Puerto rico Jibarito

Pasteles

Arroz con gandules

Bacalao Guisado is a traditional Puerto Rican stew of salt cod in a rich tomato broth with bright, vibrant herbs, potatoes, onions, peppers, and garlic. Serve it over a bed of white rice with a few slices of avocado or with potatos. Salted Cod Stew is one of Puerto Rico’s most popular foods and...

Asopao is a family of stews that can be made with chicken, pork, beef, shrimp seafood, vegetables, or any combination of the above. Asopao is Puerto Rico's national soup and one of the most important gastronomic recipes in Puerto Rico. Garnish with sweet peas and the dish is often severed with...

Rellenos de papa are a traditional Puerto Rican fritter. Typically, they’re made with white potatoes, and are filled with a deliciously spiced ground beef mixture. The dish is a baked potato dough into which a filling made of chopped beef and onions, whole olives, hard-boiled eggs, cumin and other...

Alcapurria are fried cakes popular throughout Puerto Rico; Dominican Republic; Cuba; Panama. The fritter dish filled with minced meat or a mixture of meat and seafood combined with spices of Puerto Rico cuisine. The cake dough is made from green plantian bananas and a type of pureed corn that is...

Mofongo is a Puerto Rican dish with fried plantains as its main ingredient. It is traditionally served with fried meat and chicken broth soup. Mofongo stuffed with shrimp (camarón in Spanish) is called camarofongo. Particular flavors result from variations that include vegetables, chicken, shrimp,...

Dominica pica pollo

Sancocho de Siete Carnes is a Dominican sancocho comes in a deluxe version, in which seven different types of meat from four types of animals are mixed with root vegetables and plantain to produce a very rich, thick, meaty stew, unlike anything you've tried before. The simplified version might...

Niños envueltos (lit. wrapped children) is a traditional Dominican dish consisting of rice and ground beef that are wrapped in cabbage and cooked in tomato sauce. Apart from the main ingredients, the dish also often contains garlic, basil, bell peppers, and onions, while the tomato sauce is made...

La Bandera is the national dish of the Dominican Republic. This dish consists of rice, red beans, and meat. Most often served for lunch or dinner, a salad and a side dish usually complete the meal. The literal Spanish to English translation for La Bandera is ‘The Flag.’ The ingredients of La...

Mangú is a Dominican traditional dish served for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Mangú is made up of boiled plantains or green bananas. The plantains are then mashed with butter, margarine or oil in the water in which they were boiled. The dish is topped with sautéed red onions that have been cooked...

Habichuelas Guisadas (stewed red beans) is a savory dish, flavored with garlic, onion, cubanelle pepper, and adobo, usually accompanied by rice. It's a favorite meal or side dish in many meat dishes. Habichuelas Guisadas appears almost daily at the lunch table. The seasoned red beans make it the...

Crab cake

Bahamian conch fritters

Bahamian Punch Wings is a crispy chicken wings with a sweet and spicy Mango Habanero Sauce with a hint of dark rum and maraschino cherry juice. Garnished with diced mango. The dish that incorporated Caribbean ingredients and condiments. A traditional wings recipe also can be made with an...

Rock lobsters, known as spiny lobsters, these delicious crustaceans are a major export of the Caribbean. Enjoy this Bahamian food steamed or boiled, in salads, as patties, or in Creole-style sauces. Grilled rock lobster with chilli, garlic and parsley is a fresh, simple and spicy, lobster with...

Baked stuffed crab is a Bahamian delicacy.This Bahamian seafood dish is typically served as an appetizer. It is prepared with Dungeness crabs, bread crumbs, butter, onions, bell peppers, thyme, and lemon juice. The meat is taken out of the crab and cooked with other ingredients. The combination is...

Pronounced "sowse," this famous Bahamian dish is a stew combining onions, lime juice, celery, peppers, potatoes, carrots, bay leaves, and meat — which could include anything from chicken or sheep's tongue to pork, oxtail, or pig's feet. Don't let the more unusual choices scare you off! This is a...