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Puerto Rican Recipes

If you enjoy Puerto Rican Cuisine, you will love this section of delicious Puerto Rican recipes.  Learn how to make  popular dishes such as, Puerto Rican Rice and Beans, Pollo Guisado (Puerto Rican Chicken Stew), Rellenos de Papa (Stuffed Potato Balls), Sorullitos (Cornmeal Fritters) and Habichuelas Guisadas (Puerto Rican Beans) just to name a few.  Learn how to make the most popular base to most Puerto Rican dishes,  Sofrito.  Try delicious Puerto Rican desserts, such as Pastelillos de Guayaba (Guava Pastries).  Whatever you choose to make from this section, you are sure not to be disappointed.

Pinchos de Pollo

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These delicious authentic Pinchos de Pollo (Puerto Rican Chicken Skewers) are perfectly marinated in simple spices.  Pinchos de Pollo are chicken chunks that have been marinated in Puerto Rican spices and then cooked over an open flame or grilled and traditionally topped with a sliver of bread.  If you have never had Puerto Rican Pinchos/Pinchos de Pollo, then you are certainly in for a major treat!

Pinchos de Pollo (Puerto Rican Chicken Skewers)

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A few weeks ago, I made these delicious authentic Puerto Rican Pinchos/Pinchos de Cerdo (Puerto Rican Pork Skewers) and promised that soon I would be making my authentic Pinchos de Pollo (Puerto Rican Chicken Skewers).  Ta-daaa!!  Here they are! 🥰

Whether you prefer chicken or pork pinchos, Puerto Rican Pinchos are just so delicious on there own, they do not need to be lavished or garnished with any extras.  No need for slivers of onions, peppers, zuchinni or anything else!…

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Mofongo con Camarones

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Mofongo con Camarones or Mofongo de Camarones (Mofongo with Shrimps) is a hyper delicious Puerto Rican dish made with a garlic plantain mash and served with shrimps in a salsa criolla sauce.  One of the best dishes you will ever have!

Mofongo con Camarones (Garlic Plantain Mash with Shrimp) served in a pilon (wooden mortar and pestle) and topped with salsa criolla.

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What is Mofongo

Mofongo (Garlic Plantain Mash) is the quintessential dish of Puerto Rico.  It is by far one of our most loved dishes and with good reason.

Guy Fieri, from the Food Network claims it is the “best fried thing he ever ate!”

Mofongo is also known as “Mofongo Boricua.” 

This delicious Puerto Rican dish is simply fried green plantains that are then mashed with a garlic puree or paste,  “chicharrones” (pork cracklings) and olive oil.

This simple combination is phenomenal!

However, add shrimp and this already delicious dish somehow gets even more delicious.  Mofongo con Camarones or Mofongo de Camarones is just simply delicious!…

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Arroz Blanco (Puerto Rican White Rice)

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Arroz Blanco (Puerto Rican White Rice) is delicious, fluffy and perfect with any meal.  Flavored with crispy ‘”tocino” (pork fat).  If you’re a Vegetarian just simply exclude the pork fat.

Arroz Blanco (Puerto Rican White Rice)

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What’s great about white rice?!  Well of course EVERYTHING!!

White rice is the king of all rice dishes because it just goes with so many meals!

This Arroz Blanco (Puerto Rican White Rice) will become one of your favorite ways to cook white rice.  It is so flavorful and so simple to make, you will never go wrong with this Puerto Rican Rice. …

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Puerto Rican Pinchos/Pinchos de Cerdo

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Hyper flavorful, delicious Puerto Rican Pinchos/Pinchos de Cerdo (Puerto Rican Pork Skewers).  These are pork chunks marinated in Puerto Rican spices and then cooked over an open flame or grilled and traditionally topped with a sliver of bread.  If you have never had Puerto Rican Pinchos/Pinchos de Cerdo, then you are certainly in for a major treat!

Hyper flavorful Puerto Rican Pinchos/Pinchos de Cerdo served on a white platter with slivers of lime.

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What are Pinchos?

If you have ever been to Puerto Rico then you know that Pinchos are found everywhere!

These are an extremely popular street food sold on the side of the road in food kiosks (frituras), restaurants and restaurants along the beach.

You will find pinchos sold all the way from my coastal hometown of Lajas all the way through the island into the Metropolitan Area of San Juan….

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Bistec Encebollado (Cube Steak and Onions)

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This Bistec Encebollado (Cube Steak and Onions) recipe is hyper delicious and loaded with onions.  Serve with white or yellow rice.

Delicious Bistec Encebollado cooked in a black skillet, loaded with white onions on top.

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While this Bistec Encebollado recipe (Puerto Rican Style Cube Steak and Onions) may not be the prettiest and may lack in appeal, it does not lack in flavor!  Do not let the pale color of the steak fool you because Puerto Rican Bistec Encebollado will be one of your favorite ways to make cube steak, that I promise!

With a few simple ingredients, you will have the most delicious cubed steak!

Marinated in fresh garlic cloves, oregano, vinegar and adobo.  That’s it!  Easy peasy but loaded with tons of flavor and is all kinds of yummy!…

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