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    Home » Recipes » Breads and Grains

    Latin American Breads and Grains Recipes

    Here you’ll find an assortment of Latin American Breads and Grains Recipes. Whether you’re enjoying sweet bread with your morning coffee, serving rice with dinner, or tossing together a simple bean salad, these are the everyday staples that show up again and again on a daily basis not only in Mexican and Puerto Rican kitchens but throughout all of Latin America.

    Here are a few of our most popular recipes we know you will love too: Budín de Pan, Puerto Rican Rice and Beans (Arroz con Habichuelas), Puerto Rican Chicken and Rice and Puerto Rican Masa Para Empanadillas.

    • Pan de platano (pan de banana) in a loaf pan with a few banana bread slices on a white plate. Ripe bananas, butter and walnuts around bread for decor.
      Pan de Platano (Banana Bread)
    • Plantain Puff Puff Recipe
    • Puerto Rican Almojábanas served inside a bowl lined with parchment paper and a side of mayoketchup.
      Puerto Rican Almojábanas
    • Arroz Chino Boricua served in a white bowl, topped with chopped scallions.
      Arroz Chino Boricua
    • Arroz con Mariscos (Puerto Rican Style Seafood Rice) served in a white plate with a side of habichuelas guisadas (stewed beans).
      Arroz con Mariscos (Puerto Rican Seafood Rice)
    • Ensalada de Arroz Primavera (Garden Rice Salad) served on a transparent serving platter, topped with olives and hard boiled eggs sliced.
      Ensalada de Arroz Primavera
    • Puerto Rican Chicken and Rice (Arroz con Pollo) served in a white serving dish with a side of habichuelas guisadas (Puerto Rican stewed beans).
      Puerto Rican Chicken and Rice (Arroz con Pollo)
    • Arroz con Gandules Apastelado cooked in a caldero with a side serving on a white plate.
      Arroz con Gandules Apastelado
    • Arroz con Gandules (Pigeon Peas and Rice) cooked in a cast aluminum skillet and a plate beside it with a serving of rice and slices of avocados.
      Arroz con Gandules (Pigeon Peas and Rice)
    • Cheesy Chicken Poblano Panecillos served on a wooden platter with a side of salsa verde.
      Cheesy Chicken Poblano Panecillos
    • Cilantro Lime Rice (Arroz con Cilantro) served in a white bowl and topped with extra cilantro and lime wedges.
      Cilantro Lime Rice
    • Arroz a la Jardinera (Arroz con Vegetales) cooked in a cast aluminum pot, (caldero), a side of olives and a serving of rice.
      Arroz a la Jardinera
    • Puerto Rican Rice and Beans (Arroz con Habichuelas) served in a small white platter with a side of platanos maduros (ripe plantains) and the pot of rice beside it.
      Rice and Beans (Arroz con Habichuelas)
    • Sopa de Lentejas (Lentil Soup) served in white bowls with a side of Puerto Rican white rice,
      Sopa de Lentejas
    • Pan de Maiz (Cornbread) fully cooked in a baking dish with a slice cut out and laying on top.
      Pan de Maíz (Cornbread)
    • Arroz con Carne cooked in a caldero and a separate plate of rice on a small white plate.
      Arroz con Carne
    • Arroz con Camarones (Puerto Rican Rice and Shrimps)served on a white plate with a side of habichuelas guisadas (puerto Rican Stewed Beans), avocado slices, and tomatoes slices.
      Arroz con Camarones
    • Masa de empanadillas rolled out and made into disks on counter top. Stored between parchment paper.
      Puerto Rican Masa Para Empanadillas
    • Day of the Dead Bread assortments on a table.
      Day of the Dead Bread
    • Morisqueta topped with red shredded cabbage, queso fresco, Mexican crema and served on a white plate.
      Morisqueta

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