Bocadillo

For the Colombian cuisine dessert, see Guava jelly.

Bocadillo

A bocadillo filled with tortilla, one of many options.
Alternative names	Bocata
Type	Sandwich
Place of origin	Spain
Serving temperature	Cold or baked
Main ingredients	Spanish bread, cold meat or omelette
Cookbook: Bocadillo  Media: Bocadillo

The bocadillo or bocata, in Spain, is a sandwich made with Spanish bread, not sliced, cut lengthwise. Traditionally seen as a humble food, its low cost has allowed it to evolve over time into an iconic piece of cuisine. In Spain, they are often eaten in cafes and tapas bars.^[1]

Some bocadillos are seasoned with sauces like mayonnaise, aioli, ketchup, mustard or tomato sauce. They are usually served with cold beer or red wine, drinks, coffee and a portion of tapas. Different types of bocadillos are available in different parts of Spain, such as the serranito, almussafes and esgarrat.

Typical bocadillos

There is a wide variety of bocadillos in Spain,^[2] but the most typical can be pointed out. Bocadillos can also be found in northern Morocco.

Bocadillos

Bocadillo prepared with pork fillet, fried onions and green pepper and seasoned with alioli sauce.

Bocadillo prepared with pork fillet and fried onions and covered in alioli.

Giant bocadillo of horse meat (four steaks inside).

Fried squid with mayonnaise.

Fried baby squid (puntillas), seasoned with alioli.

Bocata Kike, with Spanish ham, pork fillet, french fries, fried egg, fried onions and mayonnaise.

Bocadillo Pascuala Especial, with pork fillet, bacon, cheese and tomato sauce.

Omelette bocadillos

• Spanish omelette (prepared with or without onion)
• Campera omelette (prepared with potatoes, green pepper and chorizo)
• Jamon omelette (prepared with jamon instead of using potatoes)
• Cheese omellete
• Courgette omelette
• French omelette
• Garlic omelette (prepared with young garlics, green garlic)
• Bean omelette
• Aubergine omelette
• Spinach omelette
• Tuna fish omelette

Cold meat bocadillos

• Jamón - Spanish dry-cured ham, typically served with olive oil
• Boiled ham with cheese
• Bacon with cheese
• Mortadella (with or without olives)
• Salchichon
• Salami
• Paté, Pâté
• Sobrassada with cheese

Cheese bocadillos

• Cheese
• Fresh cheese with oil and tomato
• Cheese spread with anchovies

Vegetarian bocadillos

• Tomato and olive oil, Pa amb tomàquet
• Pisto (prepared with courguette, tomato sauce, green pepper, pine nut)
• Vegetarian (prepared with lettuce, tomato, olives and mayonnaise)

Sausage bocadillos

• Chistorra
• Longaniza or blanco (white)
• Chorizo or rojo (red)
• Morcilla or negro (black)
• Blanco y negro (white and black, prepared with longaniza and morcilla)

Meat bocadillos

• Pork fillet (with green pepper and french fries)
• Horse meat
• Chicken breast (with or without mayonnaise)
• Beef meat (with or without mayonnaise)

Egg bocadillos

• Fried egg (other ingredient normally accompanied)
• Revuelto de huevos, Scrambled eggs

Fish bocadillos

• Calamares, Fried calamares
• Puntillas or Puntillitas (Battered and fried baby squid)
• Calamares en su tinta (Squid stewed in its own black ink)
• Tuna fish with olives
• Sardines
• Cuttlefish
• Smoked salmon with boiled eggs

Sweet bocadillos

• Chocolate (for children)

Other bocadillos

• Brascada (prepared with beef fillet, bacon and cheese)
• Kike (prepared with pork fillet, Spanish ham, french fries, fried egg, fried onions and mayonnaise)
• Pascuala (prepared with horse fillet, bacon, tomato sauce)
• Pascuala especial (prepared with pork fillet, bacon, cheese and tomato sauce)
• Cofrade
• Chivito.^[3]
• Emanuele (prepared with chorizo, green pepper, cheese and alioli sauce)
• Spanish Bocadillo (prepared with Spanish omelette, bacon and fresh tomatoe in slices)
• Portuguese Bocadillo (prepared with pork sausage, fries and green pepper)
• Tumbadito (prepared with turkey fillet, green pepper, cheese and alioli)

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  Bocadillo Pascuala

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  Bocadillo Chivito but using tomato sauce

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  Bocadillo pork fillet with green pepper and french fries

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  Bocadillo Emanuele

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  Bocadillo Tuna fish with olives

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  Bocadillo Chivito (the original)

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  Bocadillo tumbadito

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  Bocadillo Español

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  Bocadillo Portugues

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  Bocadillo brascada

See also

• List of sandwiches

References

1. Noa Lior; Tara Steele (2002), Spain: The People, Crabtree Publishing Company, p. 28, ISBN 978-0-7787-9365-6
2. Pérez, [redacción de textos, Ana María (2001). Bocadillos, sándwiches y canapés : recetas originales para comer rápido y bien. Barcelona: RBA. ISBN 8479017279.
3. 1,001 Foods to Die For, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1 November 2007, p. 39, ISBN 978-0-7407-7043-2