What is a Completo?
Like in so many places, Chile has its own gastronomic culture, not that big and renowned like Mexican or Peruvian gastronomy, but with some interesting dishes with the flavor and magic that just latino food has. The street food is just another form of seeing this flavor in action. Today I want to share with you my favorite food that only exists in this part of the planet.
“Completo” is the Chilean version of a hot dog and is one of the most popular street foods that you can find in Chile. The word “completo” means “complete” or “full” in Spanish; this name may be because this type of hot dog contains more ingredients than the USA-style hot dog.
I want to talk about the most popular version of this dish (yep, it has versions).
The “Completo italiano.”
This hot dog, besides the hot dog’s sausage and bun, has chopped tomatoes, mashed avocados, and mayonnaise (in this specific order). The name of this version is because all together they can kind of look like the Italian flag.
The recipe is very simple:
- Tomatoes
- Avocados
- Vienna sausage
- Hot dog buns
- Mayonnaise
Ingredients:
- Dice tomatoes, with one cup being enough for 3.
- Mash an avocado with a fork (or a potato masher).
- Cook some Vienna sausage.
- Assemble all: add hot dogs into each hot dog bun, after that add the chopped tomatoes, then the mashed avocado, and finally, the mayonnaise.
- Ta-ra, :D you make some cool chilean-style hot dogs!
Instructions:
Take a look at this step-by-step blog article by nomad paradise if my instructions are not very clear (I’m bad at this honestly lol).
If you try to make one, tell me if you like it :D!
