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Chivito

Name: Chivito
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Uruguay
Ingredients: 200g (steak-cut) Thinly Sliced Beef; 2 (round rolls) Bread; 4 Ham; 4 Bacon; 80g Mozzarella cheese; 2 Egg; 2 Lettuce; 1 Tomato; 6 Green olives; 2 tbsp Mayonnaise; A pinch Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Snack

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

Beef steak stacked with ham, bacon, cheese, fried egg, and more in a bun — Uruguay's national sandwich.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

The chivito is Uruguay's national sandwich: a thin beef steak is stacked with ham, bacon, mozzarella, fried egg, lettuce, tomato, olives, mayonnaise, and more in a round bun. It's said to have begun in the 1940s at a restaurant in Punta del Este, improvised for a customer who ordered kid goat (chivito).

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a seaside restaurant in Montevideo, a thick chivito arrives with fries and is gripped firmly in both hands for a big bite.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Thinly Sliced Beef 200g (steak-cut)
Bread 2 (round rolls)
Ham 4
Bacon 4
Mozzarella cheese 80g
Egg 2
Lettuce 2
Tomato 1
Green olives 6
Mayonnaise 2 tbsp
Salt A pinch
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Season the beef with salt and pepper and sear quickly in a frying pan.
Fry the bacon crisp and fry the eggs.
Top the beef with ham and cheese, cover, and let the cheese melt.
Halve the buns, toast lightly, and spread with mayonnaise.
Stack lettuce, tomato, the beef with ham and cheese, bacon, fried egg, and olives.
Close the sandwich.

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