cracklings chopped, optional

Instructions

  1. In a pot with cold water and salt, put the peeled and chopped potatoes. Cook over high heat until it boils, lowers the heat to medium, should continue to boil vigorously for 15 minutes or until all the potatoes are cooked.
    Chopped potatoes for Chapaleles
  2. Drain and return potatoes to the pot, uncovered. Allow cooling, about 15 minutes. Mash well.
    Mashed potatoes for chapalele
  3. Preheat oven to 350F or 180C.
  4. Place the mash potatoes in a bowl, add the flour, salt, baking powder, and butter. Mix everything with a wooden spoon and then knead with hands until a wet dough form.
    Forming the dough of potato and flour.
  5. Divide dough into 12 portions, place a spoonful of pork cracklings if desired into each portion and shape. Place on a baking sheet.
    Baking pan with the potato bread.
  6. If you want the bread to be all the same size, weigh the dough, I made mine 100 grams each.
  7. Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown.
    Chilean Potato Bread Chapaleles

Notes

This was a sponsored recipe by Mirum Shopper in 2016. All opinions are my own.

  • Author: Pilar Hernandez
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Category: Bread
  • Method: Baked
  • Cuisine: Chilean