Paila marina

Paila marina

Type	Stew, soup
Course	Main
Place of origin	Chile
Region or state	Central Chile, Zona Sur, Chile
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Seafood, shellfish, fish, shellfish stock, herbs, spices
Media: Paila marina

Paila marina is a traditional Chilean seafood soup or light stew usually served in a paila (earthenware bowl). It usually contains a shellfish stock base cooked with different kinds of shellfish and fish.^[1] These are complemented with a variety of herbs and spices such as paprika and parsley.^[2]

Preparation

Onions, carrots, bell peppers, tomatoes, fish and shellfish (in the shell) are fried together, fish stock is poured over them and the soup is simmered.^[3]

Paila marina is a fish soup common in Chile. A paila is an earthenware bowl.

Traditions

It is traditional for groups of friends or family to go to the local seafood market and enjoy a paila marina, especially the morning after a party, when it is believed to aid recovery from a hangover.^[4] On January 1, the historic seafood market Mercado Central de Santiago is one of the busiest places in Santiago; Chilean national newspaper La Nación reported that 28,000 people were expected to visit the market on January 1, 2010.^[5] Popular belief also ascribes aphrodisiac properties to paila marina.^[6]

In popular culture

• In the episode "Abiquiu" of the US TV series Breaking Bad, the character Gus Fring, a prominent Chilean methamphetamine distributor in the southwest of the United States, prepares a paila marina for Walter White while explaining the origin of this typical Chilean dish. Gus Fring also prepares a paila marina in the episode "Something Stupid" from the Breaking Bad prequel TV series Better Call Saul.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of fish and seafood soups
• List of soups
• List of stews

References

1. What is paila marina Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine www.wisegeek.com. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
2. La salvadora paila marina Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Renata Robbio, emol.com (website of El Mercurio newspaper), 12 February 2010. Retrieved February 2013.
3. La salvadora paila marina Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Renata Robbio, emol.com (website of El Mercurio newspaper), 12 February 2010. Retrieved February 2013.
4. La salvadora paila marina Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Renata Robbio, emol.com (website of El Mercurio newspaper), 12 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
5. Mercado Central espera más de 28.000 mil personas el 1 de enero Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Jose Antonio Torres, www.lanacion.cl, 31 December 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
6. Comida afrodisiaca Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine La Cuarta, 16 November 2003. Retrieved 17 February 2013.