DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Encebollado
Also known as: Encebollado de pescado
Tuna and cassava soup topped with pickled onion-and-tomato curtido.
About Encebollado
Layla Pujol presents encebollado as a typical soup of Ecuador's coast. Her rendition cooks fresh tuna in a broth flavoured with onion, tomato, cumin, mild powdered aji and cilantro.
The strained fish broth then cooks the cassava. Once tender, the cassava is cut into smaller pieces and returned to the broth with flakes of tuna, bringing the fish and starchy root together.
Each hot bowl receives a generous topping of pickled onion-and-tomato curtido. Chifles, toasted corn and aji are offered alongside, adding crisp textures and a choice of heat.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Encebollado
Laylita's Ecuadorian coastal tuna encebollado.
- Fresh tunaProtein
- Fresh cassavaBase
- OilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- TomatoAromatic
- OnionAromatic
- Mild powdered ajiSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Ground cuminSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- CilantroAromatic
- SaltSeasoning
- Prepared onion-and-tomato curtidoToppingIngredient page not linked
- Prepared chiflesAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Prepared toasted cornAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Prepared ajiAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Fresh tuna: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual48 atún fresco selected, no exact albacore species forced from albacora common name30.
- Fresh cassava: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual49 fresh option selected over frozen.
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual50 own refrito63, botanical source unprovided.
- Tomato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual52 core broth onion, separate opaque prepared curtido59 not formula-guessed.
- Mild powdered aji: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual53 aji no picante en polvo original, exact chilli/product identity unresolved. Offered ground-paprika substitute unselected.
- Ground cumin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit55/64 own fish broth, reused to cook cassava68; no additional opaque fish-stock ingredient.
- Cilantro: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual56 cilantro option over culantro; unspecified other-herb variation74 not invented.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Prepared onion-and-tomato curtido: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual59/71 defining generous pickled topping, complete separate condiment formula unprovided, no guessed citrus/vinegar or allergen absence.
- Prepared chifles (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual60/77 green-plantain chips named, exact frying/product formula unknown.
- Prepared toasted corn (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual61/78 tostado, full separate corn preparation unknown. Popcorn option30/36 unselected.
- Prepared aji (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual30/36 optional serving aji choice, full condiment formula unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Cuisines & regions
- Ecuadorian Coastal Cuisine
- Coastal Ecuadorian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Ecuadorian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Montubio CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.