DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Chaca
Also known as: Chacá
Fundación Sabores Dominicanos’ sweet chacá is a corn dessert associated with southern Dominican communities.
About Chaca
Fundación Sabores Dominicanos’ sweet chacá is a corn dessert associated with southern Dominican communities. Maíz caquiao softens into a creamy base before coconut milk and evaporated milk join the pot.
White sugar sweetens the corn, while cinnamon sticks, cloves and liquid vanilla give the mixture its aroma. A little salt rounds out the milk-and-spice combination.
The softened grains remain part of the dessert’s texture. After cooking, the chacá is left to cool and refrigerated, producing a thick corn-and-milk sweet.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Chaca
Fundación Sabores Dominicanos’ sweet chacá.
- Maíz caquiaoBase
- WaterLiquid
- Fresh coconut milkLiquid
- Evaporated milkLiquid
- Cinnamon sticksAromatic
- ClovesAromatic
- Liquid vanillaAromaticIngredient page not linked
- White sugarSweetener
- SaltSeasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Maíz caquiao: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual71 named husked/cracked corn; broader crackedcorn candidate, exact upstream processing unresolved.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit74/94–97 soak/wash/softenwater.
- Fresh coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual68–70 fresh option selected, named prepared component, upstream extraction unknown.
- Evaporated milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual77 dairy milk confirms Milk.
- Cinnamon sticks: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cloves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Liquid vanilla: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual80–82 liquid vanilla, exact extract/flavouring product unprovided.
- White sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Origins & food traditions
Dominican Republic association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Dominican Republic
- Dominican RepublicCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Dominican Cuisine
- Dominican CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.