Mercado 4 · Meat-Filled Corn Turnover
Chipa So'o
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Unlike the ring-shaped chipa sold nationwide, this version encases the same cornmeal-and-cheese dough around a seasoned beef filling, making it closer to a savory pie than a bread.
A corn and cheese dough is filled with seasoned ground beef and onion, then baked until the crust firms up around the filling. Vendors at Asunción's sprawling Mercado 4 sell it hot, wrapped in paper for eating on the move.
Why it's made this way: Mercado 4, Asunción's largest and most chaotic market, is where this meat-filled chipa variant is most closely associated, distinguishing it from the plain chipa sold across the country.
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