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 Acompleto italiano | |
| Place of origin | Chile |
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| Main ingredients | Bread,hot dog,tomato,avocado,mayonnaise,sauerkraut,salsa Americana |
| Variations | Multiple |
Thecompleto (Spanish for "complete", "total") is ahot dog variation eaten inChile, usually served with ingredients such as choppedtomatoes,avocados,mayonnaise,sauerkraut,[1]salsa Americana,ají pepper and green sauce. It can be twice the size of an American hot dog.[2]
The dish was first made in the 1920s in thefuentes de soda (soda fountains) of centralSantiago.[3] The completo was brought to Chile by Eduardo Bahamondes who had recently travelled to the United States on business. It was there that he first saw the "hot dog" which he decided to bring back to his home country. Once back in Chile, he then opened a restaurant in Santiago's historic centre called Quick Lunch Bahamondes in thePortal Fernandez Concha where he began to introduce the Chilean people to the hot dog. As people didn't like the original preparation, he added other ingredients such as tomato and avocado, which eventually became accepted by the public.[3]
Most completos contain some or all of the following ingredients:
Throughout Chile, specific names are used to describe the different variations of completos:
One of the main variants of the completo chileno is the so-calledas orchilenito, which is prepared in a similar way to the completo, but replaces the sausage for chopped beefchurrasco type or otherwise chopped chicken breast or slices of pork loin, any of the three cooked on the grill. The same ingredients used for the completos are usually added on top of the meat, also producing each of the above mentioned variants.
The bread to be used is normallyhot dog bun. However, in the absence of hot dog bun, and typically in homemade preparation of completos, people may resort tomarraqueta, dividing the bread lengthwise, different from the traditional cut of this bread, to improvise two hot dog buns. In some parts of the country it is also calledTortuga.[7]
The completo is also a type of hot dog eaten inBrazil, which generally includesmayonnaise,ketchup,mustard,corn,peas, tomatoes, onions,Parmesan cheese andfries. InSão Paulo, it is common to addmashed potatoes. Common extra fillings includechicken,cream cheese,ground meat andolives.
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