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Chilean Humitas

Name: Chilean Humitas
Total time: 80 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Chile
Ingredients: 6 Corn (in the husk); 1 Onion; 1 bunch Basil; 30g Butter; 50ml Milk; 1/2 tsp Paprika; 1 tsp Salt

Side Dish

⏱ 80 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Grated fresh corn mixed with basil, wrapped in corn husks and boiled — the taste of a Chilean summer.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Humitas are corn parcels made throughout the Andean countries. In Chile, grated fresh corn is mixed with onion, basil, and butter, wrapped in corn husks, and boiled. Whole families make them together during the summer harvest and eat them with tomato salad or a sprinkle of sugar.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Chilean farm kitchen in summer, the family wraps small parcels in corn husks and lifts them steaming from a big pot.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Corn (in the husk) 6
Onion 1
Basil 1 bunch
Butter 30g
Milk 50ml
Paprika 1/2 tsp
Salt 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Carefully peel off the corn husks and save them, then grate the kernels.
Melt butter in a frying pan and sauté chopped onion and paprika.
Mix the grated corn, onion, chopped basil, milk, and salt.
Overlap two husks, add the filling, wrap, and tie with string.
Boil in salted water for 40 minutes.

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