Mapuche seasoning

How to Use Mapuche Seasoning in Your Kitchen?

Mapuche seasoning is a must-have in Chilean cuisine, now accessible to everyone! Discover how to use it to enhance your dishes and delight your guests' taste buds.

Recommendations for Using Mapuche Seasoning

Since the seasoning contains chili peppers, you can add this mixture either during your cooking to intensify the chili's spiciness or at the end of cooking to achieve a milder heat.

Some Suggestions for Using Mapuche Seasoning in Cooking

Mapuche seasoning is versatile and pairs well with many flavors. Whether in breading, marinades, or simply as a seasoning, Mapuche seasoning will complement meat or fish wonderfully. You can also sauté shrimp in this spice blend with olive oil and garlic for a guaranteed success!

Mapuche seasoning enhances all starches, such as pasta, and especially potatoes. Mashed, mashed, steamed, or baked, it can be incorporated into all potato-based preparations. This blend will also add a touch of originality to your vegetable stir-fries and salads.

To spread its delicious aroma and add some zing, it can also be added to a broth or sauce. As seasoning for popcorn or dried fruits, this spice blend will become the star of your gatherings with friends!

Here are some recipe ideas for using Mapuche seasoning:

• - Sautéed Beef with Mapuche Seasoning: Add 1 teaspoon of Mapuche seasoning to thinly sliced meat, along with a drizzle of olive oil, and marinate for 1 hour;
• - Chilean-Style Bruschetta: In a pan, cook ground meat with onions, olive oil, and ¼ teaspoon of Mapuche seasoning, then add the mixture on toasted bread previously spread with tomato sauce;
• - Pebre Chileno with Mapuche Seasoning: Dice tomatoes and onions, sprinkle them with a pinch of Mapuche seasoning, and season;
• - Mapuche-Seasoned Pumpkin Gratin: Add a pinch of Mapuche seasoning to mashed pumpkin, sprinkle with grated cheese, and bake for 10 minutes;
• - Chili with Mapuche Seasoning: While cooking ground meat and tomatoes, add 3 teaspoons of Mapuche seasoning and mix.

Mapuche Seasoning, an Explosion of Heat

This seasoning is composed of chili peppers. The first bites give way to an explosion of heat and moderate spiciness, which gradually fades. Then come waves of smoky flavor, accentuated by freshness from the coriander.

It is recommended to use Mapuche seasoning sparingly before getting surprised by its spiciness.

What Is Mapuche Seasoning Made Of?

Mapuche seasoning is made from dried peppers, salt, smoked paprika, and coriander. According to Mapuche tradition, only 70 families still produce this blend!

Origins of Mapuche Seasoning

Tracing the Creators of Mapuche Seasoning

The name Mapuche comes from "mapu," which means land, and "che," which means people. This community is originally from Chile and Argentina. The Mapuche Indians are formidable warriors known for their fierce resistance to invaders. They repelled the Inca's attempts to colonize their land and held off the conquistadors for several centuries.

A People in Danger...

Dispossessed of their land, the majority of Mapuche Indians now live in cities and are peacefully fighting to reclaim their land, without success. The ancestral Mapuche tradition is slowly fading away, largely unnoticed.