Chulla Vida | Ecuadorian

Name: Chulla Vida | Ecuadorian
Address: 2405 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55418, US

2405 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN

Menu (As of 11/2)

Desayuno Montubio $20.00Mashed green plantain with cheese, bistec, peppers, onions, tomatoes, and eggs

Calamari & Yuca (GF) $14.50Fried calamari and yuca, served with curtido and garlic aioli.

With Cheese Sauce +3$ $6.00
Canastas de Camaron $13.00Green plantain baskets filled with shrimp, house sauce, and curtido.
Canastas de Encocado de Camaron $13.50Green plantain baskets filled with shrimp, house sauce, and curtido.
Chicharrón Picado (GF) $9.00Crispy fried pork belly pieces, served with ají criollo on the side.
Chicharrón Con Guacamole y Patacones $19.00Crispy fried pork belly pieces, served with guacamole and fried plantain.
Empanadas de Queso (3) $10.00Cheese turnover, dusted with sugar.
Empanadas de Carne (3) (GF) $11.00Turnovers served with curtido and ají criollo.
Empanadas de Pollo (3) (GF) $10.00Turnovers served with curtido and ají criollo.
Humita (1) $7.99Traditional Ecuadorian corn and cheese, wrapped in corn husk and steamed.
Llapingacho 🥜 $12.502 stuffed potato patties served with eggs, avocado, sausage, and peanut sauce
Salchipapas (GF) $9.50French fries with beef frankfurter.

Tonga Manaba 🥜 $24.50Free-range chicken in a rich peanut and plantain sauce, served with rice and sweet plantain wrapped in a banana leaf.
El Parcero $24.00Grilled steak with chicharrón, sausage, rice, beans, yuca cake, avocado, sweet plantain, and a sunny-side-up egg.

➕ Chicken +3 $22.00Shrimp +5 all three 27
Bandera Tri-Color 🥜 $21.50Guatita (beef tripe in peanut sauce), shrimp ceviche, chicken stew, served with rice, avocado, and sweet plantain.
Carne Asada $19.50Carne Asada with rice, beans, sweet plantain, and curtido.
Chaulafan $20.00Ecuadorian fried rice with chicken, shrimp, pork, green onion, and eggs.
Churrasco $20.50Grilled steak sautéed with tomatoes, peppers, onions, served with rice, a sunny-side-up egg, French fries, avocado, and curtido.
Guatita 🥜 $19.00Beef tripe stew with rice, sweet plantains, and curtido.
Picada de Mariscos $32.00Fried tilapia chicharrón, calamari, grilled shrimp, breaded shrimp, fried yuca, fried plantains, and chimichurri sauce. (serves 2 )
Picada De Carne $27.00Pork chop, grilled chicken, sausage, grilled steak, fried yuca, fried plantains, and chimichurri sauce. ( serves 2 ).
Pollo al Grill $18.50Grilled chicken with rice, beans, curtido, and sweet plantain.
Fritada Nubecita $20.00Ecuadorian-style fried pork, llapingachos, white corn, toasted corn, and curtido criollo.
Seco de Chivo $19.50Goat stew served with rice, curtido, and sweet plantain.
Seco de Costilla (Res) $20.50Rib beef stew served with rice, sweet plantain and curtido.
Seco de Pollo $19.00Chicken stew served with rice, and sweet plantain.

Barquito Chulla Vida (GF) $69.00Grilled shrimp, fried calamari, shrimp ceviche, whole fish, breaded shrimp, fried yuca, fried plantains, and chef’s sauce. (Serves 2-3)
Arroz Marinero (GF) $27.00Classic coastal Ecuadorian dish with yellow rice, vegetables, shrimp, snow crab , calamari, mussels, clams, langoustine, and baby octopus.
Ceviche Ecuatoriano (GF) $16.50Traditional Ecuadorian ceviche with toasted corn, rice, and fried chifles.
Camarones al Ajillo (GF) $20.50Shrimp in garlic sauce with wine, onions, heavy cream, fresh parsley, curtido, and green plantains.

Encocado de Camarones (GF) $20.50Shrimp in coconut sauce with rice, avocado, and green plantain.
Encocado de Pescado (GF) $19.00Tilapia in coconut sauce with rice, avocado, and green plantain.
Encocado Mixto (GF) $24.50Tilapia, shrimp, calamari, and clams in coconut sauce with rice, avocado, and green plantain.
➕ Garlic sauce +3 $24.00

Camarones Empanizados $20.50Breaded shrimp with rice, beans, green plantains, and curtido.

Caldo de Patas $20.00Traditional Ecuadorian soup made with cow feet, chickpeas, and hominy.
Caldo de Res $21.00Rib beef stew, yuca, corn, plaintain, and rice.
Caldo de Gallina Criolla $21.00Ecuadorian farm-fresh hen soup with boiled egg, yuca, and cilantro (free-range).

Sopa Marinera $27.00Seafood soup with calamari, shrimp, tilapia, octopus, clams, crab legs, rice & fried plantain.

Ceviche Jipijapa 🥜 $22.00Fresh fish marinated in lime juice with peanut sauce, red onions, green peppers, cucumber, tomatoes, avocado & green plantain.
Mar y Tierra 🥜 $27.00NY Steak, grilled shrimp, rice, beans, guacamole & curtido.