Chilean Pantrucas Recipe

Pantrucas, pancutras or pancuchas are a typical food of Chilean gastronomy that consists of a meat or vegetable broth to which the pantrucas dough is added, which is made with flour, water and salt.

If you want to know this recipe for pantrucas that is easy and cheap to make that he shares Carlos Candia, take note of the ingredients and follow the step by step of these Chilean pantrucas.

Ingredients to make Chilean Pantrucas:

• ¼ kilogram of ground meat or minced meat
• 1 paprika or bell pepper
• 1 medium onion
• 5 medium potatoes
• 1 Carrot
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 pinch of oregano
• 1 pinch of Cumin
• 1 cup of flour (140 grams)
• Salt
• 2 Eggs
• Oil

How to make Chilean Pantrucas:

1. The first thing to do to prepare the Chilean pantrucas is to chop the onion into small squares, the paprika and the carrot into strips (like a feather onion), the minced garlic, and the potatoes in the form of wedges.
2. All of the above chopped, except the potatoes, fry in a frying pan with hot oil, with the suggested seasonings or seasonings to taste, along with the ground meat, and fry until the onion is transparent.
3. Once the pantrucas or pancutras are fried, add cold water and the potatoes, and cook from the moment it comes to a boil until the potatoes are well cooked.
4. While this is cooking, make the dough for the Chilean pantrucas: put the flour in a container with salt to taste, and add the water little by little until you have a non-sticky dough.
5. Just knead until everything is united.
6. Next, stretch the dough of the Chilean pantrucas with the help of a kitchen roller and cut it into squares.
7. And when the potatoes are cooked, add the pantrucas (square dumplings) to the pot and boil for another 8 to 10 minutes.
8. Finally, add the eggs, stir well and serve the Chilean pantrucas to taste.