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Salchipapa
Salchipapa: Colombian street fries piled with sliced hot dog sausage, pink sauce, mustard and cheese
ColombianLate at night outside the bars and football stadiums of Bogotá and Medellín, carts and fast-food counters sell salchipapa by the plastic tray: hot chips topped with fried slices of hot dog sausage, drowned in salsa rosada (ketchup mixed with mayonnaise), mustard and grated cheese, sometimes with a squirt of pineapple sauce. Kids love it, and it's an easy Friday-night dinner at home: salty, crisp and soft at once, with the sweet-tangy pink sauce tying everything together. The way it goes wrong is soggy fries; double frying keeps them crisp under all that sauce. Chef's tip: slice the sausages on the diagonal and fry them until they curl and blister at the edges; the crisp bits make the dish.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the fries
For the toppings
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Rinse the cut 2 ¼ lb floury potatoes in cold water, then dry thoroughly on a clean tea towel.
5 minStep 2: Heat 6 ¼ cups sunflower oil in a deep pan to 300°F. Fry the chips in batches for 5–6 minutes, until soft but still pale. Drain on a rack.
12 minStep 3: Raise the oil to 350°F and fry 6 hot dog sausages for 2–3 minutes, until they curl, blister and are steaming hot throughout (160°F). Drain.
3 minStep 4: Fry the chips again at 350°F for 3–4 minutes per batch, until crisp and golden. Drain and toss with 1 tsp salt.
10 minStep 5: Mix 3 ½ oz mayonnaise and 2 ⅛ oz ketchup into salsa rosada.
1 minStep 6: Pile the chips and sausages onto plates, drizzle with the salsa rosada, 2 tbsp yellow mustard and ¼ cup pineapple sauce, scatter 3 ½ oz grated mozzarella or queso costeño over and serve at once.
2 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 720 kcal
- Protein
- 18 g
- Carbs
- 58 g
- Fat
- 46 g
- Fibre
- 5 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does salchipapa take?
- About 45 minutes in total: 15 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of floury potatoes?
- Sweet potato, same weight (sweeter, cooks a little faster).
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