The bocadillo or bocata, in Spain, is a sandwich made with Spanish bread, usually a baguette or similar type of bread, 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.
Some bocadillos are seasoned with sauces like
mayonnaise
Mayonnaise (; ), colloquially referred to as "mayo" , is a thick, cold, and creamy sauce or dressing commonly used on sandwiches, hamburgers, composed salads, and French fries. It also forms the base for various other sauces, such as tartar ...
,
aioli
Aioli, allioli or aïoli ( or ; Provençal oc, alhòli or ''aiòli'' ; ca, allioli ; es, alioli ) is a cold sauce consisting of an emulsion of garlic and olive oil; it is found in the cuisines of the northwest Mediterranean, from Andalusia ...
, 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
A serranito is a warm sandwich prepared in Andalusia, quite popular in Seville. It is the Andalusian traditional cuisine version of fast food.
The main ingredients are grilled meat (chicken or pork loin), cured ham, fried green pepper and slice ...
, almussafes and
esgarrat
Esgarraet (from Valencian ''esgarradet'', meaning "torn apart") is a typical dish from the Valencian community in Spain. It consists of grilled red pepper salad, cured cod, garlic, olive oil and sometimes black olives. The name derives from th ...
.
Types
There is a wide variety of bocadillos in Spain, but the most typical can be pointed out. Bocadillos can also be found in northern Morocco.
Omelette
* 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 omelette
* Courgette omelette
* French omelette
* Garlic omelette (prepared with young garlic, green garlic)
* Bean omelette
* Aubergine omelette
* Spinach omelette
* Tuna fish omelette
Cold meat
* Jamón - Spanish dry-cured ham, typically served with olive oil
* Boiled ham with cheese
* Bacon with cheese
*
Mortadella
Mortadella () is a large Italian cuisine, Italian sausage or luncheon meat (''salumi, salume'' ) made of finely hashed or ground heat-cured pork, which incorporates at least 15% small cubes of pork fat (principally the hard fat from the neck o ...
(with or without olives)
*
Salchichón
Salchichón is a Spanish summer sausage that is made by smoking, drying, cooking or some combination.Salami
* Paté, Pâté
* Sobrassada with cheese
Cheese
* Cheese
* Fresh cheese with oil and tomato
* Cheese spread with anchovies
* Sliced Tasmanian feta cheese
Vegetarian
* Tomato and olive oil,
Pa amb tomàquet
''Pa amb tomàquet'' () ("Bread with tomato"), is a traditional food of Catalan, Aragonese and Balearic cuisine . ''Pa amb tomàquet'' is considered a staple of Catalan cuisine and identity. While considered a signature toast dish in the Catalan ...
* Pisto (prepared with courgette, tomato sauce, green pepper, pine nut)
* Vegetarian (prepared with lettuce, tomato, olives and mayonnaise)
Sausage
* Chistorra
* Longaniza or blanco (white)
* Chorizo or rojo (red)
* Morcilla or negro (black)
* Blanco y negro (white and black, prepared with longaniza and morcilla)
* Frankfurt
Meat
* Pork fillet (with green pepper and french fries)
* Horse meat
* Pechuga (Chicken filet)
* Pepito (Beef meat)
* 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
* Brascada (prepared with beef fillet, Spanish ham and fried onions)
* 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
Chivito (the diminutive of ''chivo'', "goat") is, in Argentina, a type of goat dish.
Argentinian grilled meat
In Argentina, ''chivito'' is the grilled meat of a young goat eaten in Argentina, sometimes as part of an ''asado''. ''Chivito'' differs ...
* 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)
File:Bocadillo Pascuala.JPG, Bocadillo Pascuala
File:Chivito_with_tomato_sauce.jpg, Bocadillo Chivito but using tomato sauce
File:Lomo_pimientos_patatas.jpg, Bocadillo pork fillet with green pepper and french fries
File:Emanuele.jpg, Bocadillo Emanuele
File:AtunOlivas.jpg, Bocadillo Tuna fish with olives
File:ChivitoOriginal.JPG, Bocadillo Chivito (the original)
File:Bocadillo_tumbadito.JPG, Bocadillo tumbadito
File:Bocadillo_Espa%C3%B1ol.jpg, Bocadillo Español
File:Bocadillo_Portugues.JPG, Bocadillo Portugues
File:Brascada.JPG, Bocadillo brascada
See also
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List of sandwiches
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
