Paila marina is the fisherman’s stew of the Chilean coast, traditionally served in a clay paila (bowl) with the day’s catch: mussels, clams, shrimp, and fish in a fragrant tomato-garlic broth with potatoes. It’s a bowl of pure, briny comfort.
The fisherman’s pot, steaming and golden
The broth is bright with tomato, garlic, and white wine, and packed with tender fish and shellfish that open and plump right in the bowl. Potatoes soak up the sea-flavored broth, and cilantro and lemon finish it all off.


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