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Chilean Pancake Recipe (Panqueques)

Chilean pancakes are a tasty treat that are served at breakfast, at once (Chile’s evening snack or dinner), or dessert.
Chilean pancakes, or panqueques as they are called locally, can be quite sweet and help satisfy the sweet tooth that most Chileans have. They are one of my favorite traditional Chilean foods.
Simply put, the Chilean pancake is a crepe, covered in manjar (a very sweet carmel-like spread).
To make Chilean pancakes, choose your favorite crepe recipe or follow these steps:

Chilean Pancake Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons melted butter
small package manjar or dulce de leche (see how to make manjar)

How to Make the Chilean Pancake (Panqueque):

chilean pancake

  1. Whisk the flour and eggs together in a mixing bowl.
  2. Slowly add in the milk and water while stirring.
  3. Add the salt and butter and whisk until smooth.
  4. Ideally you’ll have a small circular crepe pan. If not, use a non-stick frying pan or griddle on medium-high heat. Pour about a 1/4 cup of batter into the pan for each pancake. Tilt the pan in a circular motion so the batter coats the surface evenly.
  5. Cook the pancake for about 2 minutes or until the bottom is light brown. The edges should start to lift up and off the pan. Loosen with a spatula, flip over and cook the other side.
  6. Remove cooked pancake and let cool on rack.
  7. When cool to the touch, spread a thin layer of manjar on one side of the pancake.

chilean pancake

How to Serve the Chilean Pancake

rolled up pancake
You can serve Chilean pancakes many different ways. For example:

  • Roll the manjar-covered pancake inward so that the manjar side folds in on itself.
  • Fold the pancake in half and then in half again
  • Serve with ice cream, powdered sugar, or as is.

pancakes
You can serve the Chilean pancakes chilled or fresh right after you make them.
If you like Chilean pancakes, you should try some other Chilean desserts from the comprehensive Chilean cookbook Tasting Chile: A Celebration of Authentic Chilean Foods and Wines.
Enjoy!

Comments

  1. berni says

    March 31, 2011 at 9:41 pm

    this are so good!! I’m an exchange student in America from Chile and my Host family really enjoy reading all this information about Chile (awesome country).
    So thanks a lot 🙂

    • Pepe says

      April 1, 2011 at 7:11 pm

      @Berni – I’m glad your host family has enjoyed reading the site. Hopefully they enjoy the panqueques too!

  2. Saida says

    April 13, 2011 at 5:52 pm

    Berni you are right Chile makes the best dishes

  3. Alissa says

    May 5, 2014 at 3:36 pm

    How many does this make?

  4. Vicky says

    April 20, 2015 at 8:45 pm

    Made these tonight, along with the homemade manjar. Loved!!

    • Pepe says

      April 21, 2015 at 9:50 am

      @Vicky – that’s great! You’re making me hungry.

  5. Nati says

    April 2, 2018 at 8:00 am

    If you stack them- pancake,manjar , pancake, manjar and so on, you make torra de panqueques. Once the stack is high enough , slice in to wedges and dust with powdered sugar. Delicious.

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