{{short description|Type of sandwich}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{For|the Colombian cuisine dessert|Bocadillo (dessert)}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = {{lang|es-ES|bocadillo}} | image = Bocadillo Chorizo - Madrid.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = A bocadillo with chorizo. | alternate_name = {{lang|es-ES|bocata}}, {{langx|eu|otarteko}}, {{langx|ca|entrepà}} | country = Spain | region = | creator = | course = | type = Sandwich | served = Cold or baked | main_ingredient = Spanish bread, cold meat or omelette | variations = | calories = | other = | no_commons = true }}
The '''{{lang|es-ES|bocadillo}}''' ({{Literal translation|small bite}}) or '''{{lang|es-ES|bocata}}''' (in Cheli), 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 a representative piece of cuisine. In Spain, they are often eaten in cafes and tapas bars.<ref>{{citation|author1=Noa Lior|author2=Tara Steele|title=Spain: The People |year=2002 |publisher=Crabtree Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-7787-9365-6|page=28}}</ref>
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.
==Types== {{refimprove section|date=July 2015}} There is a wide variety of bocadillos in Spain,<ref>{{cite book|last=Pérez|first=[redacción de textos, Ana María|title=Bocadillos, sándwiches y canapés : recetas originales para comer rápido y bien|year=2001|publisher=RBA|location=Barcelona|isbn=8479017279}}</ref> but the most typical can be pointed out. Bocadillos can also be found in northern Morocco. {{multiple image | direction = vertical | width = 175 | header= ''Bocadillos'' | image1 = Lomo con cebolla y pimientos.JPG | caption1 = Bocadillo prepared with pork fillet, fried onions and green pepper and seasoned with alioli sauce. | image2 = Lomo con cebolla.JPG | caption2 = Bocadillo prepared with pork fillet and fried onions and covered in alioli. | image3 = Horse meat bocadillo.jpg | caption3 = Giant bocadillo of horse meat (four steaks inside). | image4 = Bocata Calamares.jpg | caption4 = Fried squid with mayonnaise. | image5 = Bocadillo puntillas.JPG | caption5 = Fried baby squid (puntillas), seasoned with alioli. | image6 = Bocata kike.jpg | caption6 = Bocata Kike, with Spanish ham, pork fillet, french fries, fried egg, fried onions and mayonnaise. | image7 = Bocadillo Pascuala Especial.JPG | caption7 = Bocadillo Pascuala Especial, with pork fillet, bacon, cheese and tomato sauce.
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=== 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 (with or without olives) * Salchichón * 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 * 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) * Lamb meat
=== Egg ===
* Fried egg (other ingredient normally accompanied) * Revuelto de huevos, Scrambled eggs
=== Fish ===
* 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 ===
=== Other ===
* 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<ref>{{citation|title=1,001 Foods to Die For|date=1 November 2007|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|isbn=978-0-7407-7043-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/1001foodstodiefo00andr/page/39 39]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/1001foodstodiefo00andr/page/39}}</ref> * Emanuele (prepared with chorizo, green pepper, cheese and alioli sauce) * Spanish Bocadillo (prepared with Spanish omelette, bacon and fresh tomato in slices) * Portuguese Bocadillo (prepared with pork sausage, fries and green pepper) * Tumbadito (prepared with turkey fillet, green pepper, cheese and alioli)
<gallery mode=packed> 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 </gallery>
==See also== * List of sandwiches - Cuban sandwich
==References== {{Commons category|Bocadillos}} {{reflist}} {{Sandwhich}}
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